Grace is Not a Baby anymore!!

Grace has lately been good about pictures and is always smiling when we try to take a picture. We think she knows what a camera is! She also has been talking a lot more. She says Ella, Dada and Mama all the time. She like Ella has amazing lungs so when she cries, you could hear her outside! She throws things away in the trash that we don't need and when someone is crying, Grace will come over and pat there back their back or bend down and go Ahda? When people are leaving she knows and she will kiss and wave! She is also still attached to her milk and still drinks about 40 cups a day. We love our little Goo, Goobers, Gogon, Grace!

Des Moines

We cannot believe it is time already! On Monday we will be leaving for Iowa to celebrate Christmas with our grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles! For the last couple days we have been cleaning like crazy so we will be ready to leave! We will post during our visit!

NYC trip

The 12-16 the Makechnie's were in New york! We all saw amazing sights and learned some cool things. Ellis Island was really cool. We learned about how hard it was to come from a different country to as they called, 'The Gate to America.' Many were put in hospitals and detained if they showed any sign of sickness. Imagine how hard it would be if you were not allowed in. Well if you had not learned well, and had not passed the test, you were not allowed in. We saw an exhibit showing men who tried to draw diamonds. Some had never held a pencil, some had never gone to school, and some had not much but some schooling. It was really sad for us to thing about having to come to a different country for freedom, religion but be rejected. Not only did we like Ellis Island but Central Park was wonderful too! We loved the children park that they had. Huge rocks were heaven for Chloe! The park was awesome the structure. Grace even liked it! The zoo was sweet too. The petting zoo was very cute. We saw bunnies, geese, goats and other animals. The same landscaper the designed Shelburn designed Central Park. The park also had a merry go round in which Ella Chloe and I got to ride. We all agreed that is was the fastest Merry go Round that we had every went on! When walking around in the city, Ella saw Hello Kitty and we got a picture of them together! We came at the right time because all the decorations were out! Anyways, we had a blast in NYC!

A Grandma Visit

When mom was away in New York, grandma came to watch us kids! We had a great time with grandma doing homework, reading, going to the book store and more! Thank you Grandma!!!

Chloe at the top!!

At one of Hailey's soccer games Chloe decided that she was bored so found a playground and climbed to the top! She is a great little climber!

Halloween!!

Halloween this year! We went trick or treating with two other families. Mom was supposed to be aa spider but never got to it, Ella was a cheerleader which was decided at the last moment after wanting to be a witch, Chloe was a cute Halloween fairy and Hailey was Fabbiana from the Boston Breakers. We we are all happy dad wasn't sick again this year because we missed him!

Fall Fling 2009

This year we went to Vermont and New York on our fall fling. We had a great time! We went to a farm, Ben and Jerry's factory, Ethan Ellen homestead. Grace did a great job smiling for pics. We had loads of hot coca, apple cider and tea. We also went swimming at the hotel like last year. As always lots of junior mints and fun. Nani and Papa had to leave earlier then the last time but it was still great. One of the highlight of all

kids interviews was milking the cow. We also went to Lake Placid where the olyimpics were help so years ago. We saw lots of cool sporting places and walked all around the lake. We had a superfrajajistic trip this year!!

Ella and Grace

Ella is being a great big sister to Grace! She's always watching out for her and helping her! Gracie is growing up ever day and so is Ella! They have great times together!

Zoo

We went to the Zoo we our close friends. The animals were very cute and big. We saw big an little animals. We even saw butterflies! The first animals we saw were zebras. They were just like in the pictures!! We had lots of fun!

Back to School!

We had a great first day of school! Chloe went in to second and Hailey fourth! The day went by so quickly because we had lots of fun!!! Well, we look forward to more school!

Camping 2009

A couple weekends ago we went camping! It was a lot of fun!! We brought rafts so we could paddle out. There was a pond there called Elbow Pond and that's we swam. It was in New Hampshire and we went we our cousins and their cousins. The pancake toss was great fun this year because we had a pancake that lasted through all the parents and all the kids. It was a well cooked pancake! There was also lots of places to explore. There are trails there so the kids would wonder off. Aunt Amy made a wonderful soup and Grandma and Grandpa told excellent stories. Gracie did not sleep well so Dad had to get in the car with her at 3:00 and drive her around. But all the work payed off when she finally fell asleep. But Dad did not get a bit of sleep. But other wise we had great camping!!

Chloe's Tomato

Because of the rainy season we Chloe has only gotten 1 perfect ripe tomato. Chloe was really excited when she heard she had a ripe tomato! She still has it! There are some green tomatoes but they're not ready yet!

Soccer Camp!

A couple weeks ago I had a soccer camp. We did a lot of drills and had awesome coaches! I most of all loved playing world cup! I also liked playing pirates of the Caribbean. It was when you ran across some grassy land and the coaches shot soccer balls at you. We you got hit you had to be a pirate and shoot balls out to the runners. It was awesome and I am looking forward to next year!!!

Friends Visiting!!!

For a couple of days some old friends came to visit us. We went to the Science Mueseum and and just stayed at our place and played! We played school and watched movies and played in the sprinkler and had pizza ice cream and pops! We are always having fun when we are together and cannot wait tell next time!!!