Halloween

Yeah I know it's only like a month late, but here are the pics of Mackie from Halloween. She was Cinderella... wonder why that was? I'm sure it had nothing to do with Disneyworld or the fact that it was an outfit she loved and that it meant I didn't ahve to buy another costume! :)

We made it special by spraying her with "sparkly things" and even a little clear lip gloss! She was too cute, but of course wouldn't stay still or stop and smile for the camera. She was in a constant state of motion that night.

I've been tagged...

I've been tagged by Susy to do the following:

1. Choose the 4th picture folder on my computer

2. Choose the 4th picture

3. Explain the picture

4. Tag 4 people to do the same.

So this is what would have been my 4th pic from my 4th folder if I'd ever gotten around to putting all my pics back in the same directory. (New camera created a new directory) Anyway this pic is of Mackenzie when she was 2 months old playing in her Bumbo seat. God bless the person who invented this jewel! Mackenzie loved that rattle and I choose to believe that the look on her face was one of 2 month old focus and not that she was "doing business". (Honestly, I can't remember...) Another couple of cool details... this was before all Mackenzie's hair came in and got crazy and curly! It's also before it lightened up, when she was born it was light brown and LITERALLY looked like she had been to get it highlighted. If you notice her toes, one side is curled up and the other is spread out. She used to do that a lot when she was little. Not ever sure why, but she liked to alternate between curling her toes and spreading them out. Such a silly girl, even at 2 months old!

I tag:

1. Heather

2. Anne

3. Abbie

4. Sarah

Scarf

Over the weekend Mama Jo gave Mackenzie a scarf she had made. Initially Mackenzie didn't want ANYTHING to do with it, even after MJ, Nana, me, and Kelsey tried it on. But at bedtime that night she had to find the scarf and take it to bed with her. (It's in the top left corner of this pic.) Gotta love the changing mind of a 2 yr old!

Go Fish!

These days my child is obsessed with games... doesn't matter which kind, card games, computer games, puzzles, even hi ho cherrio. I finally snapped some pictures of her while we were playing Go Fish (the 2 yr old version where we always have a match) Sunday after church. There is never a boring moment with her!!

If she doesn't want to give you one of her cards when you ask her she stacks her cards up where you can't see what she has and says "Maybe Later!" You can't help but laugh!

Hi Heels

This weekend we went to Magnolia to a friend from college's wedding. Before we left town we stopped to see Brian's sister Amanda. While we were there Mackenzie decided she not only wanted to wear my shoes (not unsual these days) but she also wanted to prance around. Thank goodness my camera was still in Brian's pocket!

More Random Mackenzisms

I know I've blogged before about the random things Mackenzie says, but she is always saying the funniest things, so I build them all up and then will post them a group at a time.

A couple of weekends ago Brian was in our bedroom putting up laundry and Mackenzie was playing in our closet... for some reason she loves to do that when we're in there. I guess it seems fun like a fort... at least that's why I used to play in my closet!!! Anyway back to the point, Brian says all of the sudden, Mackenzie opens the door and says "Thanks for shopping with us today!" and then promptly closes the door! Who knows where she learned that but I think its' hilarious!!

Another new thing in Mackenzie land is the fact that if she gets her clothes even a little bit wet, she has to strip them off! The first day she started this she came running in to the living room from the playroom and said "I gotta go change my clothes I spilled water all over them". And then she immediately turned around to run to her room. The way she said it, so matter of factly and just like it was an FYI made me almost roll on the floor laughing!

This next one I have NO idea where it came from... I don't even remember what I said to her, but all of the sudden she looked at me and said "Awwww shucks!" It applied perfectly to the situation and she also had the perfect accompanying look. I was just in awe of the random things she says!

There are many more, but that's all I have on the e-mail I sent myself to make sure I didn't forget to blog about them!

Talking on the phone

When we were in Disneyworld I bought an Ariel cell phone for Mackenzie to use as a prize on the way home. Well we never needed it on the way home so I was saving it for her stocking... well last week she ended up in the prize drawer and found it. There was no way I was getting out of giving it to her then. Well its' been absolutely hilarious!

Here's a sample conversation:

I walk in the room and she looks at me and says

"Shhhh! I'm talking on the phone."

"No there is too many people in here"

"Hi, my name is Mackenzie. What's yours? Ariel?"

"Alright talk to you later"

Here's another one... can't decide which is funnier.

"Hey Ariel!"

"Whatcha doing?"

"Oh you're in the ocean with Flounder and the shark?"

"Can I talk to Flounder?"

"Hey Flounder, you're in the ocean with Ariel and the shark."

"Have fun, talk to you later!"

Many different variations on this same conversation are going on all the time, and are always entertaining!