Something to remember....

The other day , I was doing what all moms do- multi-tasking;checking off things on my mental " to do" list and picking up stray toys on my way to grab Mack's pajamas. As I'm on my way back to the bathroom-jammies in hand, I hear Mack's excited voice say " LET THE SHOW BEGIN!" . Fearful,I quicken my step just in time to stop her from using a bath tub toy funnel as an exciting new potty. I'm really glad I stopped that one before it happened.

Isn't three fun?!

New members

Today Mike, Mack and I all became Brighton United Methodist church's newest members. This was the first church we visited upon landing in Colorado. It's the only UMC in Brighton which is where we hope to eventually live so we thought we'd start thing, thinking we'd have to shop around a bit. From the very first visit to this church, Mike and I felt very comfortable and at home there. Though it's bittersweet to leave behind the South Lyon church family, they are still apart of who we are and we think of them often!

Nope! Can't do it.

I just can't look at this picture of my Sunshine girl with out smiling. What a treasure she is:



Lost in thought:

Lady bug hunt

While playing in the garden the other day, Mack found 15 lady bugs! Most of them were found atop the sunflower plants so she really had to stretch for them. Don't you love this hat? Mack does , too. I'm on a hunt of my own to find another one since this one quite frequently gets stuck on her head!

Ballerina Mackenzie

Gram's got Mack a real ballet out fit. She loved it so much, she even wore it to lunch later that day . You can imagine all the compliments she received:

Here she is combining two of her talents- noise making and ballerina:

A rude thing....

Since the day I taught Mack how to use scissors, I have also taught her that they are used for paper only. Each time we start a project, I remind her that she is never to use scissors to cut her hair. So you can imagine my reaction when Mack came to me, a strand of hair in one hand, her safety scissors in the other. She knew by the look on my face that I was very upset. All I could say was " You are NEVER to use scissors on your hair!" Her face crumpled and tears of the most sincere regret poured down her face. After some time in her room to think about her actions, we sat on her bed to have a chat. " I'm so sorry mommy!" She said and the tears flowed again. Never have I seen a little girl so sincerely sorry. When I asked her later why she was crying, she said " Because you said a rude thing!" When I asked her for more detail, she said she didn't like it when I said " You NEVER cut hair!" because she didn't like that I was sad. My heart broke for her that day because I knew how deeply sorry she was and still is to this day. So here's a picture of the damage which could have been much worse. My sneaking suspicion is this is Mack's way of being Rapunzel who had a snippet of her hair cut off ( in approximately the same location). We had, indeed, just watched Tangled the night before:

Mike's old " new" job

Mike has been working the last (nearly) two months on the Burn/Trauma unit at the University of Colorado medical center. He's really enjoyed his co-workers and the patients. There is a comradery amongst the team that he didn't feel at U of M and an atmosphere that Mike will flourish in career-wise ( there is lots of opportunity for his advancement in the nursing side of things and the research side). So it's no surprise that Mike immediately accepted the offer to forgo another cycle on the travel nurse team and stay on the unit permanently. His manager has heard nothing but great things about Mike who's co-workers have all ranked him in their " top three" of nurses to work with and there is speculation that Mike will soon be promoted to charge nurse! To top that, he's received many compliments and sentiments of gratitude from patients and their families . I am so proud of Mike and we are so excited for what's to come in Mike's career!

If you wanna know more about UCH's burn/trauma unit, click here