Girlboss

Dear Mackenzie,

I love your take-charge attitude. You're always jumping at the chance to help me do things, whether it's carrying a load of laundry or turning the blender on when I'm making smoothies, and your most-uttered phrases are "I do it!" and "I can do it by myself!" I also love your determination. I took you out today so that you could scooter around the neighborhood and we ended up scootering to the nearby school, which is half a mile from our house. You played on the playground for a bit and when we headed home, you said your legs were tired. I said you could walk instead but you insisted on scootering all the way home. Even when we got to the last block, which gave you trouble because it's long and uphill, you pushed yourself to keep going until we made it to our walkway. I am so impressed by you!

Here are more things I love about you:

-One of your favorite things to do right now is play store. You spend hours carefully arranging your toys, books, jewelry and stuffed animals around your room to set up your "shop."

-You also like to play airport (you went on your first flight in April and was definitely been bitten by the travel bug!) and pretend you are the pilot. The last time we played and we "arrived" at our destination, you bowed regally and said to me, "I can take you anywhere you want to go."

-When I got a cut on my finger, you asked if you could see it. I held my finger up to you and you said, "Let me take a look," squinted at my finger, then put on these plastic lens-less play glasses and squinted at my finger again, just like an old woman would!

-When I explain something to you, you often reply, "Oh, I see."

-Sometimes you pronounce "yes" like "yesh" and it' is just so cute.

-Sometimes when I ask you to do something, you say "Okay, Mama" in the sweetest, softest voice.

-One of your favorite things is when I squat down on one side of the room and you run to me from the other side and jump into my arms. Sometimes, you'll just be going about your day but as soon as you see me in a squat position facing you, you smile, stop whatever you're doing, scurry to the other end of the room and charge at me with such glee! Once I catch you, you often shout, "Again!" Strangely, if I count down "3-2-1," you always tell me, "Don't count!" These days, I have to really brace myself because you are getting so big and strong and I don't want you to knock me over! 

-You burp the *loudest* burps! It's truly amazing that such big belches can come from such a tiny person. Your burps are louder than anyone's I've ever heard!

-Our conversation this morning:

Me: Do you want a bagel?

You: Yes.

Me: With cream cheese?
You: Yes.

Me: With everything seasoning.

You: That's correct.

In other news, we went over to our neighbor's house and you held her new three-week-old baby. The smile on your face when Connie first placed him in your arms! You looked so happy! But you couldn't hold him for long because you said he was too heavy. Then you asked why he was heavy. You have been used to holding your featherlight dolls and stuffies!

Love,

Mom