Yesterday Mason was the birthday boy. On Saturday he had a birthday arty. It was his first birthday with his school friends. He invited 20 kids from class. 17 were able to come to the party. Mason got a lot of great gifts that his classmates gave him. He also played a lot in the bounce house. And 3 of my friends were there too. Diego, Brianna and Bailee all came over too. I played with them in the bounce house and we watched movies and ate pizza in my room. Brianna and I made a blanket for Mason. It had puzzle pieces on it. Diego got him a t-shirt and a nerf gun. Bailiee gave him $20.

We went to Vero Beach Florida for Spring Break. Mason loved going to the beach and collecting sea shells and wrecking sand castles. He is doing much better. We went to Magic Kingdom one day while we were in Florida, and at first Mason didn't want to ride anything. Then he changed his mind and rode on a lot of rides. He was having such a good day that most people probably didn't know that he has special needs. Mason did not have any meltdowns on the trip. That was really good!
Tomorrow we're going to go see the King Tut exhibit at the museum.
Claire-Marie
Age 8

One day I went to the Galleria Mall in Dallas with my familly. Me and Mason were playing on the playground. These two girls walked up to Mason and asked him to chase them around. Mason said NO NO NO and started to walk away. Then I went to go talk to their mother about it. I told their mother that my brother has special needs and has autism, and sometimes doesn't know how to act around other children. Then the mother replied that her son had special needs too. And then I asked what does he have?

Mason has problems learning how to play with Kyler and me. But tonight we were just playing moonsand together and it was fun. He kept breaking the castle that I made for him, but it was funny and I didn't mind. Sometimes he has problems sharing too. Mommy and daddy have a hard time getting him to eat his food. All he wants to eat are oreo cookies and pizza everyday. I think we should buy a pizza and cookie store. We still love him very very much.

On the 4th of July I went to Amarillo, Texas with my family. We visited my Mimi and Pop, and my Aunt & Uncle, and cousins Josh and Savanna.
I went to Uncle Tony's farm for a BBQ. And there were a lot of ants and mosquitos. I put crackers on the ground so the ants could have a nice 4th of July dinner. They loved it.
My cousin Savanna and I made snack bags for everyone at the BBQ and gave them away for free, but asked for tips and that they would be donated to autism.
We raised $10.00
And I'm putting some more change in there too.
The End

My brother Mason and I like to play Mario Kart. Sometimes he gets mad and doesn't want to share with me and play a 2 player game. He likes to play 1 player a lot.
Daddy tells Mason to be nice and to practice taking turns, but he's not very good at it.
Mason is really good and playing the game, but he also likes messing up on purpose and driving off the course sometimes.

Kyler, Mason, and I like to play hide & seek. Mommy and Daddy are surprised because Mason plays with us which doesn't happen a lot. Mason hardly plays with me.
Here's how I think autism will be cured.. First we take x rays of the brain and see all the molecules & dendrytes. Then doctors figure out a certain medicine to test on lab mice and see if it helps. And I'd be very happy if it will be cured one day because I love all autistic kids very much.