THE REST OF JUNE

Mattie's First Haircut

 6/14 BEFORE: Look at that mullet! Though it looked so cute in pigtails, Paige couldn't stand it any more and didn't even wait to take Mattie to a salon. She just grabbed the paper scissors and chopped it off!

AFTER: Ok, so it's not the most professional haircut, but what 2 year old needs that? Mattie's longest hair was growing from the middle of the back of her head, so Paige just cut that hair to be even with the length of the hair underneath. And even though it doesn't look like it in these pictures, it really is even. Now it can hopefully grow out a little thicker and a little more even. And Mattie can still wear cute pigtails...but now she doesn't have to, thank goodness

Pool Time

6/16, 6/17, 6/21 click on the grid to enlarge the pics

Father's Day

This is the banner the kids made for Bryce. Mommy wrote the letters, but CJ traced them with the paint all by himself, and the kids put the stickers on. Mommy also asked them what they love about Daddy and wrote what they said all over the banner

This is what Bryce woke up to: a banner of love and his favorite breakfast in bed

After breakfast, the kids couldn't wait to give Daddy his gifts. CJ made Daddy some special gifts in preschool

After CJ's special gifts, the kids helped Daddy open the rest of the gifts from them and Mommy. Then Bryce had a good day of church, his favorite dinner and dessert, and a day of relaxation. We just hope he knows how much we love him!

Soccer

6/20 CJ started his first organized sports team: The Fire Tots Igniters! His class is for 3-4 year olds and is once a week for an hour. It's not competitive, which we're ok with, though we would like to see him play some games. Maybe next year. This class is more about learning some skills and learning to listen and take direction. As usual, CJ was pretty timid at first. The above pics are how the first 15 minutes went (poor Bryce :)

But after CJ warmed up, these pics show how the rest of the class went. CJ loved it and couldn't wait to go back!

6/23 CJ's class ended up switching days so CJ had soccer again a few days later, and as you can probably tell, the difference between the two classes was like night and day! CJ was so excited to go and kept telling us that he was going to be a big boy and do it all by himself this time...and he did. He was so much more comfortable the second time that he was able to really perform and he really does have some great soccer skills, one of the best in his class (if we do say so ourselves :)

Spotlight

6/24 CJ's preschool class asked all the kids to make a collage so they could be spotlighted. Here is CJ's collage with just a few of his favorite things. Now that school is over it's hanging in his room

Fun with Papa

6/24 We went over to Seattle the weekend of the Rock N' Roll marathon. On our way downtown to pick up Bryce's packet, we picked up Papa (Bryce's dad). He squeezed in back with the kids and they were in heaven! In this pic they were singing songs together. See how happy they are?

Little Mozarts

6/24 Someday we'll have a piano at our house (hopefully sooner rather than later), but for now, the kids like to take advantage whenever we go to their Grandmas' houses. Here they are at Gramma and Papa's house in Redmond working on their duet skills :)

Seattle Rock N' Roll Half Marathon

6/25 Up bright and early - 5 AM - and ready to run

Here's the crew (top L-R): Tyler, Cameron, Bryce, and Sheila all ran the half marathon. Greg ran the full marathon. If Kelsey had run, the entire Mackay family would have been in the race!

Back in December, Bryce and his long-time friend (we're talking from his childhood!), Jessie, committed to run this race together, and here they are after finishing those 13.1 miles together!

What's a race without some cheerleaders?! 

 

CJ's First Mariners Game

6/25 CJ was so excited to go to his first Mariners game! He was talking about it for several days before we even left to go to Seattle. And that's Ichiro, CJ's favorite player, in the background.

We didn't quite make it in time for batting practice - we opted to scope out the vendors outside the stadium first to get a classic ball game meal: hot dog, chips, and a soda. CJ was disappointed to not get a ball, but that quickly faded when he saw the cotton candy man walking up and down the stairs :)

Besides not getting a ball, it was a perfect first game for CJ: yummy dog, tons of treats and pop, lots of laps to sit on, good weather, and a relatively short game (2 1/2 hours). Pretty sure he's a fan! 

Messy Face

6/26 Mattie enjoyed herself on the drive home from Seattle, if you can't tell :)

Girls' Night

6/28 Lana's birthday celebration (top L-R): Camilla, Lana, Kirsten, Christie, Noelle, Andrea, and Paige at Tastebuds.

