4 Years Old

Makenna is officially 4 years old now. I just can't believe how big she is. I also can't believe that I have a 4 year old. It is crazy! This past year we have been doing a Joy School in the neighborhood and it has been a great experience. Here are some things she can do.

(I swear blogger hates me. There are so many spaces through out this post making it forever long but I can't fix it! Sorry it's all spread out)

• She has learned to count to ten (except she usually forgets 7)



• She can say the alphabet.
  


• She can trace her name but she has a hard time still writing it



• She can recognize almost all the letters in the alphabet.



• She also knows all her colors and shapes.



• She can now say her "S's" "Snow, Skirt, and School"

She is getting so smart!

Here are some things about Makenna at this age

• She loves to dance. She dances everyday and now with recital over I don't know what we are going to do this summer. I asked all the kids at school once what they wanted to be when they grew up and most had answers like a mom, or teacher but Makenna wanted to be a dancer. It was so cute!



• She loves Princesses, Tinkerbell and Peter Pan, Strawberry Shortcake and Barbie's



• Her favorite shows are Curious George (or George the Monkey as she calls it), Strawberry Shortcake, Hannah Montana, Tangled and High School Musical.



• Her favorite color is Pink.



• Her favorite books are Fancy Nancey, Pinkalicious, and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.



• She loves her dad. If she is hurt or sad or wakes up in the middle of the night it is always her dad she wants. Total Daddy's girl!



• She is very strong willed and loves to be independent.
  

Here are her stats from the doctor at her check up. She is still tall and skinny. Lucky girl!

Weight- 31.97 lbs 24.7%

Height- 40.25 in 63.31%

Here are a couple pics from her birthday dinner and party.

She wanted pizza so we went to the Pizza Factory and she loved the twisty breadsticks!

Total Daddy's Girl!

Kason with his mouth full. I swear that kid never gets full

Makenna wanted a Barbie cake so this is the Barbie from A Fairy Secret movie

Makenna with her cake!

She got spoiled! A Barbie Jeep with Ken and Barbie doll

A new bike! A big bike as she refers to it.

It didn't take long for her to figure it out. She loves her new bike and helmet. She's on it everyday (if it's not raining that is!)

Makenna's 4th Birthday Party

Makenna turned 4 last week and to celebrate she wanted to have a party with all her friends from Joy School and Dance. We didn't do the party on her actual birthday though, we ended up doing it a couple days early since we were having such a busy week. But we had 8 girls come and we played games and had cupcakes. Makenna had fun and the girls seemed to be having fun so I think it was a success. The girls kept me so busy that I forgot to take pictures but here are a few that I did get. And I didn't even get one with all the girls in it! Hopefully next year I do better!

This was playing "Duck, Duck, Goose"

Opening presents.

Makenna's Barbie cupcakes!

This was a really cute game we played at the beginning. It was "Pin the Sunglasses on Barbie"

Easter Weekend

We had a great Easter weekend. We had two Easter egg hunts and of course the kids got a new Easter outfit. It was a fun weekend and Makenna is still talking about finding eggs. All day today she has asked me if she can look for some eggs. I should hide a couple tonight so she can look for them tomorrow! That would definitely make her day! Well here are a few pictures of the festivities.

Kason found an egg up really high

Makenna needed help too. Man that Easter Bunny sure can jump!



Makenna found her basket in her favorite hiding spot

Kason had more fun throwing the eggs. They sure do look a lot like balls.


Two cool dudes riding the four wheelers

Kason was playing hide and seek on the ladder!



Just looking for eggs!

Look at all those eggs!

Wild Weekend out West

My parents have recently purchased a rzr and we were all just dying to take it out for a ride. So luckily this weekend ended up being nice enough that we could take it out. We went with my parents and my two sisters out west to the desert. (You should hear Makenna say desert, she is pretty cute!) Along with the rzr, we had their 4-wheeler and we all took turns. It was so much fun! Makenna went on a hike with grandpa and I got lost only once on the rzr. Of course Weston was acting like a daredevil on the 4-wheeler and Kason was covered from head to toe in dirt and cookies. We had to dump him straight into the tub when we got home. It was a great weekend and we can't wait for another nice day to go out again!

Makenna's Conversation

This is the conversation that Makenna had in the car tonight when Weston said something to her.

Weston : Makenna... (I can't remember exactly what they were talking about)
Makenna: Daddy? Why do you keep calling me by the wrong name?
Weston: What?
Makenna: You keep calling me Makenna. My name's not Makenna, it's Rapunzel, silly Flynn Rider!
Weston: What I'm Flynn Rider?
Makenna: Ya, and Kason is Pascal and mommy is Mother Gothel!

Ya, of course I'm the mean mother/kidnapper/witch in the story.

Tuesdays

I hate them and they hate me.

Family Vacation

I have been begging Weston to take us on a family vacation since last year and we finally went on one two weeks ago. Guess where we went? I've also been begging Weston to take me here for the last 3 or 4 years. So we went to Disneyland!!! It was the greatest vacation ever!!! It was so much fun and even though both the kids had colds it was such a great vacation. My mom and two sisters were even able to come with us so it was nice to have many helping hands on the trip. Makenna didn't feel that well the first two days but she still really loved it. It is all she has talked about since we've been home. Kason did really well too. I wasn't expecting there to be much for him to do but there was. He was just able to sit on my lap for the rides. It was nice. I thought he would be in the stroller the whole time and miserable but he wasn't. His favorite ride was the carousel. I could not get him to let go of the horse when the ride was over. It was adorable. And as for Makenna, what didn't she like! She loved the tea cups and the carousel but her favorite part were the people. She got to meet Briar Rose, Belle, Jasmin, Tinkerbell, Silvermist, Mickey and Minnie, Pooh Bear, Tigger and I saved the best for last. Rapunzel and Flynn!!! She even had to see them twice! Well as Makenna would say from the movie Tangled, it was "The Best Day Ever!!!" I am so glad we had the chance to go and I can't wait to go again. Thanks to the Southwick's for letting us borrow there suburban and thanks to my family for coming and putting up with us for the weekend. I couldn't get a slide show made so here are just a few of my favorite pics. I need to get the pictures from my family. There is the cutest picture of Kason with Mcqueen and Mater.

We finally made it!!! We drove all night but we made it!

Meeting Mickey. Kason kept trying to grab his ear!

Daddy getting loves!

Makenna, Rapunzel and Flynn

They were completely worn out for the fireworks.

This was the best family vacation and I can't wait to spend some more fun times together this summer. I just love these kids!!!