Miss Maecee Mac.......

My cute baby is getting so big! (17 months old). She is also getting very mischievous and daring! She gets hurt so much because she's always climbing on or diving off things! She keeps me on my toes. She has just finished up going to "the infant/toddler lab" at USU. It's the one you have to sign up for when they are born to get them in. Obviously I did that, pretty pathetic I know! She was funny because at first she was terrified of going and would do this fake scream/cry. Then she would get to the point that she was basicly running to get in there. The last week she was quite nicknamed the "flour girl". They are all about letting kids get their hands in and play, play, play. They have a water table that has an assortment of stuff in it. Well on Wednesday it was flour. I missed seeing it, because I had a funeral to go to, but I guess she was throwing it up, smearing it in her hair, and putting it all over her face. She thought it was great. I guess she would wait until the teacher looked away to drop it, or throw it on the ground, or someone else most likely! The last day (thursday) I went and watched (in case your not familiar the parents sit behind one way mirror so the kids can't see you). Well they had paints that day...... She would of course be a little angel while the teacher was watching. Then when she looked away, the paints went in the hair, on her shirt, everywhere! I just had to laugh! She kept doing it and they kept saying "paint on the paper" and she'd do it for a minute, then go right back to her hair and face when they looked away. Finally, they gave her wet wipe bath and changed her shirt. She was not impressed by her playtime being interupted! Wonder where she learns these things from????


Next picture is the pink, puffy snowsuit! That is our neighbor Audrey by her. Last Saturday it snowed and the kids were outside and wanted to take Maecee out. She was so excited about being included w/her big sis and bro. They pulled her around the block and to the park in the backyard. I kept watching her trying to stand up and walk and then just falling back down. She wasn't too impressed that she couldn't move around and be on the go. She lasted about 10 minutes and then came in freezing and got in the bath. Fun times here at the McEvoy house!

Date Nights

First I have to say that my %*#@ flippin' camera is broken and I am going CRAZY!!!! What is a post without pictures to look at.........ok I have that out of my system, now back to reality.
Reality is that that I'm going to have to break down and go buy a camera before Christmas! I asked Brett if that was ok and he said, "you know it doesn't matter what i say, you'll do it anyway!" OOOOOPS! Bad wife, actually it broke right before Halloween and i still haven't bought one..... That's something to be proud of!

Ok back to the purpose of this post. Every year my grandma used to take us to The Nutcracker Ballet. Even though it was long and i didn't really understand what was going on, i always loved it and was fascinated by it.

Well I took McKenna to it about 3 years ago and we've talked about going back every year, but never make it. So, this was the year we went. It was a BLAST! I decided on the very last day to go so it was a last minute thing. I had to pick McKenna up early from gymnastics and brought her a whole stack of clothes to change into. Never know what that girl will wear??? Something special about it was a girl in our ward was the Snow Queen. She just had a baby six months ago and you never would have guessed! She looked beautiful!

I had actually asked Brett if he wanted to go and he said "I don't do guys in tights, I'll stay home with Ethan and Maecee :)". Well we get to the first guy in tights and they're pretty loose fitting and black----not to bad, but the little girl sitting next to us said "Mom, why is that boy dressed like a girl...". McKenna and I laughed and she understood dad not dying to see the tights thing. (p.s. I am NOT knocking these guys, they are AMAZING!) Back to the good part. Act II comes and there is a very professional male dancer in this ACT. He is in the TIGHTEST, WHITE tights I have ever seen. You should have seen McKennas face. I wish I could have taken a picture of that! I was laughing soooooo hard! He came out and she looked at me (I'm sure you can picture her facial expression), then gasped (he was turned sideways), she covered her eyes and tried to whisper "MOM, HE HAS A BUMP" and it wasn't in the back! I slid down in my seat because I didn't want to cause a commotion. Then he turned around!!!! Whoa it was like he had nothin on at all! Big gasp and eye cover for McKenna again!! Oh wow, it was hilarious! The first male (in blackies) came back out and stood behind some other dancers and McKenna said "thank you for standing in the back! You know her, say it like it is McKenna----no holding back! We did have a great time and will remember that one for a LONG time! Just watch, McKenna will grow up to marry a guy in white tights.......

The saddest part of the whole evening was having to leave my Eth. He was so upset that he didn't get to go on a date too. So I promised him one for that Friday. He got to chose and his first choice was golfing, of course. That doesn't work when it's frieking cold and gets dark at 5, plus that's a dad date! So next choice was bowling at the fun park. We had a blast. We played 2 games and he was all worried about me getting my shoes, and ball. He would hand me my ball almost everytime. Then returned my shoes for me. We bowled by some teeneage kids and they were laughing at him because during the last half of the second game he would lay on his tummy and get a good look at where he was going to aim it (just like golf). I had to explain to the teenagers what he was doing. Then we played some video games there, got some food, and then rented a game for his Playstation. It was a great time! I love my kiddies!

photo via flickr