She says the cutest things

Sydney has been saying some of the cutest things lately. It's just her thought process that amazes me. Of course, now that I'm sitting in front of the computer and document all of this cuteness, I can only remember one thing. We were driving the other morning and the sky was beautiful, it looked like watercolor painting. Sydney noticed how pretty it was and asked why it was like that. I told her that God had painted us a beautiful sky. She said "I know why he did that" and I said "why?" She said "because it's Valentine's (pronounced Valentime's) Day" It was actually past Valentine's Day, but I wasn't going to correct her, cause it was cute. Now, if I can remember the other precious thing she said to me, I'll get back to you. I really need to start writing them down.

Circus 09! (And a brand new do!)

We went to the circus with my friend Paula, her husband, and her little girl, Millie. It was the first time Millie and Sydney had met. Here they are holding hands on their way into the circus.

Sydney was so excited. I think Millie wondered what was going on. Also, look carefully here at the length of Sydney's hair, so you can understand the later pictures.

Of course, Sydney HAD to jump in this bounce house. She was schooled in what is called a "rip off" since we payed $6.00 for her to jump for 15 minutes. And the lady in this picture wasn't very nice.

More bounce house fun. The slide was very fast!

Tigers! Sydney really liked these. The shirtless guy in the leather pants was a little ridiculous.

I have a new found love for elephants. They are so cute!

For the most part, I think Sydney was more interested in her sno cone than anything going on around her. She was finally a little happier when I let her stand up and she got to dance around in front of her seat. She made a friend with the little girl next to us who was basically copying everything Sydney did. It was too cute. Millie even came down a couple times to dance. The circus went on forever and eventually, our kiddos were tired. So, after nearly 3 hours, we left. I can't believe it lasted that long! Sydney had fun.

This is just a picture I took of Chris and Sydney in front of the pond last Sunday. We tried to take Sydney sledding down our hill, but she didn't like it. We got to the top of the hill and she looked down and said "this doesn't look very safe." Which just cracked me up! I had to run down next to her, holding her hand. We did that about 3 times before she said she didn't want to do it anymore, she didn't like it. Maybe next year.


The big haircut!! Be warned, it's too cute!

So, Sydney hacked at her hair yet again today and I had just had it. So, I took her to get it all evened up (except for the part where she basically scalped herself. Nothing we can do about that.) So, here's what it looks like. I think it's adorable. She alternates between "hating" it and liking it. She says now she looks like Millie.

This should also be easier to comb and take care of. I told her if she quit cutting it, we'd let it grow a little, but if she keeps cutting it, we'll keep going back to even it up. We'll see if this works!

Our first lost tooth!

Sydney lost her first tooth tonight!

She came to me after I'd sent her to brush her teeth and told me she thought her tooth was loose. Well, she's told me this before and when I check them, they're not loose, so I didn't think much of it at first, but when she wiggled it with her tongue, I knew she wasn't kidding. So, I started getting all giddy, which I think scared her and she started to get upset. I told her that it was ok, mommy was just excited and that we needed to go show daddy. So, we went downstairs and on the way down, she asked if it was going to fall down her throat. I assured her that was probably not going to happen. So, we get downstairs and I told Chris that Sydney had something to show him. She wiggled it for him, but he couldn't really tell what was going on and about that time, she reached in her mouth and just pulled it out. I was shocked! Then she took it over and showed it to him, all proud. So, we put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy to come tonight. And, the one next to it is loose too and I bet it doesn't last another day or two. She's a little freaked out now and asked if they were all going to fall out. I told her yes, and she started to get upset and tell me that she can't eat without teeth. So, I told her they don't fall out all at once, just maybe one or two at a time, so she'd still be able to eat. While I'm excited about this milestone (the older they get, the fewer they are), it's a little sad cause it means my baby is growing up.

Snow Days

We've had some bad weather around here lately, so we've been at home for the past two days. Our road was actually shut down today. I don't know how tomorrow is going to be, but I honestly do feel bad about not going to work. Here is a picture of Sydney on Tuesday morning, helping me make breakfast. We had eggs, bacon, biscuits, hashbrowns, and homemade gravy. It's Sydney and Chris's favorite breakfast (well, except the hashbrowns, that was basically for me).

She loves to crack eggs.

This is a small casualty of the ice we've had around here.

Off my front porch. Look at the pretty icicles.

