Cats and kids

While Mackenzie was still just a bean shaped blob in my belly, I was warned on several occasions about the dangers of having both cats and kids together under one roof. I usually smiled and nodded at the advice, punctuated with an " I'm not worried" shrug. Secretly, though, I wondered how things would go when our real life child arrived, nudging our "fur babies" into second place in the rankings.

Today, 2.5 years later, Mike and I just look at each other and smile at the bond that Mack and our pets share. We are especially perplexed at the friendship between Mackenzie and Sydney ( who is 100% "cat" in ever sense of the stereo type).

Thinking about this, though, I shouldn't be too surprised. I'm seeing that two year olds and cats have quite a bit in common- they are, in fact, both the center of the universe ( even if only in their own minds).

Here are a few recent pictures of Mackenzie and her friends:

Mack trying to warm Duncan up after his bath:
Who's under that blanket?
Poor Duncan!

Every morning Sydney waits outside Mack's door for her to wake up :

The Master!

Mike has been accepted to the University of Cincinnati master's of nursing ( critical care nurse specialist/nurse educator) program! Way to go, Mike! I am so, so proud of you!

Rainy day feelin'

The weather man has been on my list of favorite people. The last few days have been beautifully sunny, just the right kind of warm and much less humid. And for the cherry on top, we woke to a rainy summer day. We didn't waste it:

Mack dressed herself. Can you tell?
Nice splash, Kenzie!
I found this little early bird leaf. Fall is on it's way:
We came in, dried off and put together a rainy day picture ( I drew the picture, colored it and cut it out. Mack glued it " all by my own") :
Who said food can't be played with? Mack and I " eating" strawberries.

Cute when you're two

Some things are only cute when you're two:

Soakin' up the sun

Mack and I walked to the local park to play in the sand. The beach volleyball court was the perfect spot to build a castle!

Ready or not!

*Proud mama moment* Mack and I were playing Hide and Seek and while I was hiding, she counted to 24 with out missing a single number!

One more

Are you silently sitting there behind your computer screen wishing I would just, for the love of chocolate, STOP posting pictures of Mackenzie's art projects? Well, keep dreaming, 'cause here are some more! ...Er, I mean...here are a few more that I couldn't turn down and then..MAYBE I'll give the art project pictures a rest.

Mack making her "Very Hungry Caterpillar". He varies a bit from the book version but is still pretty dang cute.



With the sweltering humidity of August upon, we invited Aunt Meg over for the afternoon to do what sane, logical , law abiding citizens do on a hot day in August. We made Christmas ornament! Aunt Meg new of a concoction made of equal parts cinnamon and apple sauce , which, when dry, make wonderfully smelly Christmas ornaments. ( I bet you can guess what some of you are getting for Christmas *wink*)


And this last one is posted only because Mackenzie drew something that you could actually tell what it is: