A Flurry of Kisses

Dear Mackenzie,

You were waiting for the bus this morning when you suddenly pointed both of your hands in my direction and yelled, "Mama! I'm sending you one thousand kisses! Pshew! Pshew! Pshew!" I pretended to be hit and stumbled backward and you said, "Here come one thousand more!!" We continued this game for a few more minutes, even as people walked by our house and saw us, haha! You are so much fun!

Love,

Mom

Sweet and Salty

Dear Mackenzie,

As one of four kids, you are often competing with your siblings for my attention. You were trying to talk to me this morning but I was talking to Second GuhGaw. You cheerfully called out, "Mama! Mama!" But then you got impatient, your big smile changed into an angry frown and you growled, "Mama!" in a deep gravelly voice. Sheesh, Jekyll & Hyde much?

Love,

Mom

New Noona

Dear Mackenzie,

We went to my friends' barbeque over the weekend and there were a lot of kids there. The youngest was a little two-year-old boy named Ji Hu and you were instantly smitten. For a majority of the day, you followed him around, played with him and even got him cups of water so he wouldn't be thirsty. At dinner, you asked to sit next to him. You were so sweet and attentive! I think you really enjoyed taking care of him and by the end of the day, he was calling you Noona, which is Korean for older sister/older female friend. So cute!

Love,

Mom

The Tooth of the Matter

Dear Mackenzie,

You've never believed in the Tooth Fairy. Your friend, however, does think that the Tooth Fairy is real and when she saw you yesterday and noticed that you'd lost your front tooth, she asked you what the Tooth Fairy had brought you. When you didn't answer right away, your friend's nanny noticed and immediately said, "Because she is real." You caught on right away and fibbed, "She forgot to come to my house. She'll probably come tonight." I am proud of you for being so intuitive and protecting your friend's feelings. So mature!

Love,

Mom

Super Saucy

Dear Mackenzie,

Second GuhGaw and I were talking about the show The Simpsons yesterday and he was surprised when I told him that Bart Simpson is actually voiced by a woman. He asked why that was and I explained that Bart is supposed to be 10 years old, so a grown woman sounds more like a little boy than a grown man. You chimed in, "Mama, you sound like you're in the middle. You're not like {switches to low, gruff voice}, 'Give me the sauce!' But you're not like {switches to high-pitched voice}, 'Give me the sauce!' You're in the middle: {switches to a moderate tone} Give me the sauce!" Hahaha! Your explanation was funny enough but "give me the sauce?!" Why is that the phrase you went with??

Love,

Mom

Missing Mackenzie

Dear Mackenzie,

We are transferring you to a new school in the fall, which you have known about for awhile and are actually excited about because you already have several friends from nursery school and pre-k who already go there. You have broken the news to your friends at your current school and they are sad but I know their moms and can plan play dates with them. The person who took the news the hardest was Ms. Deep, the aide who loves playing with you every day and always gushes about you when she sees me. I told her today and this was her reaction: "What? Mackenzie is not coming back? No. You cannot take my Mackenzie. You can take another girl, you can even take Sawyer*, but you cannot take my Mackenzie." Hahaha!

Love,

Mom

*Yeah, let's not tell Second GuhGaw she said this, eep!

Sneaking Sweets

Dear Mackenzie,

Cute things you did recently:

-I got a matcha boba and asked if you wanted to try it. You took a sip, considered it and then smiled, nodded and gave me a thumbs up. So cute!

-There was whipped cream on the drink, which I didn't want. When I finished the drink, I asked you if you wanted one sip of the cream before I threw it out. You nodded, took the drink and then turned away from me to drink. You wanted to drink ALL the cream, not just a little. You sneaky little sweets fiend!

Love,

Mom