Christmas Choir Show

Boo with her bell

Warming up (this was pre Mr. Josh so you can see she isn't doing it:)!

Mackenzie is continuing to love going to choir. She loves going, and loves practicing, but is still a bit shy "performing." Well, this is until this past weekend's Christmas show. During practice, she stood beside her friends and was kind of just taking everything in. She wasn't singing, she wasn't ringing her bell, UNTIL Mr. Josh came. Mr. Josh was her choir teacher last year, and she really took to him. Unfortunately he now teaches the older children, so she doesn't get to see him much. Well, tonight, he helped their choir group warm up by playing the piano for them, and in case you can't tell, he is sitting at the piano which is right in front of Mackenzie. Let me just tell you, that as soon as Mackenzie saw Mr. Josh, it was like a light bulb went off...she just starting belting out the songs, playing her bell when she was supposed to, and acted out the songs when she was supposed to! The smile she had on her face when Mr. Josh noticed her doing all this was PRICELESS!!! Luckily, during the actual show, Mr. Josh played the piano again, so Mackenzie performed her stuff. It was the best Christmas present ever to see her do all her songs, but more importantly it was to see that she was proud of herself:) Go Boo!!!

Home Depot Project number????

The first Saturday in December was our monthly Home Depot Project. This time, Daddy was planning on taking Mackenzie and Zach, but at the last minute had to go to work, so the kids and I joined Meme, Dub, and Thomas. This month's project was a tiny wagon.
Mackenzie worked on her wagon with Meme, Dub helped Thomas, and I helped Zach. These projects are so much fun, and really get the kids to excited to build something of their own.

Zach is an old pro at the hammering thing now. He really gets into it, and usually wants to do it without any help.

Of course, Home Depot Project day wouldn't be complete with out going to McDonalds after wards. I don't have any pictures from McDonald's, but trust me when I say it was crazy....Mackenzie, Thomas, Zach, me, Meme, and Dub all sitting together in one booth with Zach making sure that everyone is at an arms length from his food. That boy is VERY protective of his food...especially at McDonalds:)

Mackenzie's Thanksgiving Day Feast at School

Mackenzie's school celebrated their Thanksgiving day feast the Monday before Thanksgiving this year. All the older kids in the school were dressed like pilgrims or Indians. Mackenzie was dressed as and Indian and had an Indian name of Little Sunshine. She was so excited to sit with her friends and celebrate, but was even MORE excited that "Auntie Marie" and Daddy came to school for the feast!!! It was a fun day for everyone!!! Thank you "Auntie Marie" for coming to see the feast!!!

Halloween

Mackenzie and Zach had such a great time this year for Halloween! A couple days before Halloween, we carved our pumpkin. Zach was so into getting all the goop out, while Mackenzie was busy saying things like "ooey, yucky, Don't touch that!!!" The more she screamed these things, the louder Zach laughed:)

Halloween night was busy for us. We hadn't planned on it, but we ended up having quite the party at our house that night. Uncle Kyle, Aunt Cathy, "Uncle" Charlie, "Auntie" Marie (the usual Halloween crew)came over, but then b/c it was a Saturday night, Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle Chris, Aunt Jamie, and Mia came over too. It was a lot of fun to have everyone over. As for trick or treating, Zach is the pro in our house. I honestly think that he would have gone all night if we let him. However, we had to stop b/c his candy bag was so full, that he was having trouble carrying it, and he WOULD NOT let anyone else carry his bag:) He was too funny!!! Boo had a great time too, but the novelty soon worn off and she was ready to eat pizza (our usual after TorT dinner).