Dr. Cullen

Mack paid a visit to Dr. Cullen, her pediatric dentist, for her 6 month check up. Mack did great. She cried while in the chair but she held her mouth open for the dentist just as she was asked . She was back to her old self once the cleaning was done and she got to pick her reward, a stretchy blue lizard she named " Michael". What a compliment to her daddy! We got a clean bill of dental health and won't need to see Dr. Cullen until after Easter!

Hoppy Halloween!

Here are pictures of our Halloween festivities:

After Mackenzie's nap, we headed out to Northville to take a peek in Aunt Meg's treat basket:

Next, we headed back to South Lyon to have dinner with Grammy and Aunt Janet:

Pizza and salad for dinner:

Aunt Janet peeking through Mack's bunny ears:

Smiling with Grammy:

And a then a quick stop over to say hello to Hal, Jeanette and Ben:

Finally, we walked over to Wilson's for trick or treating. Mack was so excited, she actually ran most of the way from Grammy's to Wilson's ( a future jogger?!).
Mack and Olivia are excited for some treats:

Run, girls, run!

With all the running Mack had done, she was tired after about 45 minutes and asked to go home. We stopped in to say good night to Grammy and A. Janet and headed for home where Mack counted her loot, took a bath to wash off her whiskers and went to bed:

Boo at the zoo

The Toledo zoo hosted a preschool trick or treat last week so Grammy and I decided to take Mackenzie. Since this was an event specifically for the preschool age group, there wasn't a lot of things to do but we didn't mind since Mack wanted to ride the carousel and visit the aquarium, too.

There was a line to enter the zoo but it moved quickly. Mackenzie waited very patiently:

Not a sight you see every day!Mack and Grammy walking over the bridge toward the preschool area of the zoo:
Mackenzie sure liked the inflatables but with so many kids jumping around, she was more than ready to get down after a few minutes:

A special treat! The carousel that was on the side of the park we were on was up and running so Grammy treated Mack to a ride:
It was a fun trip to the zoo and we were glad we could spend a warm, sunny October day there with Grammy.

Rhyme, slime!

My little rhymer girl has really taken to this whole rhyming thing. Rhyming is a great way to build a foundation for future reading and we think it's also pretty fun ( even if she says differently in the video below!). Last night , after I put Mackenzie to bed, I could hear a steady stream of rhymes coming from her room. The monologue went something like this:

" Mars, stars? That's right! Tree, spree? Of course! Fox, socks. Table, splable...." and so it went for over an hour before her room fell silent ( my-lent) It was so endearing and heart warming to listen to, I stood there for five minutes listening and trying not to sneak into her room and join the fun.

Here's a short video of Mack showing her rhyming skills ( and a sampling of two year old patience ( or lack there of) at the end):

Hey Taylor!

My niece, Taylor, is always coming up with the cutest ways to paint her nails so this post is especially for her her.

Mack couldn't decide which color she wanted so we painted with " All of dem ( motions in circles with hands)! " . Mine are painted maize ( ish) and blue with faithful hopes they will bring good luck to our beloved Wolverines today:


What a great daddy! Mike let Mackenzie paint his toe nails ( clear) since mine were still wet:
Mike gets the gold star of the day. He helped me turn my orange nails into jack-o-lanterns!

Thank you, Grams!!

Grams has been busy! She made each of the girls ( Taylor, Brooklyn and Mackenzie) tu-tus. They are so cute and frilly that Mack couldn't help but twirl around and around and when she fell down, the tu-tu provided just enough padding to break her fall.
It's been so long since I posted video of Mack and I promise, I am working on posting more. For now, here's a quick video just for you, Grams:

Happy Birthday, Olivia and Griffin!

Olivia and Griffin celebrated their 4th and 1st birthday's with a party last weekend. The Wilson's are such great and special friends to us and it's an honor to be apart of the milestones of their family.

Our little family of M's wasn't in the best party shape since Mike had worked the night before and Mack was teething and short on sleep but we still enjoyed ourselves!

The girls huggin' in out:
Erin tried her hand at cake decorating and did a fantastic job! This doesn't like a first timers cake. It must have tasted just as good because Mack asked for more dino cake all day long:
Olivia's princess cake made by Will's mom, Diane:
Olivia loved the dress we got her. We thought it was perfect for our favorite little blue eyed princess:
Mack watching Livy open her presents. I think she was doing the mental math countdown of days until her birthday:
In Griffin's world, every day is a party so this day was really no different apart from that yummy cake! As a special ( and early) gift to his parents and sister, Griffin learned to walk two weeks before his birthday.