What's new?

Let's see, there are lots of things new at our household, but for some reason it seems as if there has been nothing to blog about lately:
Jim is on week #2 at his new job and enjoying it more every day
Mackenzie is finally getting over a bad cough/cold and really enjoying being 2
We are all ready for some warm weather to stick around!
Mackenzie is really enjoying her second semester of Kindermusik with Miss Amy-it is about animals
We have been looking into/debating about getting Mackenzie a wooden swingset. The question is: Which one and what kind?

That is what is new with us, other than me trying to think of some new blogging stuff. Don't worry, pics to come soon!

The Birthday Bash!

We had the big #2 party on Sunday. There were around 30 people, but we had a lot of fun! Thank you to everyone who came! Mackenzie is really enjoying her gifts and has played with pretty much all of them. As many of you know, our theme was ladybugs. We had balloons and noisemakers for each child. She loved everyone singing "Happy Birthday" to her. Of all days, and she was just getting a cold and only had 1/2 hour of sleep before everyone got here. She did super well for those conditions. She went to bed about ten after 8 and fell fast asleep!

Posing with all of her ladybug balloons before the crowd arrived.

The lovely cake before we all dug in.

The noisemakers and ladybug pictures on the tablecloth.

Me "helping" Mackenzie blow out the candle even though she could do it herself. I did it for safety's sake :-).

In the middle of opening all the gifts. What fun! Thanks again, everyone!

Happy Birthday, sweet Mackenzie!

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Mackenzie, Happy Birthday to you! I can't believe we have a 2 year old.

Time goes so quickly when you are having fun and raising a sparkling, full of energy toddler! At 5:41 pm 2 years ago, my sweet little girl was born. Such a wonderful moment and one I will cherish and remember forever. :-)

We had lots of fun today. Mackenzie got a new bike! Look how she has grown from a newborn to a toddler!

We went to the library for a Valentine's Day program. Our big activity of the day was going to Chuck E. Cheese's for dinner. It was her first time and she had a lot of fun (so did mommy and daddy)!

Mackenzie, we are so proud of all you have accomplished and can't wait to see what year 2 brings!

Lots of fun at the museum

Well, we took another trip to the children's museum before daddy goes back to work. He is scheduled to start Monday, Feb. 16th. I am trying to post pictures each time of different things that we have done so I am not posting the same each time. Of course, our first stop was the carousel, Mackenzie's favorite place. Something new we did this time was the Dinosphere. Check it out!

Watch out IRL--we have a new driver. She's so talented she can even stand up while she drives!

Playing in the water at Playscape. If it's splashing in water, Mackenzie likes it!

Look at this big duck!

That's Jim and Mackenzie in the bubble at Dinosphere. Pretty cool!

Mackenzie protecting all the Dinosaur eggs.

Mommy, Daddy, and Kenzie dressing up like Dinosaurs!

Here we are wagging our tails.

Thanks Grandma and Papa for coming to play with us at the museum. We had a lot of fun! Please check out the previous post of Ring around the Rosie. It is a cute video. Well, I better get to wrapping some gifts for the birthday girl! Enjoy!

Ring Around the Rosie (with Bunny and Hippo)

Ring around the rosie is a fun game to play at our house. It is played often. I took a video of Jim and Mackenzie playing this game before going to the museum this morning (another post in itself). I will post more about the museum, but for now check out this video!

Tommorow is the big #2 Birthday--we are all very excited! Lots of fun plans that I will fill you in on tommorow!

Long time, no blog!

Wow! It's been awhile! Lots of catching up to do and lots of stuff coming up! First off, we have a new playroom. Well, we made our back bedroom into a playroom for now. Great place for toys! Here are some pictures!

Only 4 more days until the big 2 birthday! That's right everyone, we are about to have a full-fledged two year old on our hands! How exciting! We have been learning so many new things lately!

The next big news is that Jim will be starting his new job soon! Yay Daddy! We are so blessed that he found something with the way our economy is today!

Take care and will be posting again soon!