Kung Fo Mackenzie

Can't sleep, due to thinking about benefit stuff - and this funny keeps going through my head!

our girls on the 4th

We had dinner together tonight/last night as our big blended PF family. Mackenzie was in RARE form, quite the handful yet very entertaining. She had spent some time with Sarah & Parker in the afternoon and all she wanted was Sarah. At one point, we had to call Sarah on the phone so Mackenzie could talk to her - as she was crying for her so much (probably didn't help that Daddy was parked outside the house talking to Mat). So Mackenzie is bouncing around our booth from us to Sarah and back again. And loving on everyone - Gracie included. Unfortunatly, her loving tonight was a bit more KungFu style then Gracie would have liked - meaning tight hugs around her neck as Mackenzie was kissing her head (as that is what she is allowed to do with Parker). Gracie spent most of the evening trying to evade her overly affectionate friend. And Mackenzie lavished affection on everyone - including one trip for kisses to Mat with a handful of ketchup (that at one point, we saw her dip her yellow crayon in to suck ketchup off of) and when we yelled our warning about the ketchup handful to Mat - he did an incredibly fast ninja defence move, cracking us all up. Fun times. But so fun to see how the kids all interact and love on each other innately, in our big blended family! :)

happy times together at Great America

Nap Time

When I looked in to check on Mackenzie during nap time today - this is what I found.

Someone has figured out how the diapers work - much to our delight. As we repeatedly say - she is too smart for her own good some days!

Anime Mackenzie

Justin (or some other comic book loser) will probably tell me this is not classified as "anime", but whatever it is - it is cute!!

Mackenzie's caricature from our GA trip.

Who is this BIG girl???

And where has my little baby gone??????

So I started taking a picture to show off Mackenzie's newest hairstyle - with the small clip on the side.


But "Magpie Mackenzie" (as my dad calls her) had to pose and say "CHEESE" alot. So I kept snapping. She was eating her lunch, so she even shows off her smarts but flashing cheese to the camera as well.

And then there is Foster, patiently keeping her company during lunch....hoping for a morsel to come his way. My babies, no matter how big or old they are.

A teaser.....

Oh yes, we did!! More pictures to follow - Sarah has to burn me a CD from her camera for alot of them. But they have a WIGGLES WORLD! And many of you know about the little Wiggle fan in our family!

Time Out

So Mackenzie experienced her first time out at daycare yesterday, for repeatedly hitting another little girl. Nevermind that she had been being hit by her continously as well - but I did witness Mackenzie make quite the swing right at her head - so it was best she was timed out.

But boy was she mad!!! Which speaking of mad - she was NOT happy to have to try on flowergirl dresses for Uncle Jon/Aunt Karree's upcoming wedding. She did like one with a train on it, but had a hard time walking in it. The other two were met with screams of "no" and "ow" - but even then she still looked cute! This pic cracks me up. In Mackenzie's mind - this dress is a No-go, but Aunt Karree, Mommy and Grandma all liked it alot!

Happy 4th of July!!!

Mackenzie shows off many of her patriotic ensembles.

Jammies - and yes, they quite fittingly say "Miss Independant"

Casualwear - At the Bettendorf Parade, eating donuts. And did she ever LOVE the candy being thrown - screams and squeals of delight.

Evening Wear - At the park with Daddy & Grandma Sharon - wearing her dressy dress from uber-patriotic Nana Jane.

The swimwear portrion - complimented by her "firecracker" piggy tails and flag swimsuit.

Our family had a wonderfully long weekend, celebrating our nation. Hope you did as well.

the F-side of the family....

Our "blended" family - PF.

Mackenzie and Daddy watch the fireworks. Right before they started, I asked MJ if she was going to be scared and she empatically nodded "yes". We laughed, as we all doubt she has ever been frightened by anything in her life. As soon as they started - she was enthralled.

5 minutes later, the lack of a nap caught up with her.