My Kids Crack Me Up

We had an awesome weekend this weekend in Midland.  The kids and I drove up Saturday morning and Grandma Kathy, Uncle Mike, Lexie and the three of us went to Snow Snake and went snow tubing. We did this last year as well.  It is a great way to get outside in the winter and enjoy ourselves without having to put in the effort to ski or snowboard (both of which I am not good at).  Uncle Mike told Mackenzie that he would teach her next year though.  The kids had a great time hanging out with Lexie at dinner and at Grandma's house overnight.  Then they got to go see Copper at Uncle Mike and Aunt Misty's today (Aunt Misty hurt her ankle so she couldn't go snow tubing with us).  They got to see Copper which they loved.

Here are some funny stories:

Isaac is really into Lego's lately.  He has a problem with the word instructions though and often asks us about his "constructions".

Mackenzie's reading is improving rapidly and her vocabulary is improving with it.  Lately she comes out with sentences that make her sound like an adult.  For example, the I bought two new Kids Bop CDs for the kids.  They each had one to listen to and I was getting pretty sick of hearing "I threw a wish in a well, Don't ask me I'll never tell . . ."  So I bought them new ones.  One morning I went upstairs and heard Mackenzie say, "Mom, I need to speak with you."  I went into the room to see what she needed and she informed me, "A song on this Kid Bop is inappropriate for children."  She then looked at the CD case for a minute and informed me that "Gumball Style" uses the word sexy which is inappropriate for children.

Isaac knows that his name means laughter and he thinks it means that he has to tell funny jokes.  The problem is that he is 4 and his jokes often don't make sense.  He finally let us in on the secret that his name means laughter so we are supposed to laugh at him.  Now he will make a comment and we just ask him if we were supposed to laugh and if he says, "Yes", we laugh.  Then he laughs.

Mackenzie has a friend named Sahdiya.  She is actually Mackenzie's locker mate.  The other day Mackenzie told me that Sahdiya calls everyone, including boys "Lady".  I informed her that some boys might take offense to being called lady.  So now she calls me lady (as well as her friend Payton).  However when she says "Lady" I think she must be copying how Sahdya talks because she says it with an accent and doesn't sound like herself.

Isaac had his underwear on backwards one day when Brian was getting them ready for school.  So Brian had him strip down by the door to the garage to change them around.  There is a large window there that goes almost to the floor.  Mackenzie exclaimed, "Isaac you can't be naked in front of the window, you could get arrested!".   She also informs me that I can't leave my children (which I threaten to do when they are dawdling) because it is illegal and I could be arrested.

Late Post on a Great Vacation

It has been a long time since I have posted anything.  I have been over-scheduling the family quite a bit, I believe. 

We went to Disney World after the new year.  We all had a fantastic time.  Grandma Kathy went with us on the roadtrip down to Orlando and Grandma Linda and Grandpa Butch met us at Disney.  I won't bore you with the details of the trip, but it went about as well as possible aside from getting back home during the polar vortex.  Poor Grandma Kathy was stuck at our house an extra day at the end of the trip.

Here are some pictures from the trip:

Grandma Kathy took Isaac to lunch at T-Rex Cafe in downtown Disney:

 

and Mackenzie to dinner at Cinderella's Palace:



 

While Grandma and Isaac were at the T-Rex Cafe Brian and I took Mackenzie to Pollo Campero.  Mackenzie was in Heaven:

 

 Brian and his mom got to ride Dumbo together:

Mackenzie's favorite princess:

 

Isaac's favorite character:

 

 

 A family photo at the Country Bear Jamboree:



Crystal Palace is still the perfect character lunch for our family:

 

We loved the new Be Our Guest Restaurant and Gaston's Tavern.  The cashier in the tavern told us Gaston was outside and the kids waited quite a while to see him, but it was absolutely worth it.  He was the most animated character with the kids and they both loved him:

 

Mickey:

 

Cinderella:





 

The castle lit up for the holidays:

 

It was definitely a magical time for all of us.