The Mac Kinnon Family

We ended up with about 10 inches of snow, it stopped during the night. It was such a beautiful sight to wake up too, the sun was shining and glistening off the snow, what a wonderful sight. After breakfast we all got geared up in layers of clothing and went out to play, and shovel (thanks John)! Emily enjoyed looking at the snow but didn't care for playing in it too much, she kept falling down, it was hard for her to get around and she did not like snowball being thrown at her! Mac of course loved it, his friend from across the street joined him to play. Emily was done after an hour or so but Mac stayed out until lunch time and went back out for a few more hours after lunch. They built a snowman and had a great time. We love the snow but I've got cabin fever. Hopefully I will get out to the gym tomorrow, of course Mac's preschool is closed!

We ended up with a snow storm, it started snowing in the wee hours of the morning and is still snowing. We've got about 8-10 inches of snow on the ground and it's wonderful. We spent the day inside for the most part. John and Mac got to enjoy the snow for a little while, Mac loved it even when John throw snow at him! Emily has another cold that's in her chest so we'll wait until tomorrow to take her out to enjoy it. It's supposed to stick around for a few days, I'm sure the town will be paralyzed tomorrow too! Yeah for snow!

A friend called me early this morning, she was out of town and due back this am. She realized she booked her plane ticket for PM not AM and was in a bind to have someone watch her kids, her husband had to work today. So Julia and Ollie (their dog who can't be left alone) joined us for the day and Mac was thrilled. The kids played well all day today and Mac was sad when she had to go home. The played all kinds of games, read books, dug for "treasures" in the back yard and watched a movie. It was a fun day for all of us!

Willie is one good kitty that tolerates alot from the kids. Emily loves Willie and always wants to hug and kiss him. A few evenings ago she was sitting on him, gently, kissing him and hugging him. He was irritated, ears were back but the poor guy tolerated it. This didn't last too long for both their sake, so I only grabbed a quick pic with my phone. Willie is one good kitty!

For the past three night/mornings Emily has woken up between 4:30 and 5:30, normally she doesn't wake until 6:30 or so. This morning it was 4:45 am and she would not go back to bed. She fell asleep in the car at 10 am, I couldn't resist a picture! I hope she kicks this early wake up call pattern soon.....

We've been working with Emily on potty training so there's been lots of cheers and candy for going potty. Mac loves to help cheer Emily on and always wants a skittle, M&M or whatever she's getting for going on the potty. I told him that he needs to work on something too like Emily. He's been working on reading some, so I told him when he gets through one of his little "learn to read" books he too can have a piece of candy. He worked really hard today to get candy and actually did well. He tries to read by figuring out the picture but he's learning and were glad he seems interested!

As I had to clean around the crib and toddler bed in Emily's room yesterday, I decided it was time to try the toddler bed again. Emily still has issues with going to bed in the toddler bed. I moved her crib out of the way, put the bed there and she has anxiety about going to bed. Her crib is tucked away in a little out cove so she can't see much and I told her that all her friends she sleeps with (Dora x 3, boots, mickey mouse and dolly) no longer wanted to sleep in the crib so they can't join her. She didn't care, so she went to bed in the crib. John and I moved her to her bed last night and she was happy when she woke up. Hope it changes soon, I'm tired of having two beds in her room....we may have to tuck the toddler bed away for a few more months!