New bike

For Sydney's birthday, we wanted to get her a bike. She had asked for one and we thought she was really past due. So, here we are in the store picking out a bike. Unfortunately, she was more interested in going to pick out a barbie than a bike, so we decided on the cheapest one.

With some birthday money from my grandmother (her Nana), she picked out a new barbie (which she absolutely does not need!) and this Barbie swimming pool. She already had the car and when we got home, she put on her boots and started setting up. Ah, those boots. Necessary for nearly any outdoor task.

Her cool girl pose with her new bike, and helmet and kneepads she got with some other birthday money from my aunt and Chris's grandpa. Disney princess of course.

More posing. What a ham.

All ready to go. However, the gravel is harder to ride on that I had anticipated and she gets frustrated pretty quickly, so it hasn't gotten much use. That's one thing I'm looking forward to in our next house, a paved driveway and possibly sidewalks to ride on. I really thought the idea of pedaling a bike would come naturally, but as it turns out, it requires more practice than I had thought. I'm sure she'll get the hang of it though.

And here she is, learning the art of taking pictures of herself. Look at those two new teeth at the bottom. So cute! So big!

So, this is what the kitchen looks like from her height. Interesting.

On another note, Sydney loves to play make believe and she makes up names for herself or her babies, or her friends, whatever. Sometimes she picks up the phone and pretend talks. She'll say "oh Nancy, how are you?" Who is Nancy? We don't know anyone named Nancy, so where she came up with that I don't know. Usually, her name of choice for herself or whomever (bug pets included) is Kurla. She just made it up. I don't like it. It's weird, but anyway, it's her. So, today I asked her what her name was and she told me Livard. Livard? Where is she coming up with this stuff? She always makes me laugh, I love to hear her talk in her little sweet voice and she is so thoughtful and helpful (most of the time). And when she does something good, or she knows it makes me happy, she puts her little hands up and flaps them. It's adorable.

Sydney's birthday party

We had Sydney's party this past weekend at the park. It was really touch and go with the weather, but the rain held off just long enough.

This is a really good pic I got of her while we were there. I'm going to take out the part of the table in the background and probably print some wallets. Ta da, her 5 year pictures.

Her cake. Those are ladybugs on the cake, which was our theme this year. The bakery at JayC rocks. They didn't have a kit for ladybugs, but said they would do whatever they could anyway. Wal-Mart wouldn't do anything they didn't have a kit for. I guess thinking outside the box is too painful for them. Whatever, I'm a JayC girl from now on. Everyone said the cake was yummy. I wouldn't know, there was NONE left!

One of Sydney's favorite presents. She got a lot of clothes. Which she wasn't really happy about. When someone commented that she needed clothes, she said "yeah, but not this much clothes."

Ah, the love of flip flops. A girl after my own heart.

And this was another fave. A barbie bathroom. Seriously, who comes up with these things?

We had a good time, the weather worked out nicely. And a friend of mine brought all her bubble supplies and toys for the kids to play with and they loved it. Sydney was exhausted by the time it was over and fell asleep on the way home. Her actual birthday isn't until Saturday and Chris and I are going to take her to the store and let her pick out a bike.

Gardening and stuff

Here's Sydney cleaning out her tugboat pool, getting ready for the warm weather!

Scrub a dub dub

Chris, planting his dream garden.

The finished product.

I leave you with this picture of a white dove flying over my pond. My neighbor trains them and lets them out for exercise. Sometimes they come to visit. They're so cute! And I do love this picture.

Photo retouching

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My very own Punky Brewster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punky_Brewster

This is what she wore to school today. A long sleeve pink shirt underneath a dress, with hot pink footless tights and pink and green tennis shoes ( I do love the shoes). Originally, she had on red tights, but they were too small, so she ended up in these.

And this is what she wore a couple weeks ago. A long sleeve pink shirt under a dress (I'm seeing a theme here), with pink cotton pants, princess socks and brown and pink sketcher tennis shoes. I'm tellin' ya, this girl's got style!

Easter pics (finally)

Her basket

Her cool new Ariel shades she got

Looking precious in her Easter hat

Pretty dress and shoes

The cousins, Addison and Cali

They just love each other so much

Addison in her bunny ears, sunglasses, and weird face

Sydney wanted one of these as soon as she spotted it in the Wal Mart ad. But when Chris went to get her one, they were all broken. Thank goodness for memaw!

Easter egg hunt at my mom's. Jana's girls hid the eggs and Sydney was walking around saying "they did a good job hiding the eggs."

It was a bit windy that day and a little chilly, but I have to say it was nicer than past Easter's. I'll never understand why all Easter dresses are short sleeve and sleeveless. It's always COLD on Easter!

Easter Egg Hunt

My church held an Easter egg hunt today for the community. I got there a little early to help setup, but there wasn't a lot left to do! We had a good turnout and everyone had lots of fun.

Wearing her collection basket as a hat

Finding all the eggs she could!

The chairs were there as a dividing line between her age group and the older kids, but eventually, it became a free for all since there were more of her age group than the others and they ran out of eggs quicker!

Her loot! Happy Easter everyone! I'm sure there will be more pics posted from tomorrow. It's church in the morning, another egg hunt and my mom and dad's house and lunch with them.