Mac Attack: Birthday Baby!

She's four now, but she still wants to be a baby. She has even told me that she wants to be a baby forever. Some might enjoy this-I'm not really into it. I totally understand the sentimentality issue, and yes, it does go by fast, but I'm kind of over babies now. Having to carry a 4 year old who wants to be a baby still is just a pain in the ass. Sorry Maggie, your baby days are numbered. When she does act like a four year old, she's a very cute, hilarious, kind of strange (in a good way!) little kid. Her birthday was last month and she milked us for all we're good for. Unfortunately for her-I'm really not into entertaining in August. It's so hot. She did have a fun birthday week though. She had a little party at school.

I even managed to throw together a last minute shin dig for her with a couple friends and a piñata.

Pink Panther cake! Allison and Pablo get credit for this cake. The girls got way into Pink Panther after we visited and they watched it with Gael and Remi.

These two are always up to something!

She even had another mini party play date with the Jordan's during the following week, so don't feel too bad for her and her negligent mother.

Next up, haircuts! This has been a constant struggle with Maggie. I think she's a shoe in for the 2029 Davis-Estabrook Yuma School of Beauty Scholarship. I made a deal with her that she would stop doing it herself if I would take her in to get it cut shorter. She agreed.

The last Hurrah with her long hair.

So, has she given up her hair-cutting habit?! Nope! She's done it again at least one more time that I'm aware of.

Molly couldn't be left out, she wanted her hair cut too.

Little troublemaker practicing her "A's".

We finally had a loose tooth! A couple weeks ago the adult tooth popped out. It was loose at the time, but she was so anxious about, she would not mess/play with it at all. Jonny and I probably made the most progress on it overall through trickery. "I swear, I'm just going to look at it"-wow, I wonder where she picked up that lying habit?

Finally she yanked out herself when it was just hanging there by nothing.

I learned the next day that she had actually lost it on National Tooth Fairy Day. A completely useless and ridiculous day, unless your kid looses their tooth on it.

All through August they took swim lessons. Maggie has been such a little stud this summer! She actually passed 2 levels in one session. So awesome considering that at the beginning of the summer she was still clinging to my hip in the water like a baby. Super proud of her!

Molly did a great job too this summer. She's a pretty reliable swimmer now and can pretty much go wherever she wants to in the pool. Seriously though. What is with her being so photogenic? How does she have the instinct to give an opened mouthed smile underwater? Such a little ham.