In just over three weeks my little girl will be 4. Yes, F O U R. Four Years Old!
I am really excited about this birthday mostly because she is really excited. She finally understands birthdays and growing older. She realizes that she is turning four and wants to have friends at her party. When I asked her what she wanted for her birthday she replied, "Four girls. Mommy make the biggest cake in the whole wide world. Pink and purple presents. Balloons." OK. So that is a party according to Mackenzie. I hope she is not too disappointed that we are going to have a park party with a lot of family, and probably four girls, and some boys too. I also hope she doesn't mind that I am not making the biggest cake ever! I am going to try to make the personal Oreo cheesecakes and maybe some cake pops! Both of which I can make without artificial food color, and have actually found all natural sprinkles in chocolate, pink and yellow! As for everything else...who knows??? I suppose we will just celebrate!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
How Do You Grow?
This morning I decided to pull out my baby book and have fun looking at old pictures of me when I was a tiny tot; like my own children are right now. I wanted to read what my Mom wrote about me when I was my kids ages. And I wanted to compare my height and weight with my precious little ones.
It was really fun!
First, can you guess what age I was when I weighed what Mackenzie is now? And when I was her height now? She is 41" tall and 41 pounds (perfect BMI according to the doctor, just ahead of her age). She has practically been the same size for an entire year now, so not much has changed from her 3rd birthday to her upcoming 4th birthday; except she looks older and more mature. So, have you figured it out yet? How old was I when I was 41" tall and weighed 41 pounds? I was six. Yup, six years old. I was average; but she will be tall!
Next, let's do Micah. Micah is 15 months old and is about 30" and weighs right at 22 pounds. How old do you think I was when I was 30" and 22 pounds? If you guessed 15 months then you are right! Micah has been tracking almost exactly what I tracked as a baby. Does that mean he will only be 5'3" and 103 pounds? No, actually he will probably just continue to grow past junior high (when I stopped growing) and will most likely outgrow his sister; as boys typically do! But even if he is tiny we love him that way. I rather enjoy being small ;)
Other interesting things about my baby book is all of the notes my Mom wrote about singing and dancing. Both of my kids LOVE, LOVE, L-O-V-E to sing and dance!
It was really fun!
First, can you guess what age I was when I weighed what Mackenzie is now? And when I was her height now? She is 41" tall and 41 pounds (perfect BMI according to the doctor, just ahead of her age). She has practically been the same size for an entire year now, so not much has changed from her 3rd birthday to her upcoming 4th birthday; except she looks older and more mature. So, have you figured it out yet? How old was I when I was 41" tall and weighed 41 pounds? I was six. Yup, six years old. I was average; but she will be tall!
Next, let's do Micah. Micah is 15 months old and is about 30" and weighs right at 22 pounds. How old do you think I was when I was 30" and 22 pounds? If you guessed 15 months then you are right! Micah has been tracking almost exactly what I tracked as a baby. Does that mean he will only be 5'3" and 103 pounds? No, actually he will probably just continue to grow past junior high (when I stopped growing) and will most likely outgrow his sister; as boys typically do! But even if he is tiny we love him that way. I rather enjoy being small ;)
Other interesting things about my baby book is all of the notes my Mom wrote about singing and dancing. Both of my kids LOVE, LOVE, L-O-V-E to sing and dance!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Tons of Stuff
I have so much going on these days that I have simply avoided blogging. It is much easier to simply live my life than it is to write about my life.
I suppose the biggest news in our immediate future is that our house is on the market. Actually, it has been on the market for about 3 weeks now! We have had 3 scheduled showings thus far, but expect it to pick up as we move into the spring season; especially around spring break. The biggest challenges about selling our house are probably not very big in someone elses eyes, and probably are not very big for us either. The first one is submitting to the Will of God. Trying to see His plan for our lives...when will we sell, where will we move, if we end up not selling and staying here, etc., etc., etc. The other challenge is keeping a house clean with two small children. Not so much the clean part, but the tidy and picked up part. Since we are home virtually all the time we eat 3 meals and 2 snacks here which equals about 17 dirty dishes each day. Add to that the dirty diapers (we use cloth diapers) and toys everywhere and you have one busy Momma! Oh, and then you can add the laundry, cleaning, craft projects, dress up, play dates and other fun stuff. Since I only get a 1 hour notice before a showing the house really has to be clean all the time because as any Mom knows, sometimes it takes an hour just to wrestle your kids to the car and get them out of the house :) ~~ OK, so I stopped blogging because I got a call that we have another showing today! Needed to tidy up.~~
In other news, my little, bitty baby girl will be turning 4 in one month!!!!!!! What? When? How? She is growing up on me! 4 Sounds so much bigger and older than 3; face it, it is only one step away from 5. It is really fun watching her grow and explore every day. Sometimes I watch her and wonder how she has learned so much. She has become really independent in some ways, but still needs Mommy and Daddy just a little (whew!).
