100 Good

Dear Mackenzie,

Kenziebear, you always say the sweetest things! Such as:

-"Mama, your food is 100 good!"

-"I love you 1000 billion billion BILLION!"

-"I draw lots of pictures for my mama because I love her so much!!!!"

You also do so many sweet things for me. Last week, I was in my room and you were downstairs. When you came up, you brought up my water bottle for me and I hadn't even asked for it! Another day, I woke up early to get breakfast for Second GuhGaw and then went back to bed. Right before his state exam test prep Google Meet, I called out, "Don't forget to brush your teeth and sign on to your call!" You were in my bed next to me when I said this and you said, "Do you want me to tell him? I tell him!" Then you jumped out of the bed and ran down the hallway to Second GuhGaw's room. When you came back, you said, "You know why I told Sawyer? So Mama can stay in bed and get some rest. I love my mama so much!" Then you hugged me so tightly and I felt so so SO lucky!!

Love,

Mom

Budding Food Critic

Dear Mackenzie,

Oh, my little girly girl! I wonder if you would still be so girly if I was more of a tomboy? For Chinese New Year a couple weeks ago, you wore a red satin dress to school and you were so excited, especially when I paired it with a sparkly pink cardigan. You kept asking your siblings, "Do I look pretty?" And when you were washing your hands in the bathroom, you looked in the mirror and said to yourself, "I'm the prettiest girl in the whole world!" May you always possess such self-confidence!

When you aren't busy admiring your reflection, you often pretend to talk in Russian, or as you put it, "speak Russia." Your bestie is fluent in Russian and you hear her speak it all of the time, so you babble nonsense words and pretend you are speaking it, too.

In other Mackenzie-is-so-cute news, I do really love how passionate you are about eating. I made red velvet cookies for Valentine's Day and when you saw them, your eyes lit up and you smiled the biggest smile--or so I thought, because when you bit into one, your eyes lit up even more and you smiled an even bigger smile. I find such joy in eating and I'm glad you do, too! And when I made sundried tomato cheddar bread this week, you looked so content as you took a bite and even offered very thoughtful commentary: "It's salty and sweet and crunchy and soft and so good." Thanks!

Love,

Mom

A Girl's Best Friends

Dear Mackenzie,

We were on the couch and I had a blanket on my lap. You pulled the blanket off of me and said, "Don't hug the blanket, hug me instead!" Okay! Also, OMG, you get sooooo happy and excited over a) chocolate and b) new girly clothing. It's so cute!

Love,

Mom