Mackenna the Houdini

Mackenna is our houdini! She can get into and out of everything! She most recently likes to get out of all of her clothes and diaper during her naps and nights. You can imagine that this can be a bit of a messy situation. There were many days that I was changing her sheets twice a day. We finally figured out a situation that will work but of course had to wait til it was cool enough to dress her this way. This was the first really cool night. We put her in a sleep sack backwards. This green one I made last winter. I even had to sew up the neck and arms so that she can't wiggle her way out of it. We have had 3 nights and naps now where she has not been able to strip down! Hooray! I give it about a week before she figures out a way to get out of even this.

Daddy and Mackenna love oranges.

Jaden loves his moon dough. His set makes puppies. He likes to make as many as he can.

Uncle Jay-Jay is one of Mackenna's favorite people!

Special thanks to computer guru Trevor who taught me a super duper secret computer thingy so that I can now actually post these from my computer instead of creating it and then having to use my phone to post it (which I can't do now anyway thanks to my current technology crisis which is the demise of my Crackberry) Thank you Trevor.

First day of school!

Jaden had a BLAST at his first day of Preschool! He was very excited to go, so much so that he woke up ready to hit the road at 5:45am this morning! Try again buster! He wasn't afraid one bit. He didn't even look back once! He just walked in, didn't even say 'good bye'! Off we went to do a little 'down to one kid' shopping! I thought it was going to be a breeze but Mackenna wanted to open every box of cereal and box of baggies we put in the cart. She even bit right through the outside wrapping of a big dark chocolate bar. (she has exquisite taste- 80%Cocao!) When we went to pick Jaden up we got to wait for just a bit with all the other parents and younger siblings and then his class started filing down the hall. He saw us and made a mad dash to us. He was absolutely giddy, jumping up and down and making his wierd little noises. He couldn't contain himself. he sort of paddled both of us with his hands in our faces. We will have to work on other ways of expressing sheer joy! OUCH! From what I can gather, they played...a lot, inside and outside. had a snack, he went potty in the big potty but someone flushed for him while he covered his ears. They sat in a square, 'not a circle, mama' and sat 'criss cross applesauce' and had some sort of story. I'm sure they did more than that but that was all he could get out! He wants to go back so that's good!!

Ready to go

Finding his 'cubby'

He got to hand in his first homework ever! It's a placemat that they will laminate and use for snack time. He got to pick pictures to put on it.

The last pic is of him, a classmate and Mrs. Groen, his teacher!

Pastas and the Theology of a 3yr Old

Before I forget...

Pastas and the Theology of a 3yr old

Actually the first installment came in the car this morning on the way into town

Mama- Jaden, Wendy, Dane, Emily and Aliesha are going to pray for you tomorrow that you day at school goes well. They want God to be with you.

Jaden- Where is God?

Mama- Everywhere. God made you, yada yada yada (boring non-3yr old definition of God)

Jaden- God made birds and animals and Mackenna and God gave us french fries!

Second installment at supper over Pastas (his fav meal)

Jaden- Where is God?

Mama- God is everywhere and God is in your heart.

Jaden- God is in my heart? Why he in my heart?

Mama- because God wants to be there. God loves you.

Jaden- with a little wry giggle putting his hand on his chest, "I squishing God."

Mama- you're funny, Jaden

Jaden- God gave us grapes and apples and Mackenna and sippy cups.

Amen.

Back already!

Grammie and Grandpa were here yesterday and today so I thought we would do a little photo shoot on the Nest Lake bridge. Here ya' go. Got some good ones!

Summer Wrap-up

Ok, so it seems I am not the best blogger. I can't even really call myself one when I post so rarely. oh well. I thought I would give you a summer wrap up. These are just some highlights. I am missing alot but I would have to get up and get my other memory card and that's just too much work for a Sunday night. Ha!

So we can say that we are successfully potty trained! We are still working on going on the 'oh so scary' Target potty but for now a 'potty on the go' potty has made a new home in our minivan.

Summer is awesome when your BFF lives next door!

Jaden and Mackenna loved the Growmobile this summer! We got lots of great books out of the deal and a whole lotta fun, not to mention some mommy time with the other mommies when not chasing Mackenna. Who am I kidding, though, it was a lot of the latter. Next year...

Dawn came with us to the Growmobile when she visited!

Just HAD to get a picture of the giraffes at the zoo in Mackenna's giraffe diaper!

Jaden's 3rd ride. He loved it!

A lot of flag-waving this summer at various parades, yes, we still have parade candy!

Fun with corn

Nothing perks Jaden up more than mentioning the word 'Park'!

Cutie pie!

Anybody looking for child models?? A great visit with Brett's cousin, Seth and his family!

Great Grandma Nana

Mackenna's first jet ski ride. She LOOOOOved it. I give our sensitive Jaden man about 10 years before he attempts!

Hope to write more later with some more pictures!

It's been waaaaaay too long!

Yogurt anyone?

Trying on Daddy's shorts

I am a water baby! Watch out, I'm coming in whether you are ready or not!

Finger painting with pudding. Who would say no to that??

Gonzo after too much swimming with Uncle Jay Jay

Diaper streamer from diaper party with the Minnesota Cloth Diapering Moms and Dads group. She wore it around after I took it down off the poles outside!

Awwe, cutie!

Mackenna and Uncle Benny (our friend, Chad)

New Mud Butt, jeans with pockets! The pic below is purely for advertising. She doesn't (and never really did, take a binky, but the Calms Forte she loves!)

Ready to fish!

I don't know why I can't just get off my bum and update the blog but I guess it's because I've been so busy covering everybody else's kids' bums! I have so many great pictures to share with you so we will see how nice blogger is to me today. Let's hope for a quick upload... I keep losing my internet connection, so will post these while I can!

I have a TON of pictures from the last month or so. I will try to ad some each day for a couple of days. Mackenna is usually pretty daring in the food department as well as everything else. I think she was eating strawberries here. Everytime she took a bite she would make this funny little face like she was taking a big bite of lemon.

Both Jaden and Mackenna like to don Mommy's medals and walk around the house. It's great for me. I always know where they are becasue the clang together as they walk and play like a cow bell!

Jaden and Mackenna are both very affectionate.

Here's that funny face pic!

Dawn's visit was awesome. More pics from that coming soon, but here she is sharing her love for children's lit with Jaden and Jacob.

'I wuv you Jawn' (I guess 'Dawn' is hard to say for a 3 yr old)

Big bite of oatmeal, one of Jaden's new foods. He also added turkey lunch meat to the list the other day and actually asked for it today. Huge step.

Mackenna sporting Mama's running shoes.

I can feed myself! Sort of...

The many faces of Jaden Tate. He is quite the drama king. Don't worry, I didn't capture anything horrible here, just another temper tantrum, most likely having to do with some completely bizarre food (like a grape) that we were trying to get him to eat.

More later...