6 - Again!

"Weeeee! Again?"

"Weeeee! Again?"

"Weeeee! Again?"
"Weeeee! Again?"

...and on and on and on...poor Daddy's arms! After Daddy was too tired she ran over to Mommy, lifted up her arms and said "Again?" Mommy got two lifts in, not as high or as long as Daddy's and her arms gave out. We moved on to leg lifts. Who needs a gym?!?

5 - Priceless!

Toddler Cuteness - Priceless

Toddler Dancing and chanting Eh Oh Canada Go! - Priceless

Dressed herself and has great fashion sense - ohhhhh we have some work to do here still.

McKenzie advised Mike what she wanted to wear today...bright pink pants and a red and white striped shirt...Yikes!

DeeAnn since you stated that you miss cleaning up after a toddler...boy do I have a treat for you! (picture taken by McKenzie)

Priceless (don't cry mom!)

4 - Play!

So if someone was doing a 365 challenge, not saying I am, and they are sick and take pictures but don't post until the next day, does that still count for the 365 challenge, which I am not confirming I am attempting?

First we read...

...took our blocks for a walk...

...and then played with the boat.

When McKenzie says "Let's Play!" she means let's go downstairs. And this is why. She loves playing down there.

3 - Toddler Day Spa

You too can look this relaxed!

Sleep in. Have a light breakfast. Paint pictures for an hour and retire to the couch with a snack.
Such a tough life!

2 - PARTY!

We went to Kaeden and DeeAnn's joint B-day party tonight. Had a blast. McKenzie is not shy and talked and went with most people that asked. She particularily loves Colin, DeeAnn's brother and ran to give him a big hug when we got there and before we left. In the goody bag was this tiny camera that is a veiw finder. McKenzie was determined to figure out how it worked when we got home.

Say cheese or ahhhhh?
Maybe if I hold it REALLY close.

I meant to bring my camera to the party too but forgot. Oops.

1 Happy New Year

Snapped some quick shots of our little girl today. I liked how some turned out.

She saw me turn one of her necklaces into a bracellet so she was determined to do it too.

Asking very nicely if she could have the camera, "I have? Pleeeeeaaaasssee."

So of course I said yes. Here are a few of her shots.

Mommy showing her where to press.

Mommy

I'd be scared if these two were looking at me!

Daddy mugged for her while I made dinner.

Even Harley got into the action.

She loves when we let her use the camera. I may have to look into one of those kid tough cameras to ensure she doesn't drop one of ours. She is very careful but they are a little big for her hands still.

this was supposed to post last night...

...but I forgot. No good reason. Happy 2010 Everyone.

23 - Let it Snow!

McKenzie loves dancing to this snowman that sings Let it Snow over and over and over that Grandpa Gyorkos got her for Christmas last year.

I used to really like that song!

22 - Fish are friends...not food!

McKenzie's Grandpa Gyorkos bought her a fish tank for Christmas. We finally managed to get it all set up and get the fish for it. I have managed to keep them alive for 4 hours! I am very impressed by that record.

Here is our tank and new tank stand. Thanks to Shelby and Kaeden for entertaining McKenzie on Boxing Day so Mike and I could trek around to find one.

Here's a close up of our fish. The girl at the fish store said that these two types are very hardy and hard to kill. These are the fish for me! McKenzie has not yet named them...so far they are "there ya are" or "where'd ya go". If they make it a week I will hold a name the fish blog contest. The little black/grey one is fairly aggressive with the other two but the last to venture out and explore. The white one is always first to explore and the other one seems a gentle soul...as much as you can tell when talking about fish!

I did not finish getting the fish into the tank until after McKenzie went down for a nap. When she woke up it was all set to go. This is her watching them. She thinks they are great. If we manage to keep everyone alive for awhile (can you sense the confidence I have in myself to do this...oh the things we do for our kids) then we will introduce some more colourful species.

21 - Merry Chirstmas! Feliz Navidad! Joyeux Noel!

We had a great Christmas. We were all spoiled rotten. Thank you to everyone. Here are a few pics from today.

McKenzie opening her Santa gift.

Very excited about her own Mega Blocks.

And she wanted to play with them RIGHT NOW! This is how most of our present opening went. Open a gift. Play with a gift. THEN open another gift. It took awhile to finish up.

Playing with the new computer she got from my boss Sandy.

"Reading" her new flash cards from Grandma and Grandpa.

Uncle Ryan and Aunty Bobbie hit one out of the park with the aqua doodle. She LOVES it and had to play with it right away. We took it to dinner with us and she was engrossed in it there too.

