4th Birthday Party

Last month, unbelievably, Maci turned 4! I really don't know where the time has gone, but it seems impossible to me that she's already that old. Although I was ready to see 3 go bye bye (2's are not terrible... 3's are) it was a little sad to celebrate since I still think of her as my baby. She had a great birthday party with our family and some friends! Ignore her hair. It was fixed really cute, but within a few minutes she had pulled out all the bows. I wasn't in the mood to fight with her so this is what she looked like!

She wanted a broom... has she used it? Once... (:

Nana putting her new make-up on her!

Blowing out her candles!


The crew:

Thanks to everyone for all the birthday wishes! She had a great time, got tons of neat things and is ready to take on the world now that she is 4! She even asked me if she could say bad words now that she is 4... I'm in TROUBLE!

Some catch up

SO now that I'm on a blogging kick, I thought I'd throw a few updates in... I mentioned in an earlier post that Maci had a sleep over with her friend Tristian. Well they have been great friends for a long time, until now.... Maci now says that Tristian is her boyfriend! I'm so doomed with this kid. I walked in on her asking him "Come on Tristian, just one little kiss"! Apparently they have kissed quite a few times! I guess them taking a bath together is no longer going to happen... My dad told her that she IS NOT allowed to kiss Tristian because he is to old for her and she told him - no he's not papa, him only 4! She's not even shy about any of this!

On a brighter note (I have to have a bragging mama moment), Maci's teacher wants her to start kindergarten a year early so I guess she will be starting kindergarten next year! It's so hard to believe that my little baby really isn't a little baby anymore. She has her first spelling test on 12/2. She knows how to do addition and subtraction and is starting to learn to read. It's so amazing how fast she learns and how much she loves school. Thank God she didn't take after me on that one!

Ok, my bragging moment is over for now! Thanks for listening!

Thanksgiving 2010

For Thanksgiving we went to Durango to my Aunt's house to have dinner with my family. We had such a great time visiting with everyone. So much fun that I forgot that I had a camera there for most of the day... (what's new right???) Anyway, thankfully Maci was feeling better so we could spend time with everyone. Maci had a blast playing with her cousins Shaylee and Taylor (too bad I didn't get any pictures of them together) The girls' talked Maci into pretending that she was the mama and they were the kids, which Maci loved so she could be her normal bossy self!

This year I had so many things to be thankful for, but this is the thing I am most thankful for in the entire world:

I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving and have as many blessings as Maci and I do!

Snow... booooo...

Maci was home sick from school on Wednesday when it snowed and she BEGGED to go out and play in it for a few minutes. Obviously I let her dress herself... this is her getting ready for her big adventure...
Maci trying to hit me with a snow ball! Little brat I had to run from her the whole time she was out there!

Trying to catch snow in her mouth

I asked her to smile for me, but she was making a snow ball to hit me with again while I was distracted...

As much as I HATE snow, it is fun when you have a little one to play with in it!

Happy Halloween... a little late (like usual)

So once I'm again I'm a little late on my posts, but you know what they say - better late than never! That is the motto I'm going to live by these day!

I'm a little backwards on these photos, but... after trick or treating we had to stop by and see Brady! We were too late to see him in his costume, but Maci always enjoys seeing one of her favorite cousins!

This was the gang of trick or treaters that we tagged along with! Thank God for Kayla, because Maci was terrified to go to any ones door. I had to go with her to the first 5 or so houses until she got the hang of it and then she finally would go with the other kids!

Once she realized that everyone was giving her tons of candy - she loved it!

After trick or treating we went to a Halloween carnival at a local church. Maci ate a million bags of cotton candy and played tons of games, here she's playing ring toss for yet ANOTHER piece of candy!~

Maci's school had a Halloween party too. Her costume was suppose to be a fairy princess, but she refused to wear the wings or use the wand so I guess she was just a princess. She didn't even want to wear the crown trick or treating! I could have just put her in one of her old princess dresses for free, but...

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

Maci's preschool took a field trip to Sutherland Farms today. The kids got to go on a hayride, get pulled in barrels, play in a huge corn box, go through a corn maze and pick their own pumpkins.

Maci & Tristian having a little snack together:
WANTED!!

The barrel ride with her buddy Cash:

Even though it was a little cold, Maci really loved going to the pumpkin patch again this year. I wish I would have got a picture of her pumpkin - she picked the oldest, wrinkled up pumpkin out there and LOVED it! Tonight she read it a bedtime story and it has it's own little bed in her room (only because I forbid her to let it "sleep" in her bed". She even wanted me to kiss it goodnight... I got out of that one! She's so funny!

Just a little fun!

The LaBossiere family invited us to tag along to their company picnic. Loni & JP both work for the same company and it's a huge event. Maci had a blast, she got her face painted, went down the huge slides, got an balloon animal and got to eat tons of yummy food!

Loni & precious Brady!

After the picnic, we went to Big Bounce for Maci's little friends' birthday. She loves that place!

I swear she grows at least an inch a night... Where is my little baby??

She had fun racing on the little animals!

And loves the huge slides of course!

We had a great day, thanks Loni, JP & Brady for letting us tag along and thanks to Bryce for inviting us to your birthday. If I could have got all the kids gathered together for even a second, I would have taken a picture but... impossible!

Overnight guest!

Maci had her first friend over for a sleep over! She just can't get enough of Tristian so we invited him over to play and stay the night! They were so happy playing together!

Misty & I decided that they were still little enough to take a bath together! They were so cute, anytime one of them would get bubbles on their face, the other would wipe it off for them! Seriously they are the cutest things together!

Then they got ready for bed together. They both had to brush their own hair and teeth, because they are big kids now!
I love that they are such good friends and that they care for each other so much! Tristian protects Maci all the time from the "mean kids" and even offered to wrestle a kid who was being mean to her!

Little Cousins!

We stopped by Loni, JP & Brady's house this weekend to see our little Brady! He is so cute and Maci just loves him! She always wants to hold him and kiss on him for a few minutes, then she's ready to go play with other things or people! He is getting so big! He has such a cute personality and I'm so glad that they get to grow up close!
Brady kept trying to turn around to see and touch Maci! She thought it was so funny!

She was trying to get him to smile for her by playing like she was going to get him!

2nd year of preschool

Maci started her second year of preschool in August! She LOVES school and can't wait to go, especially since her friends Tristian and Isely are in her class! I had a ton of pictures of the kids at school, but noticed (after leaving the school of course) that they were all blurry.... so this is all I got pretty much!

The little boy in the picture above is my friend Misty's son Tristian. He and my daughter are inseperable at school! Even the teachers noticed how much they hang out! After the first day of school Maci told me "Mom, isn't Tristian so cute, I just love him"! Her teacher said that he is her defender all the time! They are so cute together! Maci also will only wear clothes that she thinks Tristian will like! I think they are in love!