All Tied Up

Dear Mackenzie,

Recent Mackenzie quotes:

-To your friend when I arrived at school pick-up wearing a skirt: "Do you see my mom? She's wearing a skirt! Doesn't she look pretty?"

-When you asked why Second GuhGaw doesn't listen but I pointed out that you don't always listen, like just last week when you wouldn't go home when it was time to leave a play date: "Mama, I don't want to talk about that."

-When you saw several containers of chocolate hummus in the fridge: "Yay! Daddy knows all the things I love! He knows I love chocolate hummus! And cookie butter! And Mama!" (hahaha, so I rank third after chocolate hummus and cookie butter?)

-When you were drifting off to sleep and you felt me get up: "Stay, Mama, stay." You whispered it so softly and sweetly so of course I had to stay! 

And this isn't a quote but I want to add that you have acquired the practice of tying your stuffie's ears together in a knot. If your stuffie's ears are long enough, you've tied its ears together. I asked you why you did this and you said they have to tie their ears up because they are going to shower. Okay!

Love,

Mom

Tell It Like It Is

Dear Mackenzie,

Recent funnies:

-You used number counters to make a hammer and went around the house tapping the walls and pretending to fix them.

-I heard you ask yourself, "Did I brush my teeth?" Then you forcefully exhaled twice to smell your own breath.

-On our last night in Paris, I told Sawyer to change out of his shirt and button it up before putting it with the other dirty clothes. He didn't listen and just kept coloring his picture but you stepped in to scold him by narrating what had just transpired: "Mama: 'Button up your shirt.' You: Keeps coloring and doesn't listen to Mama. Mama told you to button your shirt! You're not doing what she said!" So friggen cute!

Love,

Mom