Love My Grandma!

But still hate rice cereal.  So please Grandma, I look forward to your next visit but please feed me something that doesn't taste like wallpaper paste.
xoxo
Mid Wu

Party Pooper

Nothing like a dirty diaper to cramp your style just as things are getting exciting. Yes, 2010 got off to a grand start.

Doing His Part

In addition to donating $5 from his allowance to the Red Cross, Cavan decided to create "Help Haiti" posters to put up around the neighborhood.  He worked hard making a stack of them during the George Clooney telethon and this morning we went around and posted them.  Very proud of this little dude.

Another One Bites the Dust

How do you think I'm gonna get along without you when you're gone? 

-FreddieMercury...Mac

Sprout!

And yet another moniker added to the long and growing list.

And what?

You talking to me?  You TALKING TO ME???

One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other

If I am very still and very quiet and just try to blend in maybe they won't notice that I'm on the bed. -PMac

Future Scream Queen

She inherited a flair for the dramatic from her father. -LeleMac
And none from her mother!?!? -GMac

Three Months and Standing

We're afraid.  Very, very afraid.

Merry New Year!

May 2010 be as amazing (but perhaps not as eventful) as 2009.

Back in NYC

And had a 2nd Christmas.  Hell yes!!!

Most of the kids are in bed...

...but this one just had to stay up for the movie.

Wireless Home Security

Who needs ADT when you have this?

Our Power Ranger!

Cavan may be the Power Ranger, but Grandma is our super hero.  Cavan just scored this super awesome early Christmas gift which came via USPS from Denison, TX this morning.  Thank you Grandma, you rock!

Cavan Loves Lulu

This little girl has no idea how much she's loved by her awesome big brother.  Cavan took time out of his busy Thursday morning to give his sister a snuggle before heading off to school.  I can't think of a better way to start the day.

xo
MamaMac

Bird Feeding

Big Brother Cavan (aka "The Bird") gave his Little Sister Lulu (aka "The Hippo") a bottle for the first time this past weekend.  He is so helpful and loving and takes his job very seriously (even if his arm does  get "tired" a little too quickly).  I love my kids.

xo

Lele Mac

Giving new meaning to the term "Air Guitar"

And the Halloween costume keeps rearing it's ugly (but, very cute) head.  You've got to admit that he's got something going with the whole acoustic glam rock thing.

Our Tiny Reindeer

Post Bath Silliness

Nothing like a bubble bath to unleash the toothy goof.

Brother + Sister

When Hippos Become Chicken Hawks

Monday morning.  All bright eyes and stubborn hair.

Little Pink Bear

Bundled up in her stroller.  Not a bad way to get around town.

Outtakes From Lulu's First Cover Shoot.

The hero shot is coming via USPS soon.

One From The Vault.

I dug this one out of the dusty old trunk in the attic last night.  It's one of my all time favorite memories...teaching Cav how to drive the tractor on the farm.  We spent at least an hour every morning that trip two summers ago moving dirt with that big old front end loader.  Good stuff.

-GMac

Boo!

Bend It Like Big Brother

In addition to basketball and swimming, Cavan is playing soccer this year and is getting really good (i.e. actually listening to his coaches).   Before the kids on the "Kickers" team hit the field at the East River park this morning Cavan showed me some of his mad skillz.  I was impressed. And not just cause I'm his mom.

xo

Proud MamaMac

What's Wrong With This Picture? (No, really.)

...trick-or-treating...on a Saturday afternoon...with Henry and Ruby...and the baby in the stroller...Milk Duds.

The Most Awesomest Big Brother on the Planet.

Cavan rocks!  This kid, RIGHT HERE, is the best big brother in the world.  Every time Lulu gets within an inch of him, he tells her how cute and wonderful she is.  Even when she is bawling her eyes out, he's doing whatever he can to soothe and comfort her.  To make her laugh.  He made us laugh with this one.  He's the best!

It's official.

Now she, like the rest of us, can answer to The Man.  Funny, though.  I came home Thursday night and saw this on the kitchen table.  An overwhelming sense of PROUD came over me.  About 3 years after we came up with how to put them together, those 18 letters are living, breathing, and printed in three words on a flimsy little card Uncle Sam paid $.42 to send us.  We'll get her to sign it later.

-GMac

Ten Years and 4 Dozen Cupcakes From My Former Self

If you'd told me ten years ago I'd be baking 4 dozen cupcakes for a bake sale at my 7-year-old son's school while my 3-week-old daughter napped I'd have spit my straight-up-dry-and-dirty martini out on your shoes.

xo
Haven't Showered and Yet Happy LeleMac

Fight the Power!

Rock 'till ya drop!

OMG!  Henry came over again last night and we rocked until midnight.  He is sooooo cool!  Michael, Nikki, Marianne, Coby, Dad, and Mom ate some sausagey pasta thing while Henry and I hung out and looked cool for each other.  I've decided that he looks like Vin Diesel.  So CUTE!

-LuluMac

How pissed off can a two week old get?

The Little Lulu Doll!

So, Jeanie spent an insane amount of time recreating this really great "Little Lulu" doll from the 1930's for Lulu 2009. What an amazing gift! This lucky child will have something to pass down to her children and grandchildren that her grandmother made with her own hands. Jeanie's version of a quilt and we'll take it...and many more. Thank you, Jeanie!

My Girls.

I'm a lucky man.

-GMac

First Bath: Oh, this is not good.

Tonight we decided to delight our daughter with her first bath. Visions of joy and contentment were quickly dashed, replaced with the reality of flailing arms and accusations of betrayal. "Why am I naked?" "What's all this wet stuff?" "Get the hell off me!" Poor girl's parents had to pick a cold night for her first bath.

Buckle up and enjoy the ride!

Captain Cavan Miller has been patiently awaiting the delivery of his Halloween costume for 2 WHOLE WEEKS!!!! What's up with that? Mom and Greggie were on the horn with the shipper and UPS for days and days trying to figure this one out. FINALLY, today....the uniform has landed and we are all very happy about it. Prepare for takeoff.

Cavan and Lulu's Best Friends

No mention of the McHale family would be complete without Roxie and Peanut. Roxie is a sweet, somewhat aloof designer dog who keeps to herself most of the time. Peanut is a true hound...dopey, loyal and lovable. Cavan and Peanut snuggle up together every night and Peanut likes to keep watch over Lulu when she's in her swing. Roxie's main job is to keep track of feeding times. Our pups have adjusted beautifully to Lulu's arrival and although we're truly a full house now we wouldn't have it any other way.

Chillin' Like a Villain

El Burrito

Nothing restores new parents' sanity quite like a nice, tight swaddle.