Makenzie Brooke Wood: Pre-Halloween Party

Mandy, Gracie, Kenzie and I went to a Pre-Halloween Party at Kelly's. It was so much fun. The girls dressed up. Gracie was Tinkerbell and Makenzie decided she would be a princess this year. A little background on Makenzie's Halloween Costume... Jared and I decided that we would take Makenzie to pick out a Halloween costume a few weeks ago. I must say, driving into DC every day for work, I have been pretty lucky when it has come to accidents and being held up. I usually get home with in 35 minutes. WELL... this particular day Jared and I made the plan, I was STUCK IN TRAFFIC FOR TWO HOURS. Jared was already at the store so he just went ahead and let Makenzie out her costume. You can see what she decided on below. Anyway, the party was great, the decorations were SCARY, and the girls looked amazing in their costumes. Thanks Kelly and Shawn for a wonderful night!!! PS... Kelly and Shawn are having a baby boy. Congrats!!! See their link from Kenzie's blog to see pictures and video. Sunday Kenzie and I stayed home and had to miss church b/c she is a little sick. Coughing and sneezing and feeling under the weather, tired. Then all day Monday too. Tuesday we got up and got ready to go to school b/c it was FIELD TRIP DAY. We were SO excited to be able to go to the Pumpkin Farm. I had taken a day off from work and EVERYTHING!!! We got to school, ran in, turned around the corner to sign in, only for Ms. Cushman to inform us that the trip had been canceled due to stinking RAIN. : ( We were not happy. So, we headed back to the car and decided to eat breakfast at the Lunchbox. Kenzie ordered pancakes and scrambled eggs with cheese. I got chip beef gravy. Makenzie ALWAYS decides she does not want what she is eating and wants what I am having (I decided today from now on we would share...LOL), so I discover her new LOVE for chip beef gravy. She ate the entire plate. I was so excited b/c Makenzie doesn't have a big appetite and rarely eats a lot. After breakfast we went shopping and, I kid you not, I finished ALL of my Christmas shopping. This is the first year I have not run out the week before Christmas weeding through racks to find presents. This year I took my time and selected meaningful presents and actually FINISHED before Halloween. I am proud of myself. I might pick up a few other things here and there, but I am pretty much finished. I even shopped for Santa today while Makenzie wasn't looking. I put it underneath the cart and the check out lady was nice enough to scan them right where they were. Then they went in the trunk. Makenzie and I got a lot accomplished today. Here are some pictures from this weekend:

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