a few days with a bear...

here are a few things bear has done in the last couple weeks...

he took his first "cousins-bath"

did some gardening with grandpa.... played in the mud & dirt with peyton...
watched America's Funniest Home Video's with Michael...

and swung the pom-poms at music time in school!

ahhh the life of a bear!

Chuck E. Cheesey!

praise God- mama has been subbing a lot at school!

and thankfully auntie and grandma are able to watch and take care of the bear.

today auntie took bear to chuck E cheese's for the FIRST time

with his cousins and their friends!
he was surrounded by girlies!

here's sabrina, karis, bear, tay and peyton:

peyton and bear riding a car together...
auntie said bear LOVED this game cuz he loved that he could throw the ball and it would come right back to him!

lunch! too bad bear is super picky and doesnt like pizza =/

bear and tay-zooooom!

bear had tons of fun with auntie and ALL the girlies.

thanks auntie for taking care of bear!

cheeeeeese bear!

bear LOVES to smile and say cheese!

darius and bear were playing with the trucks when i said "say cheese" and this is the bear face i got! =)

and bear absolutely LOVES CHEESEBURGERS!
it's one of his staples since he is such a picky eater.
but he is getting better at trying different things. last week bear acutally ate some trix and today he actually ate some welches fruit snacks!
cheesey bear =)

bear and peyton!

after i FINALLY got the bears birth certificate at the county recorders office...

we went to the park with auntie rossy and cousin peyton and taylor!

peyton LOVES bear.

she used to call him "behr-beh"

but now she calls him "beeeeeeeee"

bears a little rough with her and is still learning about

being gentle and sharing

and

she still loves him anyways

and she likes to do what ever he does =)

here they are going down the slide

they were having fun untill bear said "helmet" as he spotted a litle kid rolling by on his scooter with a helmet on!

peyton and bear swinging!

bear wanted the blue swing.
and here they are playing in the playset with the woodchips.
bear loves playing in and with the woodchips.
he was pretending it was food
and saying "make it" "cook it" "oatmeal"
here's gorgreous little tay on her scooter:
bear was getting sleepy from swinging

hi bear!

i love park days

and so does bear and his cousins

bear also had his little trike with him that he rode around

while taylor had her scooter

and peyton had the butterfly push toy that ALL the kids loved!

skatin, biking, and kicking in the new year!

Happy New Year 2010!

Praise God for a new year!

On New Years Eve we had dinner with the Martinez' then headed back to Grandpa Dean's for a little to hang out. We headed back well before midnight and snooooozed in the New Year!

It's been pretty relaxing since then so today we headed to the park after Bears nap!

first, we kicked around the soccer ball...

then we got out our skates! we got bear his own little skateboard for Christmas!

We played it "safe" and went skating down the hill on our bottoms...first with papa...
grandma mia taught the bear how to "act"- and pretend fall... bear does this a LOT off of all his toys and he pushes us to make us fall too....oy!

now mama and the bear....

more of bears "acting" hahaha

and some more....

bear liked pushing his skate...

here's all of our skates and our little paws...

mama and papa took turns skating around the parking lot. bear wanted papa to have some water so he tried to chase him around with his water bottle....

shortly after papa ate it and fell cuz his skate hit a rock =/

and now up and down the hill with bears new trike we got him...

bear cant quite reach the pedals so he has to "fred flinstone" it...

mama wanted a picture with the bear but he kept pushing me away =(

yay for park days!

some Christmas pix...

here are a few lil random pix from Christmas (thanks Great Nana!) I can't believe i did NOT take any pix! oy me!

bear got this talking, singing, dancing Elmo from Auntie Jessie and Uncle Ry...

and here's bear on his new bike from mama & papa. we also got him his own little bear-sized skateboard that he absolutely loves! now he can skate with mama & papa!
and here's a pic of grandma Sally with the bear and the cousins- Taylor & Peyton...

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Mason Family!

We are so thankful for the love that God has for us by sending His us His Son!

Happy Birthday Jesus!

the Eve and the Day were filled with family fun.

(although i didnt take many or any pics)

Christmas Eve was first spent having dinner with the Shipcott Clan

then off to the midnight tradition with my side of the family.

Christmas morning we opened presents- just the 3 of us then

we headed over for late breakfast and more presents with grandma Mia,

grandpa Dean, Jessie and Ry

and then we headed home for a nap and back on over for some Christmas dinner!

We were blessed and showered with MANY gifts and good times with family!

some holiday sweets...

im not much of a baker, but i have been following this blog and have been inspired to bake! kinda. Our church had their 1st annual womens cookie exchange so i baked for the FIRST time from SCRATCH some peanut butter cookies dipped in chocolate topped with chopped peanuts! i was sad i didnt win any prizes for that cookie =/ and to be honest-- it was so tough baking from scratch that i didnt even want to taste them! go figure!

mine are in the front. i didnt know people were going all out on display!

today i made these:

i think i may give them out as a little Christmas treat for some neighbors! last week i wanted to make a treat for the office staff at my school so i dipped some pretzel rods in white and milk chocolate and sprinkled away!

i have one or two more things to "bake" for the holidays!

brownies and these yummy chocolate covered cheesecake balls(pops)!

Merry Baking!

after school and all the way to a Disney Christmas...

after bear and i went to school papa and i had a fun little Christmas date to Disney!

(yay for sister in laws who work at Disney!)

Grandma Sally came to watch bear then Grandma Mia took over and took the bear home to play while the mama and papa played!

we had lots of fun! we were able to ride all the rides we wanted without having to chase around the bear, but we sure did miss him!

yay for Disney dates!

Mommy & Me Christmas

On Mommy & Me School had its Christmas Party!

It was a shortened class kinda cuz lots of people had to leave early.

We had a book exchange and a potluck!

We love Ms. Lori's class!

Shipcott Family Gathering 09

Shipcott Family Gathering

Bear, Mama & Papa...

Grandma Mia, Uncle Ry, Auntie Jess, Bear, Grandpa Dean, Mama & Papa...

and most of the family at Casa de la Salsa...

Happy Holidays!

fun with grandpa dean and grandma mia!

bears been having fun with grandpa dean and grandma mia!

today they took him to see the airplanes...

and out to san dimas to see

a bus...

bear with grandma mia...

having fun in the school bus...

rumble, rumble! a tractor!

and dancing...

and we bumped into uncle joe and auntie kayla...

posed with a pic with the race car driver too...

bear bear loves hanging out with his grandparents!

thank you for a fun day!