After relaxing pedicures, we all headed to Tastebuds to get a bite to eat and chat until the place closed it's doors on us. What a great way to celebrate Lana's birthday! Paige has really enjoyed making great friends in Wenatchee!

CJ's End-of-Year Preschool Party

6/29 Preschool ended for CJ at the end of June with a party at the rotary park. He loved his 3 teachers, especially Miss Heather (pictured in the middle of the three ladies in the pic above), and enjoyed his friends. Based on the fact that he refused to sing at the party with the other kids, you wouldn't know it, but he really did like school :). We're glad he had a great first year of preschool, despite having to change schools halfway through, and we look forward to what he'll learn this next year as he goes back to his preschool teacher from last fall, Miss Sarah at Blossom Preschool.

MONDAY NIGHT MUSINGS

Tuesday June 21st - Monday June 27th

- Mattie is so funny. She calls her swimsuit her "swim soup," the pool "the cool," and ointment, "right-ment." Makes sense to me!

- The other night Bryce was putting CJ to bed and CJ said he needed Sketchers because all the other kids had Sketchers. What?! He's not even 4 yet!! There are a lot of consequences of preschool that I'm not a big fan of...

- Mattie has started calling things she really likes her "favorite color." For example, the other day she wanted a drink of apple juice and kept repeating, "Juice is my favorite color." Miraculously, Mattie has recently decided she likes chicken (hallelujah!), and so she has started saying, "Chicken is my favorite color." So funny!

- Speaking of eating, CJ has gotten so much better at his eating lately. He's been eating more - even cleaning his plate sometimes - and he's been more easily bribed into trying new things. It's been great! Maybe there is some light at this end of this picky-eating tunnel??

- CJ's soccer class got changed from Monday nights to Thursday nights, so he actually got another chance to do soccer this week. His second session went so much better than the first. Before it was even time to go, CJ told me that he was going to be a big boy this time and do it all by himself. I was happy and encouraging, but inside was skeptical. But he proved me wrong. Despite being a little shy when we first arrived, he did the whole class by himself. He listened very well, and even spoke-up and participated. It's great to see him becoming more comfortable and more confident! 

- 6/25 CJ went to his first Mariners' baseball game today. He's been talking about it all week and has been so excited! When I was a kids I used to LOVE going to BYU football games with my dad...mainly because we always stocked up on treats and it was one big sugar-fest for 3 hours...and this baseball game for CJ proved to be no different. He ate a hot dog, drank a can of rootbeer, downed cheetos and gummy bears, as well as got cotton candy and ate Kettle corn. Hello! That's ok, besides all the junk food, he really wanted to catch an Ichiro ball. We got there early enough for batting practice, but then got our hotdog dinner outside the stadium to save some cash. By the time we got back, batting practice was over :(. Hopefully next time, as I'm sure there will be many more Mariners games in our future

Bryce also ran the Seattle Rock n' Roll half marathon this day. Like last year, he didn't train at all, but unlike last year, at least he's been playing basketball twice a week for the last 9 months. Bryce said he actually felt really good and he and Jessie made it to mile 10 before poor Jessie had an injury that he could no longer run with. So Bryce, even though he felt awesome and could have kept going, wanted to stay with Jessie and finish the race with him, and that's just what he did. They ended up walking the remaining 3 miles. We saw them at about mile 11 or so. Both Bryce and I thought it was closer to mile 12, so Bryce actually took CJ with him, thinking they were closer to the finish than they actually were. It ended up being closer to two more miles to finish, and CJ refused to walk, so poor Bryce had to carry our almost-4-year-old the rest of the way. At mile 13, Jessie and Bryce (who was carrying CJ) ran the remaining tenth of a mile and crossed the finish line together. I know Bryce wouldn't have had it any other way. Hopefully next year it will be Bryce and me crossing the finish line of the full marathon together :)

- 6/26 CJ gave his first talk in Primary today. It was on faith, and he had practiced several times with us this week and before going to church. But sure enough, when it was time for him to talk, he refused. In fact, he refused to even stand by himself. Poor Bryce, who had come in to help in with the talk (since I'm already up there doing music and whatnot, we thought it might be better to have Bryce do it), ended up having to hold CJ the whole time, and then give CJ's talk for him. CJ did tease us a couple of times, making us think he wanted to talk, but then ended up just blowing into the mike, which the Primary kids thought was hilarious. I thought it was kind of funny too, but had to keep that under wraps because Bryce definitely did not think it was funny. Anyway, CJ was the first Sunbeam to speak, so we'll see how the others do. We're hoping that this will be like soccer, that next time he'll be more confident and want to do it on his own.

