Turning Back Time

Dear Mackenzie,

Cute things you did recently:

-Said "watermelon." This probably goes under the only-cute-because-I'm-your-mom category, but you said watermelon for the first time and it sounded SO adorable!

-You went into JieJie's room and found half a dozen hairclips. You brought them to me so I put them all in your hair and told you to go to my mirror and look at yourself. You went into my walk-in closet and I heard you say, "I look byoo-full." Yes, you did!

-You can now identify all of the members of BTS! Daddy is so proud, haha!

-I hate giving your siblings Covid tests and they hate getting them. I have never given you one but I have used a Q-tip to extract a booger out of your nose, so I think that's what you thought I was doing when I stuck a Covid test swab up JieJie's nostril the other night. And whereas she whimpered while I did it, you came toward me with nostrils flared and said, "Mmmm, Mama, peas. Mmmm, Mama, peas." As in, "Mama, please do that to me, too." Haha! You always have to be included, no matter what it is!

-Whenever GuhGaw misbehaves and I yell at him, you often stand next to me and mimic everything I do, right down to the scrunched face and angry foot stomps.

-Whenever you want me to read to you, you say, "You read me." Your current faves are Dear Zoo, Quiet Loud and Spot Loves His Mommy.

-I showed you a video of a two-month-old you breastfeeding and now you want to reenact that all of the time. You come up to me and say, "Baby!" I then cradle you like a little baby and you suck the air and pretend to breastfeed. Awww! It feels as if you were just two months old but you are already turning three this year!

Love,

Mom