Pictures!

Fall is here and that means kid birthdays here at the Taylor's!  Liam's first birthday is October 20th and Kenzie will be 3 on November 3rd.  So I went and snapped some pictures of the kids!

 

 

Sorry these pictures are arranged all weird.  I hate how blogger sets things up when you have more than like 2 pictures.  They make it a pain.  Anyway, here are a few of their pictures!

Fall is here!

Not too much to post about lately.  Things are starting to slow down, a little bit...  Justin is still busy though.  He is officially running the golf course entirely by himself now! 

Yesterday, since it was the first day of October, MaKenzie and I drew fall and Halloween pictures and taped them up on the window. 

I'm getting excited for Halloween!  It's going to be fun to have two kids to take trick-or-treating!

Got this cute pic the other day.  Just two buddies hanging out, havin' a drink!

And this funny face MaKenzie made:

Liam Pictures

There hasn't been too much to blog about lately.  Things with the golf course are finally starting to wind down.  Fall is definitely in the air, I'm expecting a really yucky winter this year.  MaKenzie is still LOVING preschool.  She brought home a cold last week though and it has been making the rounds throughout the family. 

I took some pictures of Liam last night while sister was taking a cat nap on the couch.  This is out in our front yard.

Liam LOVES the tractor!

My workin' boy!

Cutest little boy ever!

Growing Up All Too Fast!

I decided that MaKenzie could use a bit (or maybe a LOT) more socialization.  She never get's to see other kids and that needs to change.  So the exciting news... MaKenzie is starting PRESCHOOL!  She starts on Wednesday, 3 days a week for 3 hours a day.  She is SOOOO excited she can hardly stand it.  She asks me about 10 times a day if she can go to school yet.  The only issue is that she still isn't potty trained.  It is only 3 hours a day so it shouldn't be a problem though and the director said that most of the time kids who are on the edge finally just do it about after a week when they start because all of the other kids are doing it.  Keeping my fingers crossed!

Liam has become quite the little emotional terror!  He get's into everything and we've been trying to teach him "no" but whenever you get stern with him to make him understand he get's so upset!  It's the look of "why don't you love me anymore?  why do you hate me mom!"  It's so sad!  It's also really hard to say no to the happiest, smiliest kid ever...

He's also become very vocal!  He's actually trying to say words!  He can now say:
MA-MA
DA-DA
BOOB (yes, boob... he is still nursing but he also calls all food boob...lol)
HAT
KITTY (well, I can tell it's kitty)

Before I know it he will be walking!

MaKenzie the Storyteller

Today while I was on the computer MaKenzie told me a story.  This is what she said:

"Once upon a time there was a mermaid. Ariel went swimming in the ocean and seen Prince Erik. Prince Erik saw Ariel. They fell in love. They went swimming in the ocean. The sea witch got mad and turned them into fishes. Ariel and Prince Erik kissed each other and that fixed it. Then they got married. They lived in a castle. The end."

She's already a story teller like mommy!

MaKenzie Says...

2 funny things to post today!  This morning MaKenzie was sitting on the couch watching cartoons while she was eating breakfast and I noticed she was singing a song. 

"Dradle, dradle, dradle"!  (however you spell that). 

I have no idea where she got that from (we're Mormon, not Jewish).  It was pretty funny though!


The other thing was from a few days ago.  My mom and step-dad came to visit and we went up to Mount Constitution.  There's a big tower up there and as we're coming down out of it MaKenzie was walking behind me, coming down the stairs.  She says "You sure got a nice butt, babe!"  I turn around and ask her "what?" with a chuckle.  "You sure got a nice butt, babe!"  She then breaks out into laughter.

2-year-olds hear everything!

A Wonderful Weekend!

My mom and my step-dad flew into Seattle on Wednesday and we went to pick them up at the airport.  After, we went to run a few errands.  We got new carpet and then went into Ikea.  Kenzie made herself right at home.

She got SO excited when she saw this little girls room set up!  She quickly took her shoes off and crawled into the bed!  It wasn't easy getting her out of there!

We headed for the ferry, which was over an hour late but we had fun playing on the beach anyway!

The next day we went golfing with everyone.  Mommy helped Kenzie work on her swing at the driving range.  Liam Worked on his swing too.

We went up to Mount Constitution.  It was WAY windy!  Glad my hair isn't too long anymore!

Yummy ice cream!

For dinner Grandpa Taylor caught us some really yummy crab!  MaKenzie loves helping Grandpa get it prepped!  She loves playing with the claws (once they can't pinch her anymore)!  Crab is one of the only things Liam will not eat though!  LOL

We "went swimming in the ocean".  We hung out at West Beach and waded out into the water.  One of my only complaints about Washington, the water is still freezing, even in the middle of the summer!

We all ate way too much ice cream...

It was an amazing weekend!  I am so glad my family was able to come up and visit!  Kenzie is going to be sad that Grandma and Grandpa are gone!  But she'll be eating the "Grandpa cookies" for the next few days...  lol  And to wrap it all up, here's what Liam thought of the visit!