February 2010

I really hope to not to make this a monthly ritual. I want to update this thing more often than that. But life sure gets busy! So for right now, here is a February re-cap.

Since Southwest is an official sponsor to the NBA-All Star stuff, he got some free tickets to a jam session. We had no idea what it was, have no interest in basketball, but thought it would be something fun to do that was out of our norm. And while we were a little out of place, with two strollers, and not buying into the $80 basketballs, we still had a fun time walking around.

Someone who plays basketball has a really big hand.

And there would have been no point in going if it weren't for this.

As soon as we walked in I saw everyone with them. I immediately looked at Nate and without speaking, he knew I had to have one. When we found where Taco Bell was set up, and saw what it was going to take to get a giant taco shaped hat, my heart sank. It was for kids, and it was an agility course. There was no way I was going to dribble, pass, and shoot in front of all those people. So I looked to Nate. And he said no. Just before we were to leave, I was trying to come to grips with the fact that I wasn't going to be getting a hat. What was I going to do with it, anyway? I think Nate saw the disappointment on my face, so he walked up to the ladies handing them out and asked them for one. They looked at him, looked at me, and then looked down at Mackay. Instead of a pleading look on her face she had a look of, "What are you looking at me for? It's not for me, it's for my mom." Luckily they don't read children very well, because they handed us one. Wahoo! So now I have no idea what to do with it. I randomly will wear it around the house for a while. I have no place to put it, and there is no way I am throwing it away.

Moving on.... Mackay saing, "Mom, take my picture!"

Nate was watching the kids one Saturday afternoon, walked out of the room for a minute. When he walked back in he found this: Is it a baby? Or a taco? Poor Zack.

My two kids hanging out.

Mackay is getting into this phase of always making faces for the camera. Here she is just out of the shower, still in just her towel, sitting at the kitchen table for breakfast.

This Sunday afternoon Mackay wanted to paint some Curious George suncatchers we got for her. So I took her dress off so she wouldn't get it dirty. She still has her underwear on, but Nate and I thought this looked so funny. Painting naked in her boots.

I ran to the grocery store one evening, and came home to this. I am so blessed to know what real happiness feels like. I love my family!

More Quotes

1.6.10
It was Zack’s well-check day. His appointment was for 10:30am, which means a busy morning. (That might sound ridiculous, but with two kids, 10:30am IS early, and getting everyone ready and happy by that time is quite a feat.) I explained to Mackay that Zack needed to go to the doctor’s, and that is why we were getting ready so quickly. She stood by me in the bathroom while I was putting on my make-up.

M: Zack is going back to the doctors?
Me: Yes. He is going back to the doctors.
A couple minutes later:
M: Zack is going back to the doctors?
Me: Yes. I already told you. Zack is going back to the doctors.
A couple seconds later:
M: Zack is going BACK to the doctors? She was starting to look concerned, and I was getting annoyed with how often she was asking me the SAME question.
Me: Yes, Mackay. Zack is going back to the doctors.
Mackay: He doesn’t like our house?

I immediately stopped what I was doing, scooped her up, hugged her as tight as I could, and sat her on my lap. I then explained to Mackay that we weren’t leaving Zack at the doctors, he was just going to visit. What a sweet-heart! I felt so bad for the emotions that she must have been experiencing when she thought we were returning Zack. And how annoyed I had been. I’ll try to pay more attention next time.


2.1.10
Backstory: Nate and Mackay were pretending to eat each other with Mackay’s play forks and knives. I was sitting on the couch, minding my own business, when Nate had the great idea of eating my feet. I H.A.T.E being tickled, but thought I would make my daughter happy. So I handed over my foot, and they tickled it like crazy with their forks and knives. Nate, of course, was all smiles while I was being tortured. A little while later, Nate (with THAT grin on his face), told me to put my arms up, because they wanted to eat me some more. And that is where I drew the line. No way was I going to let them tickle me under my arms. I would go crazy. I said no. And he kept pushing, which made Mackay keep pushing. So I gave him the eyes, the “honey, I’m serious, and if you don’t let up I’m going to get mad” eyes. But his smile only got bigger, and he kept pushing it. I kept protesting, and that’s where Mackay stepped, in:

M: Mom, we need to talk.
She was so calm and serious, so adult-like in the way she was addressing me. I looked at her.
M: Mom, I think you need to go to your room until you can calm down. You are being mean to daddy.

