Happy half birthday!

Who needs a reason to have cupcakes? Not anyone, really. But this past Tuesday we had a reason! It was Mackenzie's half birthday and she has been asking for cake for a few weeks now.
She shared half with daddy and devoured the rest herself!

Another trip to the zoo

I sense a new tradition! For the second year in a row, Jeanette and I have taken the kids to the Toledo Zoo on the first full day of school. The weather was great and we had lots of room to roam!

The obligatory picture in front of the fountain:

Playing in the bee costume:
Mack is telling Ben " I'm a BEE! BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ"

After 3.5 hours of wandering the zoo, it was very evident that both kids were ready to head home...

What daddies do

I snapped some sweet pictures of Mack and Mike today and wanted to post them. Mackenzie is so blessed to have a father like Mike and I know one day she will agree with me.

Playing with spaghetti swords ( which they both ate once I took the pic):


Mike and Mack working in her preschool book:

Countdown to Colorado!

14 days (when the pics was taken) before our big trip!


We decorated the bottom with pictures of some of the things we are most excited about doing on our trip. You can see Mack and Auntie Nikki at the park as well Brooklyn, Kaleb, Mack and me jumping on the trampoline ( with Buddy the puppy watching)

This and that

Just a big post full of pictures:

Not much baby left in my girl! I actually got all her hair in a french braid:
We melted down some old broken crayons and made some of our own:
Silly picture of Mack helping me make smoothie popsicles ( Thanks for the molds, Grammy!)
With a two year old in the house, you never know what you might find or where. Discovered these " Motatoes" in our bedroom after Mack was asleep :

"C"

Mack can now write the letter " C"( even if it is sideways) :

All Aboard!

We made another trip to Greenfield Village last week and it was our favorite family trip yet! Our last trip was about 5 months ago and it's really fun to see the changes in Mackenzie even since then. On this visit, she walked most of the way and even ventured into several of the exhibits. She loved the carousel and the train even more as a 2.5 year old . She was so excited about the train ride that she still talks about it days later. Here are pics from the visit:

We made friends with a sweet barn cat we found lounging in the sun:
She could hardly wait for the "merry-sel" to get going:
The train lovers got the best seats right in front!
Watching the fountain: