Macy goes to Kindergarten!

Well, we all survived the first day of school.  Macy was super excited and perma-grin all day.  Ken and I got her a little present - a book called Someday.  I thought it would be so cute and read it in the store just fine, but there was something with the moment + the reading out loud + being pregnant and emotional, but I could barely finish reading it to her this morning.  She turned around and looked at me, confused, and said, "Mom, is this book sad?".  Wow...how goofy.  Poor kid.  She's trying to figure out if she missed something and why Mom's a blubbering idiot when she's thinking it's a nice book.  Well, I finally just said I'm really happy and proud of her so it's making me emotional.  I don't think that made much sense because she said, "Well, this is a sad book, huh." 
We met her teacher, Mrs. Kelly and tried to figure out all of the things we had not been able to figure out, quite yet. ha ha.  I think we're all ready for day 2, tomorrow!  I'm going to try to not freak her out with emotional breakdowns!

Natalie builds cool stuff with Tinker Toys

Auntie Natalie was over and watched the girls while I ran to the grocery store.  What a strange sensation to have all the time in the world to just wander in peace and quiet!  It was strange how relaxing the grocery store can be, sans kiddos.
She helped the ladies build the coolest ferris wheel with Tinker Toys and it was great.  I wanted to get a picture, so Jorey decided to pull two pieces off and it started falling apart.  I scolded her a little, so she really had some sadness that I would dare scold her for ruining the project. 

Como Zoo and Como Town

Dad was out of town at his National Softball Tournament (they took 2nd, by the way), so the girls and I decided to try Como, rather than the MN Zoo.  I don't know that they'll ever want to go back to the MN Zoo because the animals at Como are pretty cool and then...there's Como Town.  I felt a bit financially raped by the cost of a ride there, but look at the smiles. ;)  On the dragon rollercoaster, Jorey looked like she was going to cry or scream the whole time and Macy had the giggles.  But, when they got off they were all smiles, so maybe Jorey just had her game face on.

The swings are always a favorite and for our trek to Busch Gardens in May, Jorey was too small to go on them, so that was an extra special treat.  The only downside to this trek was the vast quantity of bees that wanted to swarm around our slushies.  Once we finished them, we were good to go.  I'd like to suggest covered garbage cans for Como Town...just my two cents worth...every time we tossed something in, about 50 bees would swarm all around.  And, for those of you that don't know, Macy has developed a fairly irrational fear of bees.  This fear has caused loud shreaks at moths, flies, and skeeters...on the off chance that they may later be identified as bees.  We've worked on it a lot, so she really tries to keep it together, but if one comes close, she loses it. Those darn bees!

We finally saw some monkeys...they were hilarious.  I highly recommend them.  This fine monkey climbed right up by us, looked at us and looked like it was smiling.  Then, it picked it's nose and ate it.  I laughed and told the girls what happened.  Macy yelled, "Gross!"  And, then, the monkey turned around and faced the other direction.  So funny.  There was also the cutest little baby trying to get to the top with a pink bucket.  After it reached the first platform, it put the bucket on its head.  They were putting on quite the show.

The Steele County Free Fair 2010

On Saturday, the girls and Mom went down to Owatonna to join Mitz, Norah, and Brennan for a day at the fair.  It was so HOT, but it was a blast.  Our kiddos did great for the most part, but about 4:45, we suffered some friction burns on the Jungle course slide that ended it for Macy and then we determined we must bail.  But, before that happened, we hit nearly every ride, laughed a lot, and ate some delicious food.  Poor Brennan is such a peanut, he was too small to go on some rides, but he did finally get on the monkeys with Macy as his companion and then a couple other decent rides.  Mitz had to take him on a few special carousel rides and let him pull a duck for a car as a prize because the sadness was taking hold.  On one funny note, Dad got Brennan dressed for the fair and chose a nice shade of white.  By the end of the day, he was speckled in many colors.  I believe he's the reighning Ziggy Piggy.

More Party - Less Little People

We had one more big people party for Macy this year and she ended up with a gift that provided some funny pics.  Auntie Amy and Uncle Nick got her some faux leather leggings and the cutest hat ever.  She loved modeling them for us with some rock star poses.

She worked on her soccer shot, complete with the shin guards.  We watched the Twin's, ate Pizza, and had the greatest day.  Even great Granny and Grampa were there to share the day with us. 

Party All The Time...

When you're 5 and you have a party at Chuck E Cheese, prepare for madness!  Wow.  We had so much fun with 15 kiddos in attendance.  The nice part about having your party at Chuck E's house is that you don't have to worry if a kid should leave your eyesight...or, you completely lose them...because they just lock you in and won't let you leave if your stamp doesn't match the stamp of the one you came with.  That's genius and nice for parents that try to have big parties. 

The Ticket Blaster!

I think the best part of the day, for me, was when Macy went in the ticket blaster.  The object is to get as many tickets as you can.  She grabbed a few big ones and then looked down, smiled, and stood as still as a statue until they turned off the machine.  It was so funny! 
Macy was in heaven and enjoyed every second of the day.  I have to say, Mom, Dad, and Jorey did, as well.  Yellow Gramma made a great Ariel cake for all to enjoy, and there were smiles abundent. 

The Party People!

Macy Kathleen - 5 years old!

Macy, my big girl!  You're 5 today!  I know it's only one more year than 4, but 5 just sounds so old!  I'm sure it's just because I can't believe you're off to Kindergarten in less than a month.  I'm so excited and nervous for you to take this next step.  From here, Mom and Dad will get progressively less cool and you'll have other friends to entertain you.  That's OK, though, because you're going to have a blast.
I hope you'll still cuddle up with your old mom and watch movies, go for bike rides (you'll have to start riding on your own) and play games and read books with me.  I'll try not to have too many rules, but these are treacherous waters you are entering.  Luckily, I remember all that I learned on the bus and you won't be riding it, so that should save your naivity for an extra year or 2. 

I love you, sweetheart.  And, I hope you have a great day.