Both Nate and I burst into laughter. We could hardly contain ourselves. But Mackay never smiled, nor did she budge. I “stormed” off to my room. A little while later, she came in. Again, as calm and mature as could be. She explained the situation to me:

M: You were being mean to daddy. You need to say sorry.

She then took me by the hand, and led me out of the room to where Nate was in the kitchen. She explained the situation to him, and told him that I was going to be apologizing for being mean to him.

I apologized to daddy.


2.5.10
Me: Who’s your best friend?
M: Jesus. And he loves me REALLY much. And gives me lots of presents.

No date recorded:
Mackay was playing in Zack's crib, and the toy that she was playing with fell to the ground. "Oh man!" she said. I couldn't easily help her since I was feeding Zack. Then she said, "I know! Rescue backpack!" She turned her back to me and said, "Say, 'Backpack!'" I yelled, "Backpack!" And then she said, "Ooh. That's not going to work." Maybe she's watched a little bit too much Diego.

This same thing has happened with Super Why. One evening we were eating dinner, and she wasn't eating her food. We told her she needed to eat and she said, "I can't. See, it says in my story, 'Mackay can't eat her food.'" I was laughing so hard that I couldn't stop. And Nate just sat there confused. In Super Why, the story has a problem that they can't fix because their "story" won't let them. So, Super Why, with the "Power to Read" zaps out the bad word for a better one. In this case, we would zap out the word "can't" for "can." And then the story, and the problem, is fixed.

January 2010

Whew! In my defense, I have been experiencing technical difficulties with blogger. Whenever I would try to upload pictures, it would come up with this excuse:blogID: Required field must not be blank. What the heck? So I would get discouraged, and decide to try again later. Well, later is here. And if I log in through www2.blogger.com instead of www.blogger.com, it seems to work. But I can only upload pictures from one folder at a time. What a frustration! Anyway, without further adieu, here is January 2010:

Nate is ALWAYS wanting to spend more time in the outdoors. Which I am all for, though whenever he brings it up, it is never the best of times for me. On this day, I had a huge deadline with my photography, but went without mentioning it. And then we failed to realize that it had been raining for days before we went out on our hike. So the whole time we were trying not to fall in the mud and walking around the trail constantly. Ugh!

But here is the cute fam. Mackay wanted mittens to keep her hands warm, but we left hers at home, so she had to wear these rather large gloves. And we had just eaten oreos. So she has got some lovely lip liner on.

Here is after the hike. We had to practically run back because Mackay had to go to the bathroom. And sweet Zack fell asleep with all the jostling.

Mackay and Zack are getting more entertaining to watch when they are together. This one day I left the room for a second, came back, and saw that Mackay had shared her doll with Zack. Her face looks like she is so proud!

And Zack's face doesn't look quite as excited. Oh, and a side note: also pictured is "Stinky". Mackay's sleeping partner, and Nate's stuffed animal from when he was little. Mackay claims that Stinky is a girl. Which makes Nate less than happy. Though her pink teddy bear, "Teddy" is a boy. Funny.

Mackay fell asleep on the couch with her pj's and boots on.

Mackay pushing Zack around in her doll stroller. Surprisingly, Zack didn't like it very much. Mackay, on the other hand, loved it.

Zack in his new exer-saucer. I loved the concerned look on his face with Mackay underneath it.

And Mackay's only time of getting to sit in the exer-saucer.

And the loves of my life:

Wahoo for January!