- So I got dressed today and I put on a shirt that I wore when I was 9 months pregnant with CJ. I even have a picture of my mom and me in Park City and I'm wearing this shirt. Well I put it on today and it didn't even cover my whole belly! What is going on here?! I know it's my third baby, but really? I'm not even 7 months pregnant yet and I can't wear clothes that I wore when I was 9 months pregnant with CJ?! I know I haven't been like a total stickler about what I eat, but I'm also not eating junk all the time in massive amounts. When I was pregnant with CJ I remember eating cheesy gordita crunches from Taco Bell and Dairy Queen sundaes all the time. Now, with this pregnancy, I've been a lot more conscious of what I'm eating and I've been trying to exercise, but I am just bigger than ever and feeling down that I still have 3 months left in this pregnancy. And I know I shouldn't be comparing my first pregnancy to my third pregnancy, but it's hard. And part of me worries that I've got a giant baby growing in me - 10 pounders run in my family. I just hope that I can get rid of this weight in a timely manner and that this little guy brings about 20 pounds with him when he finally comes out!

 Happy Monday!

MONDAY NIGHT MUSINGS

Tuesday June 14th - Monday June 20th

- 6/14 Bryce brought the kids' bikes in from the garage (which I'm not a big fan of since it's no longer winter - they are scuffing up my baseboards, so they are back out in the garage where they belong), and Mattie was big enough to actually ride her adorable pink trike that she got for her birthday back in March. Her legs finally reach the pedals well enough to actually get the thing moving! I can't believe how fast she's growing...and she knew exactly what to do, though she does prefer to go backwards :)

Mattie actually got her first haircut this day too. I had waited until after the wedding because I wasn't sure how her hair would do in pigtails, but I just couldn't stand the mullet any longer. I didn't even want to wait to take her to a professional, so I whipped out our cheap IKEA paper scissors and chopped off Mattie's mullet and even trimmed her front a little (I really don't want to do bangs, but I also hate it when her hair falls in her eyes, so I just kind of trimmed up her whispies so that when her hair does fall forward, it's not in her eyes anymore). It's not the most professional haircut, but her hair is still so fine that you can't even tell, and even though I miss the length, it's a welcome relief to just let her hair be down instead of feeling like it always had to be pulled back to hide that horrendous mullet.

- The weather here in Wenatchee is still very disappointing. Though I don't want heatwave weather, I do want to be able to have my kids go outside and play in the water without freezing to death. It was in the low 60s one time this week, and the other days it was only in the 70s with 20+ mph winds, making water play not too fun. Even if we're not playing in the water, if you happen to be sitting in the shade, it's chilly. The thing I hate the most is the wind. I'm ready for summer already!

- Speaking of playing in the water, we bought a blow-up pool a couple of weeks ago (on the ONE Saturday that was actually pretty warm without tons of wind), and the kids want to play in it all the time. We've ventured out a couple of times and CJ has decided he's not a fan of his swimsuit. He'd swim in the buff - heck, he'd probably do everything in the buff - if we'd let him, but I'm being kind of a stickler about it. We're only in our backyard so I don't mind that much if he's naked, but he needs to get used to wearing a swimsuit because he's got swim lessons starting in July. That, and we live just a street away from the splash pad so we'll be spending a lot of time there (if the weather ever gets warm), and he can't be running around naked everywhere. I've been trying to teach him that our privates are special and that we need to keep them covered and protected, but I know how much he hates wet clothes, so it's a battle we're still fighting...

- And speaking of battles, holy cow, our little Mattie has turned into quite the little stinker. On the one hand, she melts us with her sweet songs and stories and silly antics, but then, in a split second, she can switch and be screaming about something she wants or giving us total attitude about something we've asked her to do ("No Daddy! Stop it!"), and in the last few days she's even started hitting CJ once in a while. We're really hoping this is as horrible as her two's are going to be, but I have a feeling the new baby is going to instill even more craziness from her.

- Still on Mattie, she has regressed a little bit when it comes to attachment. It actually started about a week before we went to Utah. I took the kids to a RS function which had babysitters in the nursery room. CJ went fine, but Mattie refused to let me go. She cried and cried, and so to not upset the other kids, I ended up bringing her in with me for the first half an hour. Then I took her in and the girls babysitting were able to distract her enough for me to slip out, and then she was fine. However, that next Sunday, Bryce had to stay with her for 15 min in nursery before he could leave, which was surprising because she loves her nursery leader and never has problems. And then we went to Utah and it was as if she had PTSD or something because she wouldn't go to anyone but Bryce. I could only take her if Bryce wasn't there, but for 5 days she literally clung to him. It was very frustrating! She was especially scared of the boys (cousins and uncles), which we couldn't figure out. I was most sad because she spent no time with my mom, who hadn't seen her since November. It wasn't until the last night, at the wedding reception, that we actually saw glimpses of our fun Mattie. She was smiling and talking to my siblings and even danced with her Uncle Brent. I wish it hadn't taken the entire trip for her to warm up to my family. Hopefully it won't be so long in between visits next time so she'll remember them more and warm up faster.

- On a tender note, CJ talks about his "baby brother" all the time. When we go places he asks if "my baby brother" is coming, and every night he kisses and hugs my belly (Mattie does too, always making sure to kiss my belly button :). I wish the baby would be more active in the day...for several reasons, really. Besides being able to maybe sleep better - this little boy likes to get his exercise all through the night - if the baby would kick more in the day, CJ would get to feel it. I've tried to catch it a few times, but with no luck. So in CJ's eyes, the baby is always sleeping.

- Yesterday was Father's Day. I'm still exhausted! I got up with the kids at 7:30 and went non-stop working on a big banner with the kids, making breakfast in bed for Bryce, feeding the kids, doing the dishes, getting dinner started, getting the kids lunch, and then getting ready for church. Before I realized it, it was ten to noon and I hadn't even showered yet for our 1 PM church. So to my disappointment, I had to ask Bryce to help me get the kids ready for church. Don't get me wrong, Bryce ends up getting the kids ready for church every week without being asked, but today, on Father's Day, I didn't want him to have to do anything, so I was bummed that I had to ask. He, of course, was totally fine getting the kids and their bag ready. And if I didn't already know, I definitely was reminded of how much I really need Bryce. I could not do it without him. I love him very much and he is a wonderful father and husband!

- I missed my dad yesterday, though. I guess that might be obvious to some, but it being the first Father's Day without him, I wasn't sure how I'd feel about it. I haven't lived at home for years, and we haven't even lived in Utah for 4 years, so not seeing my dad is nothing new. But on this day in particular, I definitely felt the sting of not being able to call him, chat, tell him our goings-on, ask for advice, and tell him I love him. I still miss his big hugs and the smell of his Old Spice cologne. And even though it was Father's Day, I felt like I should call my mom. It was good talking to her - we spoke for an hour and a half - but she expressed her feelings of missing my dad as well. She's usually pretty stoic about how she's dealt/dealing with my dad's passing, so I didn't expect her to say more than she missed him, but she did. She told me about how she thought about how they would have gone to Outback the night before so Dad could have a steak, and how she would have made him a special dinner on Father's Day - one of his favorites: swiss steak - and probably would have had some of my siblings over. Father's Day is usually a bustling weekend filled with dinners, desserts, church, visits and phone calls, but this year she wasn't even able to go to church do to some eye problems she was having, so she didn't have much to distract her from really missing my dad. It's times like these that it almost hurts that I can't be closer to my family, especially my mom. But that's life, I guess.

- CJ had his first soccer class today. I'm so glad we finally got him in something. I keep seeing my friends' blogs and their kids, who are younger than CJ, are in tee-ball and soccer, and I SO wish we could get CJ in tee-ball. But unfortunately, they only start tee-ball at age 5 here in Wenatchee. And I wish we could get CJ on an outdoor soccer team that actually plays games, but that's ok. This is an indoor soccer league that doesn't do competitive play. It's more about just learning skills, which I'm ok with since it's his first organized sport. The first class went as expected...CJ so excited to go, and then clinging for dear life to Mommy and Daddy once we got there. Poor Bryce met us there straight from work and wasn't expecting to have to run around with CJ, so he was all dressed up in suit and tie, carrying our 3 year old son across the field in the poorly-air-conditioned arena. Such a good dad. What was great was that it only took about 15 minutes for CJ to finally warm up and feel comfortable on his own, so Bryce was able to join Mattie and me on the sideline and enjoy the remaining 45 minutes of CJ's first class. CJ did awesome! They stretched, played Red Light Green Light, practiced running with the ball and then stopping and putting their foot on top of the ball (good practice for CJ's balance), and then kicking cones before they did some activities to kick the ball into the net. At the end, all the kids (3-4 year olds) ran to the middle of the field, put their hands in the middle, and shouted, "Fire Tots!" Unfortunately, CJ had to go potty the last couple of minutes so he missed that part, which is a bummer because I think he would have really like that. Overall, soccer was a success! Here's hoping that when his swimming lessons start in July they'll go as well...

