Part II

I was too lazy to rearrange photos on the last post since I'd already started writing, so I thought I'd take the lazy way out and just do one big post with pictures of a ton of things all at once!

This one just makes me laugh because she is always dressing up, but this little outfit takes that cake! 

 My cousins moved here from Nebraska and Maci and I have really enjoyed spending time with them.   Maci especially loves being goofy with her cousin Alissa!

Watching Kung Fo Panda in 3D and Maci loved it, but would not get the scared look off her face for a picure

So I thought I'd list some of the things keeping us busy over the summer (my excuse for not posting!)

Maci did another dance class this summer.  She loved it and for a few weeks she thought she wanted to keep doing it this fall... but she's since changed her mind!

Then she took swimming lessons which turned out to be her most favorite thing in the world!  We ended up extending her lessons for a few more sessions.  She's really bummed that they are over now.  These two cuties with her are her cousins Aubrie and Alissa.

She LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to pose for pictures so I got some of her being goofy!  She looks so grown up in this one...

Maci and one of her favorite boys in the world - Brady!  We had the pleasure of keeping him for a few nights this summer and Maci loved every minute of it!  She cried when he had to go back with his mommy and daddy!  She just loves her little cousin so much!

Maci also kept busy with her Nana and Papa!  My dad has turned my daughter into a little dare devil.  She loves to go super fast on the 4 wheelers and also now loves riding them through the biggest mud puddles that they can find.  It's hard to tell in this picture, but they are both covered in mud!

I wouldn't let Maci in my car all muddy so her Nana sprayed her off with a hose!

She got to go on a little girls trip with just her Nana.  They rented a 2 seater bike and cruised all through town.  My mom said they had a blast.  She also got to swim in a lake and just hang with the best Nana in the world. 

I have so much more of our summer to post about, but I think my blog is going to crash with all this posting I'm doing tonight, so I better let it rest!  I will try hard to get more on here ASAP! 

Whoa - Easter was my last post?? WHAT?

Oops, so I just realized that my last post was around Easter... wow - how time flies. So I'm going to try to catch up on some random stuff, in no particular order!

First Maci started preschool again for her 3rd and final year. I don't know where the time has gone, it seems so crazy that she is 4 going on 5, when I still think of her as my baby! She was super excited to go back to school (and I have to admit that this mean mama was a little ready too... 2 months of having her at work every day was getting to be a little much for both of us)... so for as much as I was really looking forward to school starting - I sure was missing her on her first day.

My little "senior" :) She loves to pose. I asked her to put her arms to her side for a picture and she told me that she likes her pictures this way because she's cute that way! I guess she's right!

She also insisted on wearing her little princess crown headband! It's so funny how picky and insistent she is about certain clothes. I miss the days that I could just pick something cute out and she would wear it. I guess I should be thankful that she is strong willed?!

I was a little sad while taking this picture when I thought about it being her last 1st time at this school! She is really loving school again this year. I was worried since it's her 1st time of going all day, but she enjoys eating lunch with all her little friends and seems to really like staying all day. What a trooper I have! She even exchanged friendship bracelets with a boy!!! Whoa Nelly - she's 4... do we really already have to start all this boy crap? I guess so... I guess I shouldn't be surprised since she's been in love with Tristian since she was 1. SHE IS BOY CRAZY, but you gotta love her!