berry best friends

like mother, like daughter....friends to the end.

Gracie & Mackenzie model their matching shirts, ordered as part of Gracie's bday gift.

Bunny Hunt

So Saturday, Mackenzie participated in her first Easter Egg hunt of this season. Unfortunatly, it was very crowded and too many people meant pushing, shoving and not much candy/eggs for everyone (and not by this mommy, either - I watched in horror instead as she got shoved out of the way by an adult trying to get a stupid Tootsie Roll). Anyway - she was none the wiser to the poor manners and still had a great time...and is still talking about it days later. She calls the Easter egg's "bunny eggs" and the hunt was the "bunny hunt". Tonight as I lay with her a bedtime, she told me she wanted to do "bunny hunt again - but I no find the bunny!" too cute.

*and as you notice Mackenzie's cute "best bunnies" shirt...also important to note that this weekend, she also told me that Gracie was her best friend. awww. I hope they will always love each other as they do now...even through the teenaged years.

Celebrate: "Cation"

Cation according to Mackenzie, Spring Break to the rest of us. Mackenzie will be "cationing" with Grandma & Grandpa & co.,along with Foster...while Mommy &
Daddy will be returning to LAS VEGAS, with good friends Bob & Vicki. We are all celebrating a well deserved break, including super cute and cuddy nephew Walker, who enjoyed his first cupcake with Aunt Cara to celebrate his brother's #2 birthday.

fire truck

So this was what we were greeted with as we went to pick up Mackenzie at day care this afternoon - obviously causing us a minor heart attack until we realized that the neighbor had caught the field on fire while trying to burn some weeds. Mackenzie was not thrilled to be posing by the fire trucks.

Mackenzie Sound Bytes

Girl Scout Cookie pics (aka "yummy shocolote cookies") seemed appropriate for post with "byte" in title.....

So picture this: tonight, the family is having dinner at the local Rudy's, which was actually quite happening and busy. We were all sitting there, looking at the menu when Mackenzie YELLS at the top of her lungs " Mommy, I can't hear you!!" Jamey and I looked at each other, thinking "huh? No one said anything to you!?!" Then we shrugged our shoulders and went on with our dinner. A day in the life of Mackenzie Jean.

So then we get home, where Mackenzie discovers the new sippies we purchased this weekend - so she is insistant that she must have juice. First she walks around the house, holding the sippies in the package and saying "I need scissors. Where are the scissors?" (like we would really give her the scissors - but hey, she at least can identify the tools to help her!) After said sippy was removed from package, she alternated running back and forth between Jamey and I asking for juice. After 3 requests, I went to get her the juice and loudly asked (for Jamey's benefit) if "Daddy's legs were broken." Mackenzie proceeds to go into the living room and ask Daddy herself if his legs were broken. :)

Not to be outdone, Daddy's response was "ask your mommy if she has hooks in her ass." MAckenzie turns to me and says "oh, Mommy has owies?!" Good girl in not using the word ass! Bad Daddy for even thinking it is funny to say it in her presence - together we told him to not talk potty mouth and be a bad boy. Good use of appropriate language was immediately rewarded with juice in sippy cup.

Mackenzie says:...

"What? You don't want me in the picture?? No way, hose way! I am always in every picture!"

(No Way Jose is how she learned about her Uncle Hose Way, who is typically known as Joey)

Introducing....

Mackenzie would like to introduce you to her "Aunt Cake & Uncle Hose Way".