- Mattie has become the seat belt Nazi. Almost every time we get in the car, if I don't have my seat belt on before we start moving, she literally yells at me to put my seat belt on. Glad she's watching out for me :)

Happy Monday! 

COURTNEY AND MADHAV'S WEDDING EXTRAVAGANZA - PART 3

After the ceremony, we headed back to Bryce's grandparents' to get the kids and change clothes. Then we headed up Millcreek Canyon to Log Haven Lodge for the real party.

Despite being super clingy the entire trip, Mattie loved spending time with her Aunt Jenny, especially when she took Mattie on walks, and to look at the waterfall here.

Mattie with her pink bindi (the decoration on her forehead between her eyes)

Family shot at the reception...maybe the only family photo the whole trip

All the men protectively watching over Courtney (wedding photographers can be so cheesy sometimes). Gee...which guys are from Madhav's side? :)

Mattie finally warmed up to the family and loved dancing with Uncle Brent

Enjoying the party

Paige, and her sister, Courtney, the beautiful bride

We had to head home the next morning, and got a late start because it was hard to pull ourselves away. That, and we were exhausted from a crazy and exciting weekend.

 

CJ and Mattie wanted to take advantage of Grandma's new trampoline one more time

 

While Mommy and Daddy packed up, Uncle Brent taught CJ how to play

Since this was our first time back to Utah since Paige's dad passed away in September, we stopped by the cemetery on our way out to check out his headstone. Only a few feet away is Paige's maternal grandmother's grave, whom Mattie is actually named after. We couldn't resist getting a picture of our two kids by the headstones of their namesakes

And only 13 hours later we pulled into the garage of our sweet little home in Wenatchee. It was a fantastic trip, but as always, not long enough. Paige already misses her family and wishes that somehow she could have them all in one town...or at least one state :). But distance makes the heart grow fonder, right? It will just make our next trip to Utah (Thanksgiving couldn't come any sooner) a whole lot sweeter.

COURTNEY AND MADHAV'S WEDDING EXTRAVAGANZA - PART 2

Saturday morning, we headed down to downtown Provo to watch Paige's brother cross the finish line of the Utah Valley marathon. Then that afternoon we headed up to Fort Union. It is tradition in an Indian/Hindu wedding for the bride's family to host a dinner. Again, many snags came up in the plan, but in the end, we were able to meet at Buca di Beppo for a private wedding luncheon on Saturday. That night, Paige did some last minute shopping and then Bryce took CJ (with his brother, Cameron, and Paige's brother, Nathan, and his boys, Jonathan and Abram) to see Kung Fu Panda 2. Then Sunday was the big day! We dropped the kids off at Bryce's grandparents' house in Taylorsville, and Cameron, Bryce's brother, came up from Provo to watch them for us during the wedding ceremony. What a great guy! After dropping the kids off, it only took us a few minutes to get to the Hindu temple and join the wedding party.

All decked out...Indian style

The bride's sisters and sisters-in-law (L-R): Jenny, Katie, Paige, and Melanie

The beautiful bride, Courtney. Doesn't she look stunning?!

The ladies in front of the Hindu temple's gold doors

Courtney's daughter, Kenya, and her Grandma (Paige and Courtney's mom)

Three of Paige's nieces and nephews: Anders, Kenya, and Layton (cousins)

Bryce and Paige outside the Hindu temple just before the ceremony

The ceremony was over an hour, which is actually significantly shorter than most, and was all in ancient Sanskrit. The Priest did a great job of informing us all who he was praying to and what was going on in the ceremony. He was even cracking jokes. At one point, Paige and Jenny were called up to hold a candle with Madhav's mother as she chanted a blessing for the couple. Then the sisters were to bless the couple as well by wafting the smoke from the candle over the heads of both Madhav and Courtney, which is what Paige is doing in the above pic. 

