Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Randoms

Just a few random thoughts on this Wednesday.
-This cooler weather is incredible.  It's nice to be outside!
-McKenzie is becoming tougher at bedtime.  She does anything and everything she can think of to put off going to bed:  read a book (recent choices include Barbie book and the Bible, interesting combo), asking for her iPad, crying for her iPad, giving up on the iPad, asking to poo-poo (no she's not potty trained), asking for each and every stuffed animal.  You get the idea.  It's frustrating, but hopefully will pass.
-The girl loves apples.  Just don't try to cut one up for her.  She wants to hold the whole thing and gnaw at it.
-She's excited about our new house.  Although, she always tells us it's Sandy's house.  He's our realtor and he was there when she first saw it.  Hope she doesn't expect him to be there when we move in.

And a recent conversation, if you could call it that:
Brant: McKenzie, Mommy and I are saying a prayer.  You can either say it with us or not.
McKenzie: Not.

It's really hard to pray when you are laughing at your child.  Obviously, she was not happy about being put to bed, so she expressed herself pretty clearly.

Monday, September 12, 2011

Pinnacle Mountain State Park

With Ben and Mary Elizabeth, after a sweaty morning playtime!
Pinnacle is probably one of my favorite parks in town.  They have a brand new playset that McKenzie has almost no trouble navigating.  And recently, she has enjoyed walking the little half mile trail which is great exercise for me and great to wear her out!  On Labor Day, we met my parents at Pinnacle for lunch before they headed back to Fayetteville.  And a few weeks ago, McKenzie met her cousins out there one morning on her usual Daddy/Donut/Park Saturday morning extravaganza!

Enjoying a fudgesicle with Mom after the long walk.

Showing off at the top of the ladder.

Cheesing with Daddy at the big tree.

It was a bit windy that day!


Thursday, September 8, 2011

It's Still Summer

And the girls want to have some fun!



Monday, September 5, 2011

Labor Day Fun

We didn't have much to do this Labor Day weekend, and it was actually quite nice.  We got all of our household chores done on Saturday and Sunday, just in time to enjoy the absolutely beautiful weather on Labor Day.  We decided to take McKenzie to the zoo, because even though she's been several times, she's never been with her Daddy.  For whatever reason, she really wanted to see the giraffe and the fishies.  We pointed out lots of other animals and she just said "ok, find the giraffe" or "ok, go see fishies."  She also yelled at the train to "COME BACK!" when it passed right on by her.  It was the perfect outing for Labor Day!  On account of trying to enjoy the moment, rather than snapping pics, I didn't take my camera.  But I had to pull out the camera phone for a few cute photo ops!