We Love Icecream!

Both girls love icecream...we gave them icecream sandwiches for the first time the other night, and Wayne and I ended up laughing so hard by the time they'd finished them. Presley kept saying, "Yum, yum" the whole time and chowing down. Makenzie took her time eating hers so of course Presley finished first and then tried to take Makenzie's!
Presley's face after eating her icecream sandwich! Oh boy!

As a side note, Makenzie's ballet teacher pulled me aside during her class Thursday night and said she thought Makenzie needed to move up to the 3-4 year old class. I told her I thought she probably needed to as well, but I didn't want to say anything because Makenzie had a great time with her, and I didn't want the other Mom's to get upset with me. After class, Megan (Makenzie's teacher) took Makenzie and me to speak with the owner to make sure we could move her, and everything was worked out so as of Thursday Makenzie gets to dance with the big girls as she calls them. I just hope she behaves because now I can't go into class with her anymore (which is probably a good thing), and she's going into a class full of girls she doesn't know. Pray for us both!

Fun Times

Makenzie warming up with some stretches at ballet.
Presley's getting too big too fast! She's almost as big as Makenzie! ( she'll be sixteen months old next week) :(
Chasing each other around the yard..they have so much fun together!
Mowing the yard with Daddy...Presley says, "Enough with the pictures. Let's go!!!"
Having fun on Daddy's lawnmower...they were ready to get going!

Presley used the potty!!!

Since Mommy went back to school and the girls have been staying with Onda, Presley is beginning to learn to use the potty. I guess Onda gets tired of changing diapers! Mommy's not too sure she's ready for her baby to be doing this quite yet, but I guess it can't hurt for Presley to start getting familiar with the potty. Several weeks ago, Presley started going to get a diaper and wet wipes when she'd use the bathroom in her diaper and bring them to us saying she'd poo- poo'd. A week or so later, when Presley woke up from her nap, Onda put her on the potty to see what she'd do, and Presley actually used the potty! She got so excited, but I think Makenzie was more excited that her baby sister used the big girl potty...she kept hugging her and telling her she was a big girl.
Makenzie, the proud big sister, gives Presley a hug. My Mom said when she tried to take a picture of Presley using the potty, Makenzie had to have one of her too! Makenzie was sooo very proud of Presley, and when I got home that day, Makenzie kept telling me over and over about Presley using the potty! Too sweet!

Makenzie's First Ballet Class!

Look at my little girl go! Her teacher was quite impressed that she could do some of this stuff already, and here I thought the child was just making this stuff up! Turns out she saw somebody doing ballet on television and was imitating them...go figure! lol! More pictures below of her fun night!

Getting ready at Aunt Hanna's house
Meeting her teacher, Miss Megan, and getting ready to dance.
Walking the line on her toes
Twirling with Miss Megan
Walking on her toes again

I think I should have put her in the 3 year old class because when we got there tonight, there were only two other little girls in her class and both are under two still (one is only 18 months). The other two children cried the entire time and wanted their Moms to hold them while my child took right to Miss Megan and began to dance. I don't want to pull her out of this class and swap her to the other because for one, Miss Megan was awesome. She's an amazing girl who took up with Makenzie and practically gave her a private lesson since the other two kids cried the whole time, and two, if I pull her out they might close the class since there will only be two little girls left. Needless to say, Miss Megan will be moving her up to the 3 year old class by January at the latest maybe sooner depending on how the next few weeks go. Makenzie did great, but I think the crying children were a distraction. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about them crying at all...they're just kids (little ones at that), and Makenzie could have acted the same way! I just hope they'll get more comfortable in the next few weeks and be able to have fun with Makenzie. It is such a fun little class, and Makenzie learned so much from just tonight. I wish you could have seen how excited she was and how grown up she acted! The other Moms kept asking me how old she was and couldn't believe she was only two. I just smiled and said, you should see my other child! She would turn this room upside down! Lol! I don't think I have the guts to let Presley try this..haha!

Presley Runs From the Camera! :(

Well....I TRIED to get some cute pictures of Makenzie and Presley today, but Miss Presley didn't want to cooperate. When she saw the camera come out she started crying and ran away. I finally talked her into standing by Makenzie so that I could get a picture of them together, and all she would do is stand there with her fingers in her mouth. If I tried getting her to take them out she ran off and cried...needless to say, I gave up! She's never done this before so who knows...bad mood, bad day? No clue!
I told them to make a silly face, and Makenzie understood, but Presley just looked at me like I was nuts..lol! Check out those big ole eyes though!

Makenzie's Rainbow Conversation

We were having a hard time getting Makenzie settled into bed the night before last, and since I haven't been home as much since school started I decided to talk with her a little bit before making her go to bed. She was lying in bed with me sitting beside her when she told me she'd seen a rainbow that day (it had rained all day long). I asked her if she knew who put the rainbow in the sky, and she looked up at me, put her finger on her chin like she was thinking, and said, "Um, I think it was my Daddy". It melted my heart, and I couldn't help but smile. I told her that we could ask her Daddy if he put the rainbow in the sky so we called Wayne back to her room. When she asked him about the rainbow, you could tell he was really touched that she thought he had the ability to put a rainbow in the sky for her. He went on to explain that God puts rainbows in the sky and why. It was the sweetest thing, and it really was a blessing to get to have that conversation with our daughter.

Getting Ready for Ballet and Tap

We signed Makenzie up for ballet and tap lessons last week, and she is sooo very excited about it! We tried on her little black leotard and tap shoes the other night, and I couldn't resist taking pictures of her as she "danced" around the living room. Her first class will be next Thursday so I'll definitely try to post more pictures later!
She tells us this is how you do ballet, and then she twirls (see picture below). I wish I could get a picture of what she does next, but she never holds it long enough for me to get the picture. She does some kind of thing where she balances on one foot and calls that ballet...it's hilarious!!!

This is what she calls tap..haha..she loves the sound her shoes make, but I'm afraid for my floor!

Oh, this has nothing to do with her dancing, but I just had to share it...last night she sneezed, and I, of course, said bless you, but then I asked her what she was supposed to say when she sneezed, and she looked up at me and said, "I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house down!" I fell out laughing! Heck, I'm still laughing!