As for Micah? We are in the middle of 'Operation Sandman'. Huh??? Yes, we are trying to get him to sleep in his crib all night long without needing Mommy to soothe him back to sleep. This has been half success and half fail thus far (we just completed night 4). Why success and fail? Success because he is sleeping in his crib now. Fail because he wants me to come in and soothe him back to sleep every 45 minutes with one long stretch of almost 2 hours. It makes for a really long night because I am trying to teach him to self soothe back to sleep and not to depend on Mommy. If you have tips and pointers I will take them ALL.
There is a lot more to tell you, but I have to wrangle the kiddos and leave so they can show our house. I will try to write again soon.
I suppose the biggest news in our immediate future is that our house is on the market. Actually, it has been on the market for about 3 weeks now! We have had 3 scheduled showings thus far, but expect it to pick up as we move into the spring season; especially around spring break. The biggest challenges about selling our house are probably not very big in someone elses eyes, and probably are not very big for us either. The first one is submitting to the Will of God. Trying to see His plan for our lives...when will we sell, where will we move, if we end up not selling and staying here, etc., etc., etc. The other challenge is keeping a house clean with two small children. Not so much the clean part, but the tidy and picked up part. Since we are home virtually all the time we eat 3 meals and 2 snacks here which equals about 17 dirty dishes each day. Add to that the dirty diapers (we use cloth diapers) and toys everywhere and you have one busy Momma! Oh, and then you can add the laundry, cleaning, craft projects, dress up, play dates and other fun stuff. Since I only get a 1 hour notice before a showing the house really has to be clean all the time because as any Mom knows, sometimes it takes an hour just to wrestle your kids to the car and get them out of the house :) ~~ OK, so I stopped blogging because I got a call that we have another showing today! Needed to tidy up.~~
In other news, my little, bitty baby girl will be turning 4 in one month!!!!!!! What? When? How? She is growing up on me! 4 Sounds so much bigger and older than 3; face it, it is only one step away from 5. It is really fun watching her grow and explore every day. Sometimes I watch her and wonder how she has learned so much. She has become really independent in some ways, but still needs Mommy and Daddy just a little (whew!).
As for Micah? We are in the middle of 'Operation Sandman'. Huh??? Yes, we are trying to get him to sleep in his crib all night long without needing Mommy to soothe him back to sleep. This has been half success and half fail thus far (we just completed night 4). Why success and fail? Success because he is sleeping in his crib now. Fail because he wants me to come in and soothe him back to sleep every 45 minutes with one long stretch of almost 2 hours. It makes for a really long night because I am trying to teach him to self soothe back to sleep and not to depend on Mommy. If you have tips and pointers I will take them ALL.
There is a lot more to tell you, but I have to wrangle the kiddos and leave so they can show our house. I will try to write again soon.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
New Review Blog
Check out my new review blog at http://doodlereview.blogspot.com/ where you can read my first review about Scrinchables Cloth Wipes. Please tell your friends because I want to have a lot of people reading and a lot of items to review. Check back soon to read my review about The Posh Frog's boy Tie Shirt!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
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Monday, September 12, 2011
School Days or Daze?
This year my precious little girl is going to preschool two days a week. And these are not just little half days, these are long 5.5 hour days!
Last Wednesday was actually her first day of school, but she went in 2 hours late because she had not slept at all the night before due to a stuffy nose (I blame the smoke in the air from the wild fires). Anyway, at 10:30 that day she announced to me that she wanted to go show her friends her pretty dress and socks and shoes and lunch box and nap mat and backpack...in that order. We got ready and arrived just before 11:00; still plenty of time left in the day, but not so long that it shook me as Mommy. I actually got to walk her into class and see her go right in as if she owned the place. They were doing 'centers' at that moment and she just went right up to the 'center' she wanted to be in and never looked back. No hug, no kiss, no bye Mommy. Just gone. She had such a great time that when I picked her up that afternoon the first thing she said when she got into the car was, "I want to do it again!" and then she quickly followed with, "Why you just take me from my friends." I explained that all the friends were going home and she could do this again on Monday. She fell asleep when we got home!
Today actually feels like the first day of school to me because she will be there all 5.5 hours, and we used the carpool system. You know, where you pull up to the door and a teachers assistant or other staff member come take your child from the car and walk them to class! I had been preparing Mackenzie for this in advance so she would allow this person to help her out of the car (and thankfully she recognized the lady helping), but she was not phased one bit! The lady opened the door and Mackenzie said, "Is my dress lovely? And my socks and shoes?" to which the lady responded, "You look beautiful." Then she helped my daughter out and off to her class. As soon as she shut my car door my eyes filled up with tears and I thought I was going to loose all self control of my tears right then. Thankfully I had to drive off to keep the carpool line flowing or I might have just sat in my car and cried! My baby girl is growing up so fast, and she is only 3-years old. What's next, driving, boys, college?!?!?
