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Happy Actual Birthday!!! June 14th

Every year Mason's birthday falls on flag day. It was supposed to be on the 4th of July, but he came three weeks early. He was meant to be with the flag! So... every year we are sure to take his picture with the flag. Mason thinks its pretty cool!

I took Mason to the zoo on his birthday because we heard they had some dinosaurs roaming the park. Mason had a blast, but I have to say we didn't really spend much time looking at the animals. Instead we spent most of our time doing the random little things like sitting on the pretend wooden horse and waving to the train. Waving to the train as it went by was probably the highlight for Mason. I let him do it like five times before I finally begged him to let us move on to something else. Now before anybody asks "why didn't you take him on it", let me mention that Mason likes to "watch" and not do. He is not sure the train is safe yet, but he really enjoys watching the people and waving as they go by. This child is very careful about "dangerous things". I am actually really shocked that he wanted to get on the horse. That is something we usually beg him to do for a picture. Now I just have to beg him to smile and look at me for pictures. Little cutie!

They are doing a lot of construction at our zoo right now so right in front of the construction site they have these little tractors so the kids can pretend to help with the building. Mason loved picking up and dumping the dirt. So cool!

Then of course we had to go inside the big gift shop where he gave a hug to every stuffed animal he saw. Quite the tender little child.

Mason loves the elephants and he found some just right for us to play with. I took the picture right as he was handing me the elephant I was to play with. "Mommy.... play me."

So the dinosaurs were so amazing! They really were awesome! Their heads move when you walk by and their eyes follow you too! Then suddenly they let out a huge roar! At first Mason wasn't sure if he should be afraid or not, so he just watched all the other kids. Then he got a little braver and stood there to watch on his own. He stared at the dinosaurs for a very long time. He thought they were much more interesting than the animals. Unfortunately the dinosaurs go away in August.

This is Mason after he got really close to the dinosaur, heard it roar, and turned to run away! I was so thrilled that he was actually having fun with them. When I asked him his favorite dinosaur he said "the one that shoots water". There were two dinosaurs that spit water when you walk by. He didn't quite stand in the line of fire, but he did get pretty close.

When we saw the sand to uncover the dinosaur bones, Mason got really excited. It was funny when he went right into the sand found a dinosaur pamphlet and opened it to read. He is very into pretending to read these days. I love listening by his door at night when he is supposed to be going to sleep, but instead he is holding a book and making up a story about a pirate ship going down a waterfall. He is such a smart boy and we are so proud of him. I just can't even express how much fun I have with him every day! I just want to bottle him up and keep him forever!!!

Last of all we went to the Mayan because Mason actually remembered that place from last year. He loves watching the divers jump off the rocks and into the water. This is a great place to go to keep your kids entertained during dinner. He seriously stared at the rocks even when there were no divers. What a fun day! Mason was so spoiled, but he deserved it! We are so thankful Heavenly Father has blessed us with such a sweet, special, sensitive, loving child!