Hair Like Daddy

Macina is finally getting more hair so I am able to do the little fountain pony tail on the top of her head. It's been humid out lately so when we're outside it gets really spiral-curly. After her bath I comb her hair (it gets so tangled and knotty) and then we have to put a little mousse in the back to tame the frizz and get nice little ringlets. She hates me doing anything to her hair but she's getting more patient (or maybe I'm just getting better at doing it quickly and painlessly).

Here's a shot of the back a couple weeks ago.

And yes, she gets this blonde curly-sue hair from her daddy.

Nick on his 2nd Birthday:

Not sure how old he is here but I'm guessing closer to 2 1/2 or 3:

I think this one is more like 3 as well:

Strawberry Picking

Last week we went strawberry picking for the first time. It was a perfect day. There were tons of strawberries at this place and the cost was just $1.25 per pound. Macina mostly just picked them, took one bite out of them, and then tossed them. She liked it but got bored quickly so once again Nick ended up doing most of the picking while I walked up and down the rows with Macina.

Showing me the "baby" strawberry she picked.

(anything little is a "baby" in Macina's eyes. If I say "Macina just take a little bite." She looks at me and says "Baby?" and I say "Yeah, a baby bite." If there's a few drops of juice left in a cup, she refers to it as a "baby" amount. She is obsessed with all things baby.)


Sour strawberry face!

I think she looks so "old" in this picture! :(

Daddy and Macina leaving with 10 lbs. of strawberries.

This was a fun activity to do but next year I will do it when I know we will be home for the next week. We went away for the weekend right after we picked these and of course I never got around to freezing them so now I have 9.5 lbs. of detereorating strawberries in my refrigerator.

Memorial Day Weekend Part 2 & 3: Cookouts

After the farm and a nap we went to a friends house for a cookout/pool party. Macina loved swimming with Daddy while the other guys played Pool Beer Pong.

Playing cornhole with daddy

Hanging out with Rob

Then on Monday we went to Nick's parents house for a cookout. There's a pond in their neighborhood so we all took Macina down there to check it out.

Nick and his Dad took Macina out in the paddle boat, she insisted they try to catch the goose, but they were too slow!

Riding on dad's shoulders, watch out for that ceiling fan! (when Nick was young, his babysitter had her boyfriend over and put Nick on his shoulders and walked into the ceiling fan, i think Nick has a scar on his forehead from the impact)

Aunt Kate sharing her corn on the cob with Macina