Mommy and Macky have a date

 I woke up at 3:30am the other morning to the sound of Mackenzie crying. This is highly uncommon and it startled me. I rushed to her room to find tears streaming down her sleepy face. " Mommy. I just miss you! I never get to see you!" And it seems true for a new kindergartner who , for the first 5.5 years of her life had her mommy at her side.  " I miss you, too, Macky! Tomorrow , you and I will have a date!" And so I held her , stroking her glittery hair, until she feel asleep. Bright and early the next day, Mack was ready to go! First she had dance class but right after, we went for lunch at Wholly Stromboli, our family's favorite restaurant followed by play time at the park. We both needed that. Kindergarten has been a hard adjustment for all of us and I never want my girl to feel like school or anything else keeps her from me.

Papa's farm

Papa brought in a giant toad for the kids to see. Mason was not at all impressed.
In fact, he tried to run from the room!

The view from the back deck. This is using my high powered lens to
zoom in on a wild fire burning in the mountains.

A short clip of Mason's reaction to the giant toad. It was not well received:

Splish Splash

 Bath time is always a fun time in our house. Whether it's a solo event or if a sibling or canine join the event, there is always a good time to be had:

This is very suspicious looking

Check out all Mason's toys

The best big sister

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Mason suddenly has an insatiable hunger for reading. This a great thing, of course, but sometimes my hands are full and I can't drop what I'm doing just then to read. Enter: The best big sister!

Moments with Mason

Papa's boy

Yeehaaww!

Tub time

These two look suspicious.

Snap shots

The girls came over for a PTA meeting last week and brought
these chocolate croissants which were left a little to close
to the edge of the counter. Busted, Mason! But not before
he could stuff his mouth full of croissant!

Mackenzie has been asking to wear my wedding day
pearls for a while now. She is so excited not because of the " bling factor"
of wearing jewelry but because they are from real clams or oysters.

Peas in a pod. Mack and Kaleb

Colorful!

Annie, Emily and I had a really great time at the Color Me RAD 5k last weekend! It sure lived up to it's colorful name!

Before the Race

After the race

The shower needed a shower after I was done!

This event was so well planned and executed . 7,000 people turned out for it and we didn't wait
in line for more than 2 or 3 minutes at check in and we had no issues getting out of the parking lot! I definitely recommend this one.

Looking like a smurf was fun at the drive through after the race.