Update time

We've been really busy although, for the life of me, I can't quite recall WHAT we've been doing in specifics. So here are a few pictures from the last few weeks.

Mackenzie finds her shadow!
Check out these curls! Her hair gets curlier by the day.
This is a really horrible picture ( quality wise) but she looks so grown up and so much like her cousin Brooklyn that I had to post it!
And a blooper picture- we have this bird in our beach themed room and Mackenzie likes to point out his eyes, nose ( "noise" in Mackenzien) and head. This picture was just snapped at the wrong time. She's got wild hair because it's just before bed time.

Mack and I went on a hunt for wild flowers. Mackenzie really liked being able to roam freely and pick the flowers ( instead of hearing " Those are for smelling, not for picking." ) . Our hunt carried us closer to nap time than I expected , so by the end of it Mackenzie was looking wild and her flowers weren't lookin' so good. We did manage to get some really beautiful wild flowers and I am trying my hand at flower pressing with them!
Mackenzie and I watching Sesame Street. Neither of us were feeling good at the moment!

Free range

There are soccer fields near our house and Mackenzie loves to run free on the grass. There are few things in life better than running barefoot in the grass!

Videos galore!

I'm sure it's a tough life for Mackenzie- expected to perform at the slightest whim! Here are a few videos I captured today:

This is Mackenzie playing with the Leap Pad that Nikki sent her. Over the last few weeks she's really started to pay attention to the stories and follow the commands. Here she is reading from " Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can you? " I love how she whispers " Lellow!" at the end.



We play " Crib Volley Ball" at our house. I toss the beach ball into Mack's crib and then she throws it back out. It's one of Mackenzie's favorite things to do. Here's a video of her playing in her crib.



And one more crib time video ( This one's for you Brooky!) . Mackenzie is so silly and I have no idea why she kissed the crib..hehe.

Mackenzie humming!

This is a short video of Mackenzie humming.

It's truly amazing how much she can learn. We sing the alphabet song several times a day and Mackenzie will sing along with certain parts of the song. "Q" and "G" are her favorite! She has also learned several numbers but, unless I'm counting with her, everything is either 2 or 7. She is so much fun!

Best friends

Mackenzie and Olivia will be best friends, whether they like it or not! Mike and Will have been friends since kindergarten and Erin is one of my best friends so it's only natural that Mack and Olivia would follow suit!
Sharing a seat!
I can't wait to show this picture to them when they are teenagers! They just giggle together and it's soooo heart warming!

Mackenzie's first carousel ride

Mackenzie took her first ride on the carousel today! Mike rode with her , and though she looks scared in the pictures, she actually really liked it. She kept saying " NEIGH!" because she thought the horse she was riding on was actually a cat. After the carousel ride, we walked around Greenfield Village for a little while and stopped for a tasty treat before heading home.

Waiting in line:
"Whee?"

And this one's for you Nikki and Tayl0r ( who say they never see enough pictures of me)

A great day!

On Tuesday, Mike had his first day off in a while so we decided to take Mackenzie to the petting zoo. Michigan has been really cool the last few days and the weather was just perfect. So much so that we decided to go back to Kensington after nap time for a bike ride and to let Mackenzie take a dip in the lake. We packed dinner and made an afternoon of it. It really was a great day!

It was a great day to go. We had the whole farm to ourselves and Mackenzie could roam free!
Here she's calling " baaaaaa" to the lambs

We even squeezed in a quick trip to one of the many play grounds at the park. Who says mommies don't like to slide?!
After nap, we loaded up the car with our bikes, the bike trailer , a picnic dinner and swim suits and headed back ( thankfully, the park is only ten minutes away).
Here we are at the start of the bike ride:

And here's Mack at the end! Poor girl- her helmet slipped over her eyes but she never cried so we aren't sure how long she rode that way!
Since it was later in the day, Mackenzie went into the water for just a few minutes before dinner time.


We all had so much fun and can't wait to get back to Kensington. But we'll have to let our butts recover before we take another long bike ride! By the way, Mike had an ever better work out then me because he was pulling Mackenzie!

Here's a video of Mackenzie "baa-ing at the sheep: