both kiddos amaze us every day...of course jackson is making strides in his mobility as he is trying to crawl and is pulling himself up and learning from his sister how to keep a constant chatter going. mackenzie's language skills, awareness and maturity have us in a state of awe! of course, dr. jolet (our pediatrician in texas) forewarned us that 2 is nothing compared to 3 in challenges and we're kind of glad she gave us that head's up...mackenzie is incredibly willful and that can lead to some interesting moments. right now, we're working on her letting her teacher be the teacher...trying to convince her she is one of the kids and that she can't put students in time outs. oldest child, texas size independent streak, precocious as can be...quite a combination!
mackenzie likes to help me rake, "garden" and mow the lawn...we keep trying to get some time on a weekend without rain to plant sunflowers for her.
we went to a kite festival a couple of weeks ago and it was awesome...we had a pretty and super windy day. mackenzie was so excited about the face painting...i waited in line with jackson while daddy and mackenzie explored...she wasn't disappointed by the fact that they didn't have red for a lady bug and we're not sure the face painter really knows what a lady bug is. mackenzie was also very impressed with the tires on a military vehicle they had there. we caught up with marc and jack for a while between soccer game and baseball practice. we're going to try to go see one of jack's games soon. jackson was also having a good time and finally succumbed to some rest as we got back to the car.
mackenzie was watering her rocks (just some random rocks we found and painted) so they could "grow". she has been nurturing them very well and was quite sad when the rain this weekend completely stripped them of their blue and green paint.
one of jackson's favorite toys...a wooden spoon and some tupperware. now that mackenzie knows this, she will empty out the tupperware cabinet to make sure he has enough to play with!
we had a pretty uneventful weekend last weekend while daddy was out of town. mommy and jackson got sick and mackenzie "had to take care of everyone". here's mackenzie "relaxing" while watching some doc mcstuffins (her new favorite), jackson catching mommy offguard by pulling himself up to standing in the laundry basket, mackenzie wanting to eat the strawberry ice cream we made with her tongue even though i didn't have any cones and jackson enjoying "folding the diapers". most of all, here are a few attempts to capture jackson trying to crawl. though he hasn't succeeded in more than a few "steps" he can move all over by combining his scoot, roll, fall method. time to start baby proofing again...and it seems like it's going to be a lot tougher with all of mackenzie's things!
i resurrected the chick pea in a tupperware trick for jackson and he loves it as much as mackenzie did! tried to capture mackenzie hard at work fixing jackson's toys. she's calling the desk in our kitchen her work bench and, "when jackson gets a little older, she just wants him to put his broken toys on her work bench. he doesn't need to cry or tell her and she'll take care of them." note the use of socks as gloves and the headband are part of her "uniform".
it seems that no surface in my home is safe from the clutter of kids...i'm working on being "ok" with that!http://youtu.be/jeI9A-dol84
