Fun. Personality.

Mackenzy, say "cheese"!

 

And of course... Mackenzy had to visit the box... Can we say future crossfit athlete :)

 

Mackenzy turns 3 years old!

In our absence, many new things have happened.  This post will hopefully provide a very quick update on our exciting lives!

Let's see...

Mackenzy turned 3 years old and began pre-school all on the same day!  She was ready and eager to start school, but wasn't able to begin until her actual birthday.  So far she LOVES her new school, teacher, and classmates, but claims that her "all that work makes her sleepy" (which it does)!

Her stats: She is about 38.5 inches tall, weighs 30 pounds, wears a size 4, and a size 9.5 in shoes...  She's eating us out of house and home, talking like she's a 20 year old, and bossing everyone around!

 

She has to wear modest clothing to school.  She's definately a fashion diva in her knee length dresses and now hates to wear anything other than a dress.



 

Labor Day 2012

We enjoyed a very quite Labor Day weekend.  Mackenzy and I went to the pool twice and on Labor Day I took her to the playground because she kept asking to go play and ride in her jogging stroller.  We weren't outside long because it was extremely hot and poor Mackenzy was sweating and turning read.  While I was gathering all of our stuff so we could head back home, my little stinker stole my popcorn!  I can't blame her, it was really good!

 



Our Dishwasher

Nicholas makes a great dishwasher!  It makes him so happy!  On this particular day, he got rid of all the chicken juice on my plate before I loaded the dishwasher.  Who needs to pre-rinse when you have a doggy!



The. Popsicle.

"Hi Everyone!  Mommy finally bought me a helmet and it has Dora on it!!!  When she brought it home, I put it on and wore it all  day!

 





 Later on we went to Mimi's house.  When we got there, "J" was sleeping.  Shhh... tiptoe... he's taking a nap.

 

When he woke up, he saw my new helmet and witnessed me devour Mimi's popsicle.  All while still wearing my helmet...

 

That popsicle was DELICIOUS!  You should go ask you Mimi to get you a popsicle too!"

 

Say Cheese!

Silly Faces

Beach Trip 2012!



This years beach trip was fantastic and much deserved!  We drove down to the beach with no whining from Mackenzy thanks to her early birthday present from my mom- an iPod Touch.  Yes our 2 year old has an iPod touch...  She was very happy as you can see watching her movies and playing her games and even stopped to pose for a picture!

 



 

Unfortunately, all of the excitement meant that Mackenzy didn't take a nap.  All.  Day.  Long.  Which lead to a hysterical, crazy, toddler that became NUTS as the day went on.

 

I wasn't able to capture the essence of her complete meltdown, but she screamed in the car after dinner and all the way back to the hotel for about 1.5 hours.  When I asked her if she was sleepy she would say yes and scream some more!  Luckily after sleeping about 14 hours that night she woke up a much happier child and all was good!

 

While she slept, we enjoyed the beautiful from all of our 3 balconies!  The hotel room had 3 bedrooms and was bigger than our first apartment!  I could definitely get used to that view every day!

 

The good thing about being behind the camera is that you can't have your picture taken while in the pool!  Mackenzy enjoyed her morning swim with Daddy and Mimi!

 

Here's my mom doing water aerobics in the pool!  We all managed to work out at least twice while on our vacation in addition to all of our shopping.

Making macaroni and cheese in the pool.  The pool deck on the outside was very slippery and poor Mackenzy couldn't keep her balance.  After slipping about 5 times in 5 minutes we decided to stay inside and she wasn't allowed to move without one of us holding her hand.  That deck was a law suit waiting to happen...

 

"Hey Mommy...  Can I ride the cow???"

 

"Thanks Mommy!"

Ray even took her to "ride the horsies!  She was very excited!  Ray's such a good daddy!

 

We also went to Wonder Works, which I highly recommend by the way.  Mackenzy loved most of it but was a little scared of some of the exhibits because they were loud, and for some reason it was very crowded that day...  Anyway, her favorite floor was the space floor.  Maybe she'll be an astronaut!