The Master!

Mike has been accepted to the University of Cincinnati master's of nursing ( critical care nurse specialist/nurse educator) program! Way to go, Mike! I am so, so proud of you!

Rainy day feelin'

The weather man has been on my list of favorite people. The last few days have been beautifully sunny, just the right kind of warm and much less humid. And for the cherry on top, we woke to a rainy summer day. We didn't waste it:

Mack dressed herself. Can you tell?
Nice splash, Kenzie!
I found this little early bird leaf. Fall is on it's way:
We came in, dried off and put together a rainy day picture ( I drew the picture, colored it and cut it out. Mack glued it " all by my own") :
Who said food can't be played with? Mack and I " eating" strawberries.

Cute when you're two

Some things are only cute when you're two:

Soakin' up the sun

Mack and I walked to the local park to play in the sand. The beach volleyball court was the perfect spot to build a castle!

Ready or not!

*Proud mama moment* Mack and I were playing Hide and Seek and while I was hiding, she counted to 24 with out missing a single number!

One more

Are you silently sitting there behind your computer screen wishing I would just, for the love of chocolate, STOP posting pictures of Mackenzie's art projects? Well, keep dreaming, 'cause here are some more! ...Er, I mean...here are a few more that I couldn't turn down and then..MAYBE I'll give the art project pictures a rest.

Mack making her "Very Hungry Caterpillar". He varies a bit from the book version but is still pretty dang cute.



With the sweltering humidity of August upon, we invited Aunt Meg over for the afternoon to do what sane, logical , law abiding citizens do on a hot day in August. We made Christmas ornament! Aunt Meg new of a concoction made of equal parts cinnamon and apple sauce , which, when dry, make wonderfully smelly Christmas ornaments. ( I bet you can guess what some of you are getting for Christmas *wink*)


And this last one is posted only because Mackenzie drew something that you could actually tell what it is:

Double take

Mack and I had fun doing a tracing of her body and then coloring it in to look ....kinda...like her.
It looks like Mack if she were standing in front of one of those wacky mirrors at the amusement park:

" I did it!"

Mackenzie has such a hunger for knowledge that I decided to pick up some of the preschool books from the Dollar Tree to have on hand for when she was more ready for them. I didn't really intend for her to start doing them now but she was bored one morning so I thought we'd give it a try. While many of the things are still above her capability , she was able to do about 75% of one work book all on her own. She was so proud of herself ( and I of her!). She asks to do more " school books" every day. It's fun to see her learning while it's still fun and the desire is there.

One thing leads to another

Mackenzie is a rough and tumble girl. One of her favorite things is to yell to one of us " Take me to the bed!" so that she can be wrestled, tickled and generally tossed about until she is breathless and sweaty. Here's a play by play of a recent wrestling match:

Things seem harmless here. Mike has no hair so there is no risk of pulling. Mack is using proper form with both feet parallel to the starting point.

Here's where things start to derail. Mackenzie gets a bit too much height on her dismount:
Resulting in this:
And followed by this:

And they'll do it all again tomorrow- same time, same place.

Did you know? A few random tidbits about our family

Did you know....
I'm mixing things up a bit by occasionally throwing in a few fun ( utterly useless) bit of info.

Mike , the trauma nurse/paramedic, can stand nearly ANY kind of bodily trauma, infection, disease, smell or condition but you cannot..CANNOT...speak to him about finger or toe injuries.

Missy- here's a tough one to share. I have generalized anxiety disorder. If I seem aloof/quiet/snobbish/disconnected and you wonder if maybe you have horrible , unrelenting body odor , bad teeth and a boring personality causing my inability to physically be near you- relax. It's not you. It's me. Really. ( ok, almost always me.)

Mackenzie cannot tell if she likes a food or not until she chews it up and nearly swallows it. If she likes it, it goes down. If not- cover your plates.

My girl

(This picture makes me smile so I thought I'd share it)

Liquid sunshine

Mackenzie and I were startled by the sudden down pour of rain coming from a sun-shiney sky! In Florida, they call this "liquid sunshine" . Mack tried her best to catch some:
The rain passed as quickly as it came but Mack wanted to have her umbrella handy- just in case.

Hot Cross Buns

Here's a clip of Mackenzie singing " Hot Cross Buns" ( hoss cross buns in Mackenzien)





Original words:
Hot cross buns, hot cross buns
one a penny, two a penny .
Hot cross buns.
If your daughters do no like them, give them do your sons.
One a penny two a penny
Hot cross buns.

Mackenzien version:
Hoss cross buns
oney and a two-ey
hoss cross buns.
If your daughters do not like your sons.
oney and a two-ey
hoss cross buns

The student surpasses the teacher

Mackenzie: Mommy? I want a snack!

Mommy:dispenses a classic " where -are- your- manners" mom look::

Mackenzie: Mommy! May I please have a snack?

Mommy: Sure! Would you like the green grapes or the purple?

Mackenzie: ( with out missing a beat) All of them!