Cori, enjoying herself in the snow. We lost power this morning around 6 am and it was out until about 1 or 2 in the afternoon. Sydney literally wept this morning when I told her we couldn't watch t.v. I think that's some sort of sign. Like, my kid watches too much t.v. So, we colored, we played doctor, and Sydney played fetch with Cori. Then, we snuggled under the covers and took a nap. And when we woke up, power had been restored. Yah!

This is how Sydney dressed herself this afternoon after we were able to come out of the multiple layers of clothing we had on to keep warm. The toboggan is a nice touch I think.

Serious download

So, Sunday we went to see "Wicked". And this is a pic of us at mom's before we left. I really enjoyed the story, I could've done without all the singing, but I understand it's a musical and therefore it's somewhat required.

So, again, this crap is out of order, but here are some after pictures of our guest/my office. I painted this past weekend and just got it all put back together. I love it!

Curtains! I'm so excited!

This is before. Blah

More blah. The after is a definite improvement.

This is what Sydney decided to wear to my mom's house on Sunday. A fuzzy purple scarf, a Disney princess shirt, a metallic silver dress up skirt, pink tights and rain boots. What a fashionista!

This is Sydney after our fun night out Friday. I took her to Earth and Fire to paint some magnets as a reward for earning 10 more stars on her bedtime chart. Apparently, it was exhausting. She wants her next reward to be to paint a shirt (well, she really wants a dress, but I told her we might have a hard time finding a simple cotton dress this time of year). She really loves to paint. So much so, that she painted something on a canvas tonight and now wants me to hang it in the guest room. I gently suggested maybe we could hang it in her room, but she's not having it.

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My camera is out of batteries and for some reason, the rechargeable batteries aren't recharging. I don't know what's going on. But as soon as I can, I promise to post a picture of Sydney's hair. We've been doing a bedtime star chart for Sydney, since it was a real problem for her to stay in her bed. And to get to sleep without me laying down next to her. So, for every night that she goes to bed without a fuss and without me next to her, she gets 1 star. And if she stays in her bed all night, she gets another star. So, the potential is there to get 2 stars a day. And it takes 10 stars to get a prize. The prize is of her choosing (within reason), so she's a little more motivated to work towards it. She has her nights where she says she needs me, but on the whole, this thing has been a huge success! We've already achieved 3 prizes. For her first prize, she got to go to Chuck E. Cheese's. The second prize, she got to go to McDonald's and play in the playplace. Her third prize was a barbie doll (the least expensive one...the Beach party barbie, found at Wal-Mart for $5.44) And next, she wants to paint something, so I'm going to take her to Earth and Fire pottery so she can pick out something to paint and they can fire it. I think that will be so much fun!

Geez people!

For those of you who have been harrassing me (and you know who you are) about my non blogging, I'm going to post the most boring blog you've ever read. And it's not out of spite, there just hasn't been anything exciting going on. Hence, why I haven't blogged. But you people just won't quit!
Um, so I went to the movies last night with the intention of seeing Seven Pounds. I was psyched, I was ready, I stood in a long ass line to get tickets, only to get up there and realize we had the wrong movie times. So, we had to go see Gran Torino instead. Which I really liked, so it was all good. But I'm still going to see Seven Pounds
While I was there, I dropped my phone in a toilet. And yes, I fished it out. I know, I know, but I just couldn't leave it there. I think it's unsalvageable however. I'm still working on it. Sorry Paula, no pics available of that.
On Wednesday, on the way to work, I hit a large dog. I don't think I killed it, but Sydney asked what had just happened. At first I tried to tell her "nothing", but she kept persisting, so I told her we hit a dog. I fully expected her to freak, but she camly replied "well, he shouldn't have been in the road." She is truly her daddy's daughter.
I woke up this morning and Sydney had cleaned her room all on her own! It looked very nice (meaning you can see the floors). I'm sure I'll have to go in there and tidy up a bit.
Also, we're making progress on our floor! We bought one pack of laminate flooring from Sam's to bring it home to see the thickness, so we'd know what we'll have to do with the trim, etc...And we decided we will probably not be putting it in the living room. Not, at least, while we have pets. There was hair all over that floor. Ughh! So, I guess we might get new carpet eventually.
Sydney started gymnastics again this past week. She was so bad at the beginning of class, I was about to pull her out and just call it a day. But she warmed up and did her little routines like she was supposed to. She told me she just didn't want to do the stuff in the beginning (warm up exercises). I told her she had to do that stuff so she wouldn't hurt herself later. We'll see how this next week goes.
And really, that's all there is. See, I told you it was boring.