goodbye mackenzie (and avery)

the girls that natasha nannies are starting full time daycare and natasha is growing a baby in her belly, so she will be taking a break from nannying to... be an even more full time nanny, also called a mom. we had a lunch date slash going away party at mackenzie (and avery's) house to say goodbye. it's not really goodbye forever, natasha will still occasionally watch the girls, but we certainly won't have such regular play dates. we will definitely miss seeing their sweet faces so often!

just keep swimming

i signed beckett up for swimming lessons and had high hopes, but they were quickly dashed. after six weeks of lessons (five days a week!) he made little progress and actually mostly hated it. he would list off all the things he was not going to participate in while we drove to lessons. "i do NOT want to do bobs today. i do NOT want to do back floats. i do NOT want to blow bubbles." ha. delightful. and no amount of ice cream bribery could persuade him otherwise. so, after 3 sessions, we threw in the towel. it's fine... there is always next year. lots of friends cycled through the swimming lessons too. here are many pictures. really... it's a lot. 

mackenzie is two!

natasha is a nanny for a family with as of very recently two little girls, and we were invited to help celebrate their older daughter, mackenzie's birthday with her. mackenzie was invited to beckett's party, but ended up not making it because her mom was busy... having a baby. we got to meet sweet, tiny baby avery at the party too! also, mackenzie's mom and dad! mackenzie's mom is named moira, which is my top girl name choice for a baby, BUT yet again, my girl names are worthless this time around.  mackenzie and beckett have lots of playdates and get along pretty well. they have almost the exact same hair color... and kind of look like maybe they could be siblings, but that would have been two babies pretty darn close together. mackenzie is a very cute little person (am i biased because she looks like a girl version of my child? ...maybe). happy second birthday to mackenzie, thanks for inviting us to the party, two looks great on you!