EEK! I can't believe how long it's been since I posted...it seems that I get into a good groove and then let it fall to the wayside :( I will say that life has been CRAZY, so that's my one excuse :) With the decision to build a home and getting everything together and watching it all unfold + CHRISTMAS in the mix, it's been less than relaxing at our household, but oh so exciting!
So as for miss Mackenna - all I can say is WHAT A FUN AGE!!!!! 2.5 is beyond my favorite age. I think I've said that before, but seriously this age is amazing. She's her own little person and her personality has just blossomed! She's very descriptive, very animated (ok EXTREMELY animated...wonder where she gets that!) and it would be an understatement to say she's very independent. I would say her independence is a blessing and a curse :) While it's awesome she wants to do everything on her own, it does get in the way at times, but we have to remember that's her way of learning, but discipline has gotten a bit more 'formal' in the sense of around as of late. However, she is such a good girl! She's sweet, genuine, caring, funny and oh-so-witty!!!!! She loves to entertain (again, wonder where she gets that) and LOVES TO TALK :) pay-back as Grandma Harrison would say.
She's been having so much fun in dance class and just last week they started learning their recital routine and got their adorable costumes. And if you can believe this, they changed the song to 'A Dream is a Wish' from Cinderella - couldn't be more perfect considering she is still madly in love with not just Cinderella but all the Disney princesses. She prays for each of them each night and loves to talk about them in all her conversations. It doesn't help that most of the kids at Pati's are girls and they are all in love with anything princess :) it sure does make for some fun conversations at home though.
Of course Daddy needs to have his daddy time with her outside of the princess world, so they have a favorite game called 'Tackle Ball' that they typically play each night when he gets home from work and as of late, they started doing a 'bro-shake' in place of hugs...but of course the hugs are still a big factor every day :)
We've noticed that she is not only progressing with her personality and words, but we're seeing a big differennce with her coloring as she's beginning to focus on staying in the lines and she's also become very good at puzzles and I might even go as far to say as it is one of her favorite activities. Aside from dancing, she is becoming quite the little singer and her favorite songs are, "HOME" by Phillip Phillips and "HO HEY" by The Lumineers - knows most of the words and loves to sing in the car and at home :) it brings such joy to us to hear that precious little voice.
Potty training is coming, but not there yet. She totally gets it, but just isn't completely ready. She has a potty gift bag and each time she goes on the potty she gets a little surprise from the bag. And she also has a sticker chart that she seems to get excited about, but it's just been inconsistent. We aren't pushing it too much, but have a feeling by the time she's 3 or before, we'll have an official big girl. For now, we'll just keep working on it when she's ready and stay as patient as possible (wink wink)!
I think that's all I have for now...of course I'll follow up with more picture posts to go with all the updates and as usual, I'll try and stay more consistent with the posts and updates :)
