Clean Mouth

Dear Mackenzie,

Adorable things you have said/done recently:

"Oooh! I have an idea!"

-We were trying to choose a movie for you and your siblings to watch and you made a case for Frozen: "Frozen is a good movie. There are a lot of fun characters. There's Anna, Elsa, Kristoff and Sven. There are a lot of fun characters." Wow, I didn't even know you knew the word "character." Or that you had such awesome debate skills!

-When I was helping you in the bathroom, you wrapped your arms around me and said, "I forgot to hug you today."

-Whenever I tuck you in, you ask me, "Do you have work to do?" The other night when I said I didn't, you said, "Yay! Then you can sleep with me the whole night!"

-We were eating a snack and you asked for a particular kind of cracker: "Can I have the cracker that is not the same shape as that one [that was already on the table]? The other cracker? You see my hands? [You make an oval shape with your fingers.] You see my circle? [I ask you if the cracker is shaped like a circle.] No, the cracker is not a circle. [I ask you if it's shaped like a rectangle.] No. [I go to the snack drawer and hold up a box of everything seasoning crackers and ask if it's those crackers.] No, that's not the ones. [I give up and just bring the rectangular everything crackers to the table.] Yes, those are the crackers." #facepalm

-In following with your independent streak, you go upstairs to the bathtub to wash your own hands after you eat. Last week, you started washing the food off of your face, too, but when you did that, you kept getting water all over your shirt and on the floor so I told you to stop doing it by yourself and that I would help you wipe your face with a washcloth if it was messy. Yesterday, you had a snack and washed your hands and then went into your room, got a washcloth out of your drawer, brought it back to the tub, put some water on it and wiped your mouth clean. Then you put the washcloth on the side of the tub to dry. I didn't know you did that yesterday (and was wondering where the washcloth on the tub came from) but then I watched you do it all today and I was so impressed. You are such a smart, capable little girl!

Love,

Mom