Mackenzie obviously doesn't share her mommy's feelings about balloons.
Here's her new shades. She wears them all the time - in the house, to the park, to walmart - people get such a kick out of her. She thinks she's a little rock star or something :)
Here she is getting ready to watch Happy Feet. All those toys she is holding are penguins. The kid LOVES penguins. The three little ones are named Bill, Ted, and Other Bill. Then she also has baby penguin, which Grammy and Peepaw got her for her birthday. We think maybe she will grow up to study penguins or something.
So, I haven't ever really taken Mackenzie out to play in the snow. I'm a bad mommy, it takes forever to get her ready and then we are out there for 20 minutes. Oh, and it has only snowed her a couple of times this winter. But, we did get a little snow last night, so this morning I asked her if she wanted to go out. She had a great time. She wanted to wear her "mits" at first, but once we got out there she wanted them off so she could scoop the snow.
Mackenzie loves "playing" memory. We lay half of them out and give her the other card and let her find the match. She is really fast! One of these days she is going to be ready to take on her uncle Tristan :) .
Here are some pictures of Mackenzie playing in the yard the other day. We have been enjoying any warm weather we get! She could play outside all day long, she just loves it. She had a great time loading sticks in her wagon, picking weeds (oops, I mean flowers!), and collecting walnut shells (which she tried once to bite - goof). Anyway, we had a good time.
Well, it took a lot of work, but I finally convinced Matt that we needed another cat. I really do love having two cats, they just seem so much happier with another furry friend. Especially when we are out of town or something like that. So, we have been looking, and last week I saw this little black kitty at Petsmart. She was found as a stray when she was tiny and then spent a few weeks at the animal shelter. She was scheduled to be euthenized when a foster home took her in. She spent a month there and they decided to feature her at Petsmart, where I saw her. She was SO sweet, and I knew right away I wanted her! So I took Matt to meet her (of course he adores her), and we brought her home last weekend! She looks so much like Chloe, it is funny. We have to look twice to see which cat it is. And Mackenzie gets them mixed up all the time! Oh, her name is Maya. And she is just great with Mackenzie, lets her pet her and will actually stay on our laps when Kenz is up there, too.
We had one wonderful, short day of beautiful weather. Matt took Mackenzie outside to play when he got home from work, and she had a blast - she did not want to come in even after the sun went down and her hands were ice cold. We are so ready for spring!
Mackenzie picked me some flowers while they were outside - it was really sweet!
Mackenzie fell asleep on my lap the other day. I just love watching her sleep - she still looks like a baby :)
Here she is hanging out in her crib. I honestly think its a little strange (in a good way), but she loves to sit in her crib and look at books with one of her kiddie cd's playing. She will ask to go to her bed and listen to music, and she will stay in there for half an hour at least. I am glad that she can entertain herself like that!
She loves playing on our bed. Here she is buried under pillows the other day.