Playing dress up with her new beads from my friend Richard at work.

We went to my Aunt Lorraine and Uncle Harry's for dinner tonight. McKenzie was showing their granddaughter Stephanie all the ornaments on the tree.

DINNER!

We also brought this little catch the fish game I picked up for McKenzie in the 1.50 bin at Michaels. It is a huge hit with her...best 1.50 I ever spent. Stephanie and Daniel seemed to enjoy it too.

And the best dressed baby award goes to.....

I'm already on my hands and knees scrubbing the floor Mom and now you want me to SMILE too!

McKenzie got a little cleaning set from Mike's Aunt Anne and Uncle Howard. She loved playing with it tonight. She has not quite perfected her "sweep swing" yet.

Thank you again to everyone. If your gift was not showcased here on tonight's exhibit it is not because it is not loved and played with. Likely it is because the picture did not turn out or she was not standing still long enough with it for us to snap one. She is truly loving everything she got and we feel so blessed. Thank you. Oh yeah, we love all our stuff too! :)

20 - Keep 'em busy!

Whenever we get out the broom to sweep now we hear this little voice say, "I try?" So, never one to say no if someone else wants to do my cleaning I always say, "Sure." Here is McKenzie very happy to be "helping" sweep up.

Hmmm does this face look familiar Mom and Dad...I'm sure you have about 100 pics of me making the same one!

The artist today hard at work in her "studio". This is a familiar sight in our house these days. McKenzie absolutely loves anything to do with drawing, colouring, or painting. She focuses so intently on what she is doing and we have seen a definate improvement in her skills in the last few weeks. She can draw shapes with much more control and is getting much better at colouring in the object she is intending to instead of just scribbling everywhere. It is so neat to watch her develop.

She also counted to 13 the other day. She routinely goes to 10 now and often to 12 but did 13 for the first time the other day. My new favourite word is 11. You have to hear her say it. It resembles nothing like 11 except it has all the right sounds totally mixed up said after 10 and before 12.

Blog updates

I caught McKenzie catching up on her blog reading tonight. DeeAnn's blog has a dedicated reader in this little girl. She was scrolling through the posts and every time we passed a pic of Kaeden she would say "There ya go! K".

No pictures of this but tonight we had our first pee pee contact with the potty! YEAH! I was getting McKenzie ready for bed and we were chatting away and before I put her diaper on she took it and said "I do it" so I asked if she would like to try sitting on the potty and she said Yes. So I put her on it and she sat there quite happy chatting with me for a few minutes. Just as I was congratulating her for sitting up there without crying for the first time and about to take her off she started to pee...which scared her and she tensed up so she stopped but lots of cheering and clapping relaxed her. No more pee but we wiped and then she got to flush and wave bye bye to her pee. I think she thought it was neat. The first step on what I am hoping will not be too long nor difficult a road to potty training.

19 - Haircut

Not so long ago my dad pointed out to me that I may not want to get McKenzie's hair cut anytime soon since growing it seems to be difficult for her. I was fully on board with this way of thinking but lately I have had a lot of people mentioning that I should get it cleaned up and this will likely help it to grow stronger and healthier too. Soooooo.... today we went for a haircut!

McKenzie got to sit in a pink car and didn't really pay much attention to what was going on. It is much more "cleaned up" and looks a bit boyish but will grow out much nicer I think. Mike will have to learn to put pigtails in or McKenzie will just have to learn to tolerate a headband until it grows out a bit.

18 - Tea Party

McKenzie got a tea set from our friends Daphne and Ed and their kids Ashlynn, Owen, and Ryan for her birthday. I wasn't sure if she would be into it yet but she so was. Her and I had a tea party last night. It is a cute set that makes music when you tip over the tea pot. She was very cute as she would first serve all the guests (Mommy and Lambie) ensuring to give us milk and sugar in our tea and stir it up and then would wait until I offered to pour her a cup to which she replied "Oh Thank you". TOO CUTE.

First you pour the tea.

Then you add sugar and milk and mix it up.Then you pass it ot your guest...trying not to spill any.

Then a toast to your health.

And drink it all up.

I am constantly amazed by her. She is growing up so fast.

17 - Dress Up

McKenzie got a dress up set from my boss Sandy for her birthday. Last night she tried out all the pieces. She was game to try and walk in the shoes too but they had a heel and I did not feel like a trip to emerg with her broken ankle so we left those off.

She finally tried the earings too...she was not too sure about those but enjoyed the rings, necklace, crown and wand very much.