We weren't sure if we could take pictures during the ceremony until it was almost over, so these are the only that we got of the couple (and if the pictures look smokey it's because they were. The couple was sitting in front of a small fire that was part of the ceremony). We wish we could have gotten a picture of Madhav's face when he first saw Courtney - it was priceless! Such love!

COURTNEY AND MADHAV'S WEDDING EXTRAVAGANZA - PART 1

Paige's sister, Courtney, got married a few weeks ago and Paige and Bryce were so excited to go to Utah and see family and participate in all the festivities. It had been 9 months since we were last there, and it was for Paige's dad's funeral...guess we're really at that stage where only funerals and weddings bring us all together?? We'll have to take care of that. Anyway, we left Wenatchee early Wednesday morning, and about 14 hours later, we arrived at Paige's parents'. CJ and Mattie did pretty well, though CJ is definitely more aware of the tediousness of the drive. We were only minutes outside of Wenatchee when we got the first of many are-we-there-yets. Where do kids learn that? Anyway, Thursday was spent lunching with our good friends, the Adams', BBQing with Paige's fam, and prepping for the mehndi party the next day.

For those of you who don't know, Madhav, Courtney's husband, is from India. He's been in the states since he was 18, so he's very Americanized. However, they tried to stay as close to a traditional Indian/Hindu wedding as possible. So, following tradition, the bride's family hosted a mehndi, or henna, party on Friday, and it was just for the girls. Paige and her sister-in-law, Katie, went to the nail salon Friday morning and got a manicure (Katie) and a pedicure (Paige) so they'd be all set for the henna. We won't go into all the details of the craziness that ensued afterwards making the bride's family late for the henna party they were hosting, but needless to say, once we got there and the food was placed and arranged, we could all finally relax and enjoy the experience. We ended up being there for about 5 hours and it was such a blast!

Courtney, the bride, getting her intricate wedding henna

It took the henna artist a couple of hours to complete Courtney's bridal henna, and Courtney didn't even get half of what many Indian brides get

Madhav's parents were here from India, and so Neena, his mother, gave us a tutorial on how to put on our saris (which were authentic, from India)

One of the most exciting parts of the mehndi party was when Paige's mom, Norine, finally gave into the all the pressure and got some henna as well (she was worried it wouldn't come off her skin :) - just a small flower on her left ankle

Paige's first round of henna

All the Forsgren girls henna-ed up (L-R): Paige, Jenny (sister-in-law), Melanie, Kenya (Courtney's daughter), Courtney, Katie (sister-in-law), and Norine (the mom)

Jenny, Paige, and Katie all went back for round two before the henna artist left after 6 hours of work

Bryce had the kids all day and took them to lunch with his brother, Cameron, and then later watched Paige's brother's  kids while a bunch of the guys went to a movie. What a great guy! Later that night CJ took this picture, which not only shows us in a candid moment, but epitomizes our relationship these days: Paige exhausted and Bryce rubbing her shoulders :)

MONDAY NIGHT MUSINGS

Tuesday May 31st - Monday June 6th

- 6/3  Today Mattie was playing with the Little People cow and horse and named them: Butterscotch for the cow and Macaroni for the horse :)

- I don't know how it happened, but CJ has decided his shirt is his napkin and uses his collar all the time to wipe his mouth and his nose. It's driving us crazy!

- It's so funny, whenever Mattie refers to the dryer - like when she asks us to put her stuffed dog, JJ, in the dryer when he gets wet - she calls it the "driver." And the other day, when we got some donuts to celebrate National Donut Day, Mattie spent all day referring to the donuts as "bagels."

- 6/4 CJ went fishing for the first time today! He went with Bryce - who hadn't been fishing in years and years, and some friends from our ward: Kevin Bromiley and his two sons, Kai and Austin, and Dale White, and his two sons, Everett and Liam.

- It was finally warm enough to play in the water this past Saturday. So we invested in a kiddie pool, and Mattie had so much fun in the "cool," as she kept calling it! In fact, because Daddy and CJ were fishing all morning, Mattie got to enjoy the pool (in our backyard) in the buff, and she had quite a good time (who wouldn't, right? :).

Happy Monday!