The Big Girl Bed

Well we've hit another milestone (sniff sniff) tonight will be Mac's first night in her big girl bed!  Her crib converts to a full size bed and we bought and assembled everything today!  McKinley is sooooooo excited too!  We picked out her bedding a few weeks ago and now that it's on and in her room, she is ecstatic!  What a big girl we have!!!!  Here's hoping Abba Bella will sleep with her too!

Summer Adventures at Fair Park

We spent a Saturday a few weeks ago at Fair Park- We rode rides, watched the dog show, ate lots of junk food (well just Billy and I) and had a blast!  Mac did her first bungee jump trampoline bouncy and rode over 15 rides!  She made us ride the Texas Star (the super tall ferris wheel) and both Billy and I were terrified!  I stared at my phone the whole time only looking up to tell Mac to stop jumping around!!!! Billy handled it better than me but we were both so glad when we were safe on the ground!  Now we are even more anxious for the Texas State Fair this fall!

July 4

We spent the holiday at my dads with Matt and Dani.  We camped (well Matt and Dani camped, we stayed in a cabin) and cooked out and swam in the lake for 3 days.  It was so much fun!!!!  Mac caught her first fish and swam in the lake like a trooper!  Cant wait to celebrate the 4th like this every year!

Another great thing about living back in Texas

This has also been a summer of seeing my family!!!  Being much closer now has been such a blessing.  Grateful!

My little baker

This has been the summer of baking!!!!!  McKinley and I bake something at least once a week and sometimes more than once!  Now Mac is not traditionally a sweet lover but she has enhanced her palate.  She loves the process of baking and will try most of the items we bake as long as there is no frosting or icing!  We've baked Dr Pepper bundt cakes, chocolate chip cookies, all sorts of cupcakes, lemon cake, cinnamon/sugar crescents and her very favorite the Rainbow bundt!  This has been such a fun experience for the two of us.  She cracks the eggs, helps me measure the ingredients and tries to take over the mixing :)  Again, I love this for us.

Soccer

Mac started weekly soccer practice in June and she loves it!  The coach is very patient and tries his best to corral the kids- There are 4 girls and 3 boys and it's crazy!!!!  It's really fun to watch and cheer McKinley on.  She really likes it and pays attention (for a 3 year old!).  We practice at home too and she loves to show us her moves!

Half- Birthday

We celebrated McKinley's half birthday on June 20.  I love this tradition and knowing it wont last forever, makes it more fun.  In true Mac fashion, she wanted to celebrate the exact way as her 3rd birthday- at Chuck E Cheese and wearing the same dress ;)

We ended up with many tickets and coins leftover from her party, we just cashed those in and had a ball!!!  In just six months, she was more adventurous with the rides.  It was a fun celebration!