I've gotten a few glimpses into the mind of Mackenzie the last few weeks and I just love how her brain works. Here are a few "Macky Moments" from the last few weeks:
We drive past a power plant each time we go to my mom's so Mackenzie is constantly asking questions about it. As we drove past it last week , she said " Mommy. There's the power plant. It's a BIG, BIG building full of light switches!"
My sister came over for a visit and brought along Hayden, the five year old girl that she babysits. Mackenzie provided her usual introduction (" Hi. I'm Mackenzie and I'm four years old." ) and Hayden shared hers and off they went to swing in the back yard. A few minutes later, Mackenzie came pouting into the house and planted herself on the kitchen floor followed close behind by an equally pouty Hayden. When I asked Hayden what was wrong she said " Mackenzie said she won't be my friend any more!" ( Yes, unfortunately, that game still exists.) . I said to Mackenzie " That is really not something that is ok to say. That hurts Hayden's feelings and you need to apologize" . I expected that Mackenzie would realize that what she had said was hurtful and she'd refrain from saying it again. What I got, instead, was this; " I'm sorry that I'm not your friend any more Hayden." Oh. That didn't go as planned. She later shared with me that Hayden had broken a house rule and, when Hayden refused to correct herself, Mackenzie didn't want to play anymore. She knows that, even still, it isn't good to say such things.
Mack's all about jokes these days. Some are funny, some would be funny but the idea of the punch line isn't quite in place yet and some are just plain weird. Yesterday Mackenzie was letting Ellie lick her hands after she'd put on hand sanitizer. I told her that hand sanitizer could make Ellie sick. Mackenzie, dead pan, replied " Then we'd have to take her to the " DOGter!" Good one, Mack!
She has been so proud of herself as she's gotten even better at reading. Last week she read most of new a step one early reader book on her own. She was so elated by herself that she danced around and gave me every type of "high five" known to her four year old brain.
Little Mackenzie is such sunshine in our lives. Not a day goes by that I don't look at her and marvel at what an awesome gift she is to us.
