SISTERS

I am so glad that Maddie is finally old enough to "play" with Kenzie. At this point she has to do everything that Kenzie does, so it's nice sometimes (like when they play outside together), and not so nice others (like when Maddie insists on cracking eggs when we're cooking just like Kenzie). I thought it was cute the way that Maddie had to color with Kenzie. It's nice to know that she's finally getting out of that baby stage!

Kenz wanted to make cupcakes. When we do this, Kenzie pulls a chair up to the counter top and she puts in every ingredient. This time, Maddie followed right behind her with a chair and we all cooked together. Maddie laughed when she got to crack an egg, but then got mad when I threw the shells away...she wanted to put them in the bowl! They were so cute cooking together and when the cupcakes were done they went on the back porch to eat them. Maddie had to have the exact same cupcake as Kenz...I forgot to put sprinkles on Maddie's, and you should have seen the tantrum!

Really, how many pictures do I have to have of my kids eating cake like dogs???

First Day of Preschool!

Kenzie was completely ecstatic about her first day of school. Some kids cried, some kids needed one more hug from their mom, Kenzie bounced right in and said "Bye Mom!" I guess we have no separation anxiety here! She said she made two new friends and got to sing lots of songs. She said her teacher was really nice because she let Kenzie sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider". Yeah, I guess that's pretty nice! She also mentioned that she didn't hit or kick anyone...I guess that's always a good thing! She is already talking about when she gets to go to Kindergarten.

Maui Trip

Kenzie and I left Dave and Maddie (Dave had to work, and Maddie is well....traveling challenged at this age, and yes the guilt was killing me the whole time) and went to Maui with my parents, Jen and Ryan (boyfriend), Justin and Matt (friend). Maui is Kenzie's favorite place in the whole world and has been asking about it all year!

Kenzie and I climbing on the lava rocks. She found sea anemone's and a little crab!

I just love this picture


The rope swing was by far the favorite part of the trip for her. At the hotel, this rope swing that has at least a 5 foot drop. It's pretty far for a 4 year old! She begged to go on it, and the first time we got up there, she said "Mom, this is too scary". We walked back down, she looked back and said "It's not that scary!". So I walked her back up and she flew right off. We couldn't pull her off of it after that. The lady working the rope swing said that Kenzie was the youngest kid she's ever seen go off.

Kenzie loved the slides at the hotel, too. They have 5 pools w/ water slides connecting each one. The majority of our day was spent sliding down the slides to the rope swing, spending at least an hour at the rope swing, then doing it all over again!

We went to the Maui Ocean Center where Kenzie got to pick up a starfish, see turtles, sharks, and eels. She got a front row show of the divers feeding all the animals, and she thought the coolest part was giving the diver a high five through the glass!

Ryan and I took surfing lessons....so much fun!

At the beach with Grandpa

The beach at sunset

Kenzie and Jen

My pretty little Hawaiian girl
Have you ever seen a kid wearing a sweatshirt in Hawaii? She is cold everywhere!

Jen and Ryan

What is coming out of Justin's head???

Kenzie in front of the hotel