Fun, useless information

There are certain things that I don't want to forget at this age...so this may be a boring blog to all but her mom :)

Mac's favorite foods:

Every morning she asks for "oatmea, nana and jutce" so we have a routine where she chooses which oatmeal packet she wants, then waits for the microwave to "beeeep!" She also loves eating yogurt and daddy's cereal for breakfast!

She isn't really a picky eater, which makes my job easy! She likes to eat what we are eating, but is a little less adventurous when I make spicy things like curry or spicy shrimp. She will now eat meat if it is cut into minuscule dinky little pieces. She can also completely feed herself (which she has been able to do for at least 6 months) but it is much less messy that it used to be.

If she is reluctant to sit and eat, we can usually trick her by letting her choose which bib, fork, spoon and cup she uses. This makes her feel like she is making very important decisions, and that she MUST be involved in the meal.

Favorite words:

It seems like she learns a new word everyday. I think it helps that we have such long drives to and from work that we get to sing and talk together on. She knows all of her colors "lellow, back, bue, geen, bown, et (red), range (orange), purpo, pink" it started as a bathtime game and she really picked up on them quickly. We also sing the ABC song...sometimes for 30 minutes alllll the way to Heathers (sorry daddy.) And she does pretty good on the ABC.....EFG......EFG....P.....T......Z.........me. That is basically how her song goes. She lives EFG...so it gets in there twice. She will also ask for "more baa baa, pease" which means she would like to listen to baa baa black sheep (still her favorite song) on repeat...over and over and over.....I think we have both learned to tune it out.

I love how she says please. I NEED to get it on camera. She cocks her head to one side and looks innocently at you and says "peeeeease" it is the cutest thing since she used to ask for "mooooooore." We are still working on thank you, but she seems to be a pretty polite kid.

Fun quirks:

I have also learned some tricks from Kindermusik. Apparently if you sing the "put the toys away" song McKenna instantly becomes a cleaning machine. Mac already is very neat. She hates to have things out of place or messy (lucky mommy) but sometimes before bed she is a little reluctant to clean. So we sing the song we learned at Kindermusik together:

Mommy:
Let's put the toys away
Let's put the toys away
Away, away, away, away
Let's put the toys away
Thank you

McKenna:
toy away
toy away
way way way way
toy away
ta you

McKenna is also an excellent tooth brusher. We make faces in the mirror. I have one tooth brush and she gets the other. We growl, yell, stick out our tongues...quite fun!

Mac loves to keep every door in the house closed. She will go around and close them all. I have to go around and open them when she isn't looking to keep the air circulating in the house!

She is a great sleeper going to bed about 8:30. We usually try to read a story, although lately she likes to take a book over in a corner and "read" it herself. Then we sing and rock for a few minutes and she is out until 7am! Lucky us again! Thank you daylight savings for changing her habits. She used to get up at 6:30 and it was not nearly as convenient.

Movement:

She has been jumping for a few months now, but is really starting to perfect it. We are trying to hop on one foot (which is much harder.) She is very good at kicking balls right where she wants them to go (future soccer star...I think so!) She loves running and hide and seek has become one of her favorite games. Her best hiding places are behind the rocking chair, in her closet, and next to the fireplace. She would play this all day if we didn't distract her into doing something else. Mac has been wanting to "walk" up and down the stairs now, with assistance.

Well this is quite long. I will probably do a more detailed "what is mac up to" blog on her 2nd bday...which is quickly approaching! I can't believe she is almost 2!!!