"Hey!" screams Mckenzie. "What?! What's wrong?" I ask. "Oh we just passed some hay" she says.
She still wakes us up once or twice a night. It's either because she had a bad dream or she's asking to go down stairs and start the day. Most nights she's also the last of the kids to fall asleep.
She has the occasional bad bowel day. These days usually consist of many soiled underpants. I'll admit that I'm not always very patient with her. On many occasions she stops whatever she's doing. Looks at my slowly and says, "mom I think I had an accident. I think it's poop." And instead of running to the bathroom to prevent further poop from getting in her pants she just stands and stares. And then slowly walks to the bathroom. We've been trying to teach her that she needs to immediately run to the bathroom at the start of an accident. But we haven't got there yet. While cleaning up messes she can usually tell that I'm pretty ticked off by another poopy pair of underpants. Then she'll sweetly say, "mom I forgive you." What she means to say is, "mom please forgive me for poopy my pants again." But it actually has worked out better that she's offering my forgiveness first since I'm the one often losing my patient all too quickly with this innocent girl who cannot help her bowel issues.
Her generosity is surprising and amazing. Whether is her own money, food, or toys she's more often than not teaching me about how to think of others. A few days ago the kids saw me eating tuna with crackers. Well they all love crackers and hate tuna. A prerequisite for getting a plain cracker was first eating a cracker with a small amount of tuna on it. Mckenzie was the only kid that did this. She ate the tuna cracker and then received a plain cracker. After seeing how mad Channing was about not getting his own cracker she broke her cracker in half and gave half to Channing.
Her current hobbies include collecting rolly pollies, feeding her baby a bottle, coloring, making necklaces, playing with her miniature princess figurines, and playing make believe with Channing.
Mckenzie: "Mom when I'm an adult I'm gonna have a cat and a treasure."
She still wakes us up once or twice a night. It's either because she had a bad dream or she's asking to go down stairs and start the day. Most nights she's also the last of the kids to fall asleep.
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| Mckenzie's birthday celebration on July 4th with Wegners and Hamiltons. This is her crown cake. |
She has the occasional bad bowel day. These days usually consist of many soiled underpants. I'll admit that I'm not always very patient with her. On many occasions she stops whatever she's doing. Looks at my slowly and says, "mom I think I had an accident. I think it's poop." And instead of running to the bathroom to prevent further poop from getting in her pants she just stands and stares. And then slowly walks to the bathroom. We've been trying to teach her that she needs to immediately run to the bathroom at the start of an accident. But we haven't got there yet. While cleaning up messes she can usually tell that I'm pretty ticked off by another poopy pair of underpants. Then she'll sweetly say, "mom I forgive you." What she means to say is, "mom please forgive me for poopy my pants again." But it actually has worked out better that she's offering my forgiveness first since I'm the one often losing my patient all too quickly with this innocent girl who cannot help her bowel issues.
Her generosity is surprising and amazing. Whether is her own money, food, or toys she's more often than not teaching me about how to think of others. A few days ago the kids saw me eating tuna with crackers. Well they all love crackers and hate tuna. A prerequisite for getting a plain cracker was first eating a cracker with a small amount of tuna on it. Mckenzie was the only kid that did this. She ate the tuna cracker and then received a plain cracker. After seeing how mad Channing was about not getting his own cracker she broke her cracker in half and gave half to Channing.
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| Opening presents in Brian Head, Ut. |
Her current hobbies include collecting rolly pollies, feeding her baby a bottle, coloring, making necklaces, playing with her miniature princess figurines, and playing make believe with Channing.
Mckenzie: "Mom when I'm an adult I'm gonna have a cat and a treasure."
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