Mason's Last Day

Mason's last day of school was June 11th. On the 10th myself, Taylor and Brennan went to his class to celebrate. Mason was given two awards. He 'read' 700 minutes and was given a few free movie passes and kids meals at local restaurants on base. When it came to his reading, the time that Mason spent looking through books staying focused on the pictures we cut that in half and recorded that as his minutes read. We also counted minutes we read to him. So he actually spent well over that 700 minutes with a book in his hand. This was just for the last term not for the whole year. :)

Mason was also awarded a certificate and shirt for "Rocky's Runners". The school has a track that they record miles walked on. They call it Walk America time. Mason recorded 52 miles with his class. Mason also recorded 26 miles on the track with his Special Ed class. We were really proud of Mason for this. He works really hard and is full of energy!! I will never forget the first steps of Mason and the emotions that came with them. This was a huge accomplishment for Mason and I couldn't be more proud of Mighty Mouse!!

This is a friend of Mason's that really wanted a picture with Mason.

Poor Mason, this happened to be just good timing. He wasn't really frowning as much as he was just pulling a face! :) We have had an interesting experience this year with school. We have had a roller coaster ride of mixed emotions as we got use to how things work at different schools. We still think North Dakota knocks these guys out of the water!! The last 7 weeks of school really were wonderful. We finally got a great aide and Mason really likes him. We are hoping that this will mean starting 3rd grade will be a lot easier and we will have limited problems. Here is hoping!!!