Parenting sure is a series of letting go, but it is all in preparation of allowing them to one day become the person that they will be forever!
Have a Great Day my precious little girl - Mommy loves you!
Last Wednesday was actually her first day of school, but she went in 2 hours late because she had not slept at all the night before due to a stuffy nose (I blame the smoke in the air from the wild fires). Anyway, at 10:30 that day she announced to me that she wanted to go show her friends her pretty dress and socks and shoes and lunch box and nap mat and backpack...in that order. We got ready and arrived just before 11:00; still plenty of time left in the day, but not so long that it shook me as Mommy. I actually got to walk her into class and see her go right in as if she owned the place. They were doing 'centers' at that moment and she just went right up to the 'center' she wanted to be in and never looked back. No hug, no kiss, no bye Mommy. Just gone. She had such a great time that when I picked her up that afternoon the first thing she said when she got into the car was, "I want to do it again!" and then she quickly followed with, "Why you just take me from my friends." I explained that all the friends were going home and she could do this again on Monday. She fell asleep when we got home!
Today actually feels like the first day of school to me because she will be there all 5.5 hours, and we used the carpool system. You know, where you pull up to the door and a teachers assistant or other staff member come take your child from the car and walk them to class! I had been preparing Mackenzie for this in advance so she would allow this person to help her out of the car (and thankfully she recognized the lady helping), but she was not phased one bit! The lady opened the door and Mackenzie said, "Is my dress lovely? And my socks and shoes?" to which the lady responded, "You look beautiful." Then she helped my daughter out and off to her class. As soon as she shut my car door my eyes filled up with tears and I thought I was going to loose all self control of my tears right then. Thankfully I had to drive off to keep the carpool line flowing or I might have just sat in my car and cried! My baby girl is growing up so fast, and she is only 3-years old. What's next, driving, boys, college?!?!?
Parenting sure is a series of letting go, but it is all in preparation of allowing them to one day become the person that they will be forever!
Have a Great Day my precious little girl - Mommy loves you!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
School Days
Mackenzie starts pre-school just after Labor Day this year, and I don't exactly know what to do about that? It is a wonderful thing, and she will LOVE the consistent interaction with other kiddos her age, and her teacher and teacher's assistant. I expect her to mature a lot, and possibly even end the year doing quantum physics, or maybe just writing her name, but still! I'm not sure I know what I will do. I mean, I have never been apart from her more than 3 hours straight; and certainly never had her with people other than Grandparents for any length of time. Yes, she goes to Sunday School, but that is maybe 2 hours and once a week. Now she will be at SCHOOL for 5.5 hours two days a week! That is a whopping 11 hours a week away from Mommy plus Sunday School for 13 hours a week! And the scary thing about this...she will enjoy being away from me :) It is a good thing, and now, just maybe, I can clean the house!
Yes, I will post pictures on that famous "First Day of School" and compare them to her last day of school.
Yes, I will post pictures on that famous "First Day of School" and compare them to her last day of school.
Auction
I am having an auction today over at my Mackiedoodle's FaceBook page. Tell your friends and go bid on some stuff :)
Follow me on FaceBook for games, auctions, updates, new items and coupon codes: Here
My ETSY account: http://www.mackiedoodles.etsy.com/
I love to make custom items, so let me know your needs...I would love to do a college football themed tutu (like maroon and white for Aggies...); Let me know. Oh, and I have yet to make my first adult sized tutu and really want to, so if you need one message me at one of the above mentioned places.
Follow me on FaceBook for games, auctions, updates, new items and coupon codes: Here
My ETSY account: http://www.mackiedoodles.etsy.com/
I love to make custom items, so let me know your needs...I would love to do a college football themed tutu (like maroon and white for Aggies...); Let me know. Oh, and I have yet to make my first adult sized tutu and really want to, so if you need one message me at one of the above mentioned places.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Tutu Dresses Now Available
Costume tutu dresses for newborn to 2T are now available for $25 for one, $45 for two, $20 each for three or more. Each style below is also available in bigger girl sizes for the same prices listed above, but without the dress bodice. Cost does not include shipping. Custom tutus also available. To order e-mail mackiedoodles@gmail.com or visit my page on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Mackiedoodles/125344560889107
(Great for photo props, birthdays, Halloween, themed parties, holidays, Christmas, New Years, pageants, dress up, play time and much more)
Lady Bug comes with wings and feather hair clip (example of tutu without dress bodice)
(Great for photo props, birthdays, Halloween, themed parties, holidays, Christmas, New Years, pageants, dress up, play time and much more)
Fairy comes with wings
Bumble Bee comes with wings and feather hair clip
Princess comes with tiara (or feather hair clip for babies)
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