The Countdown!

Only 16 days left until Mack and I are on our way to Colorado! I am SO excited yet VERY nervous at the prospect of flying by myself with Mackenzie. It's an early flight ( departs at 6:30am ) So I am hoping that Mackenzie will sleep most of the trip. My biggest concern is navigating the airport(s) with Mackenzie AND our gear. Thankfully, I found this little ( ok, HUGE) treasure:

The car seat fits right inside it ( with room for our carry on) and then straps to your back like a backpack. This way, I can cart Mackenzie around in her stroller ( which will be be checked at the gate) and then have everything we need safetly contained in this nifty bag!

I'm working on getting Mackenzie used to sleeping in the pack 'n play, which she'll be sleeping in at my moms.

It won't be long before we're breathing in mountain air!

Mackenzie

Magnetic
Acrobatic
Charming
Kind
Energetic
Nosey
Zealous
Ingenious
Endearing

Some big shoes to fill

I snapped this picture of Mackenzie wearing daddy's shoes. She made it pretty far before she ditched them!

Girls just wanna have fun!

Olivia came to play! She and Mackenzie had a blast. Erin and I think it's so funny because the two of them just lay on the floor and laugh at each other! Here are the girls in all their giggle glory:

Adding a little Elmo to the mix:
They've got their shades- they are just one driver licence and debit card from a shoe shopping spree:
This takes me back to my preschool days. Instrument time was...loud. Olivia said " Let's not shake anymore" and I agreed:

Fun with hair!

How to "do" a toddler's hair:

Step one: Find said toddler
Step two: Find comb
Step three: Recapture toddler after finding comb
Step four: Find good distraction toy
Step five: Wet toddler's hair
Step six: Find another distraction toy
Step seven: Rewet hair
Step eight: Use comb to part hair
Step nine: Use tiny elastics to hold hair in place.
Step ten: Repeat step nine until desired effect has been reached.

Potty chair

While I have NO intentions of potty training Mackenzie until she's completely ready ( she will tell me when she has to go, but other than that, she's a happy camper in diapers) , I found the perfect potty chair on sale at Target and couldn't pass it up. When I put it in the cart, I told Mackenzie that this was her potty chair for when she decided she wanted to put her potty in the toilet instead of her diaper ( I sound like a character straight out of Sesame street!). From that point until we got home, she kept asking for her potty chair. You can imagine how excited she was when she actually got to explore it. At least once a day, she drags it out of the bathroom to climb on. She even put her baby doll on the potty ( and told her " YUCK!" when she did) The pictures were too cute not to post:
This one is fuzzy but her expression is hilarious:
Here's another picture of her in her new booster seat. Her high chair converted to a booster seat and she's been using it that way for a few months but she discovered that she could stand up in that chair ( since it didn't fit underneath the table with it's arms). This one slides neatly under the table. A bonus ( for now) is that she can buckle herself into it.

Lovin' the Dollar Tree

My neices and nephews are onto something! The Dollar store is filled with treasures. Here's one Mike picked up a few days ago: