Getting ready for vacation...

OBX 2009 is fast approaching. Makenzie has been every year since she was 4 days old, so this is her 4th trip. We are very excited and cannot wait to join the rest of the family on Friday. Oma, Papa and Uncle Steven have been there since Saturday. This will be Makenzie's 2nd trip to the beach this summer. She is a lucky girl.

Makenzie starts "Pre" Pre-K when we get back from Nags Head. She has a physical on Monday August 31st (this was supposed to be her first day). Sept. 1st she will head into school. She will go half a day 9:30 - 12:30. She will eat lunch there and then Mimi or Papa will pick her up, depending on the day. I cannot believe she is off to school.

Some updates on Makenzie...

Whenever she gets mad or frustrated she says "I QUIT". I always tell her "No, Makenzie you can't quit you have to try..." etc. However, I think it is so funny.

She has an imagination far beyond what I would ever expect from a brand new 3 years old. The things she comes up with or the stuff she uses in place of the real thing is amazing.

She is a singer. I know I have said it in previous post but she really loves to sing. She is always making up new songs or singing the songs she already knows. Constantly singing or dancing. She makes up little dances too.

Aunt Becky and Uncle Greg came over last week to give Makenzie her birthday present. They were out of town on her birthday and had not had a chance to give it to her yet. She got some really cool stuff. She got a purse with lots of things to go in it. Make-up, camera, phone, money, brush, mirror etc. She has been taking the purse everywhere. It's funny, she takes the cell phone out and uses it to take fake pictures of people instead of the camera. She sees me, Daddy, Mimi and others using there cells to take pictures so she does it too.

She also got a glove, bat, and ball. She is very good at making contact with the ball. She is good a catching it too. T-ball, here we come!

This is Kenzie after licking the butter off her toast Saturday morning.

taking a picture of me taking a picture (with the camera this time). new sunglassesputting her items in her new purse

opening her present