Friendship

After thinking long and hard about what to type for this post, I've decided to keep it short for fear I get too emotional otherwise! This pic is of Mackenzie and Avery. Notice they were playing dress up and crazy hair?! Cute girls. Precious friendship. I am thankful for Avery and her family. I am thankful they are in "school" together. I am thankful they will be in Kindergarten together, too!!! Just within the past week or so, both girls have been to play at each other's homes. I guess we're officially to that stage now...you know, the stage of inviting friends over from school to play. Have I mentioned that I'm thankful for Avery and her family? I felt 100% comfortable with Mackenzie going to play at their house, and we loved having Avery come play with us today! :) Friendship truly is a blessing. (BTW, Josiah had a blast playing with the girls, too! He just didn't stop playing computer games long enough to get in this picture with them! Ha.)

Friends

Avery and Mackenzie

I enjoy hearing all about Mackenzie's day when I pick her up from school. The problem is, sometimes she talks ninety-to-nothin' about the day and other times she hardly speaks at all, leaving me to wonder about it. Well, one day within the past two weeks as I picked Mackenzie up she informed me that Emma says Mackenzie is not her friend. Mackenzie told me that she is Emma's friend, but Emma says she does not like Mackenzie. I simply told Mackenzie that I am glad she is choosing to be Emma's friend, even if Emma won't be her friend.

Then I asked, "Who are your friends?" Mackenzie did not miss a beat in saying, "Avery's my best friend, Momma! She likes me and I like her, too." She went on to say that all the boys are mean except for one named Jared. "Jared's nice to me, Momma. He's my friend, too. I sit at the same table with him." So, after learning all this, I was surprised and excited when we received an invitation to Emma's 4th Birthday party at Bounce USA! We went, of course, so that I could attempt to get names and faces together.

I very quickly met Avery as Mackenzie beelined for her upon our arrival. I also met Avery's mom who was quick to exclaim, "So this is Mackenzie and you're Mackenzie's mom! We hear all about Mackenzie!" We launched into a full conversation, during which I found out that Avery tells similar stories about friendship issues as Mackenzie does, including that Mackenzie and Avery's friendship is very mutual. To watch Mackenzie, Avery, and Jared all play together at Bounce USA was a treat. Sure made me feel good about the friendships Mackenzie is forming at school. Good kids from good families. The pic I snapped of Avery and Mackenzie was taken at the party.

(I realize I need some more posts about Josiah soon...we'll see what he's up to these days and come up with a good post on him in the not-to-distant future.) :)

Easter Egg Hunt

Hooray! The pictures do upload if you do them one at a time...Thanks for the tip, Sara! So, here are my two favorites from the Easter Egg Hunt at church yesterday. Mackenzie had opened this egg to find a little ball, which delighted her! I think she was expecting candy, so this particular egg was extra special to her though she loved all the candy she got, too. She found 10 eggs! (Not too long ago she found a grand total of 1 during the church egg hunt, so 10 was great this year!) She could not have cared less about the total number collected; she just enjoyed the process and the candy!
I just love this picture of Mackenzie and Laura! The two of them have so much fun together. Friendship is a blessing, at all ages of the lifespan!

A side note: Poor Josiah had to miss out on the egg hunt as we did not want to risk exposing anyone. He has not vomited since 5:30pm on Friday, which is a huge blessing. I do think he is just fine now....we just were not sure enough on Sunday morning to be able to bring him. That would be why there are no pics of Josiah hunting eggs; poor little guy. No worries! He really is fine now (after 17 days of vomiting with no explanation as to why), and he will get to participate in our Easter festivities at home on Easter Sunday. We will be sure to get plenty of pictures of both kids then, too! :)