Children's Museaum Trip

We went to the Children's Museum about an hour and a half away from our house this past weekend. We took our two nieces, Addison and Cali, and Chris's parents with us. The girls are resting up before the trip in this pic.

The entrance to the museum. Cool!

Super Croc!

This is a triceratops skull they found in South Dakota, I think it was. That was one of the neatest things I saw. They said it'll take 3 years for workers to extract it, clean it, and all that jazz.

Star Wars the Clone Wars exhibit.

me and C 3 PO

Chris, Sydney and Addison chillin' with Yoda

The cool glass thingy they have going up through the center of the museum

Sittin' on a croc

At the Egypt exhibit, they get to make bracelets that you could emboss and write on.

The much anticipated doll house exhibit

The Eli Lilly playhouse.

We were only there about 2 hours. Sydney was a cranky pants ALL DAY! Cali and Addison were so good, but we were all tired and HUNGRY since we didn't eat lunch. So, we cut out and went to eat. It was a long day, but all in all, it was a good time.

As promised

The day started at the park

I love this picture

Upside down Sydney

Entrances to the Mega Caverns

Wow, cool

Getting ready for the tour

These worms eat trash. yum

Then back to the water park

That's it. It was a fun day. This weekend we're shooting for the children's museum, next weekend is hanging out at the camgrounds with friends and swimming, and possibly Gatlinburg the weekend after. School will be starting all too soon. Sniff...

Random pics by Sydney

Some pics taken by none other than the budding professional photographer, Sydney. These are merely to hold you over until I muster the energy to locate the camera and take the time to sit down and download the pics to the computer from our day out on Monday.

So, to start, some self portraits.

And then, the baby doll. Who makes a really good subject when you think about it. I mean, she doesn't move.

Me, playing with the dog. Look at my lightning fast ninja moves.

The dog, playing outside. Sydney felt the need to follow and document.

Flowers she picked for me. She's so sweet.

And finally, her and our friend Robin, who joined us for dinner one night last week. She kept wanting her to stay and play.

I've been trying to teach Sydney about money, and saving up for things you want, doing chores to get money, etc... I'm not sure it's going over real well, she obviously has no concept of delayed gratification. We went to Target today to price Barbies so we'd know how much money she needed to save to get the one she wanted. She told me to tell her which ones were the "expensible" ones (meaning expensive). And of course, I didn't correct her, cause it's too cute and those little things she says incorrectly are fading fast.
So, that's it for now. I promise new pics of our fun filled day on Monday to be posted by Thursday. Hold me to it!!

New Friends

My friend Panama was in town from PA this weekend. We haven't seen each other in roughly 10 years or so and I had never met her 2 girls. So, we got together Friday night for a local church's BBQ bike night and Saturday we went to the water park. Sydney and her girls became fast friends. Wheeeeeeee!

Bouncing in the bounce house!

awwwwww!

Getting her face painted.

At the water park the next day

They had a good time, although Sydney had to be coerced to go down the water slides and ultimately decided she didn't like it. It went too fast she said. Next time I'll know to rent a double tube so we can go down together.

So, now we'll be planning a trip to see Panama next time. Sydney wanted to take Aaliyah home with her as her new sister, she just adored them.

Sassy

My friend Holly (a former co-worker who moved back to Bowling Green), was in town for the weekend and met up with us for breakfast at I-HOP. This is the group shot that Sydney took. I am impressed, at 5 years old, that she is able to take a picture and get everyone in the shot, and hold still enough that it's not a blur. I'm thinking photography is in her future! And there's Darrell, true to form, being Wilson. You're only allowed to see his eyes. The rest is a mystery.

Group shot at the table.

We had to wait quite a while to get a table for 11, so Sydney passed the time "braiding" Angie's hair.

And this is the funniest thing I've seen in a while. After breakfast, we went to Wal-Mart to shop for Father's Day and Sydney was trying on the nightgowns and dancing. Just watch.

Because I'm a Slacker

It's been too long since my last post and I do apologize. So, here are a few recent pics.

My future recording artist, singing in mom and dad's basement. She likes to make up songs as she goes and sing while my dad plays the guitar. The songs are so random, it's hard not to laugh.

My grandparents (my dad's mom and dad) were recently in town from Florida for about 2 weeks. Sydney was SO excited to see her Nana and Papa (or just plain grandpa sometimes). They bought her that dog she's holding, which is a Webkinz she named Sarah, after my brother's stepdaughter. I bet you can't tell she idolizes them.

Bad news is, grandma and grandpa had to head back home to Florida. Good news is, while they were here, they bought a house in Greenville. So, in October, they'll be back for an extended stay!

More water pics and stuff

Sydney got a little lawn sprinkler thing for her birthday and we got it out this weekend. Can't really see it here, but it really does put out a lot of water.

We had a couple of my friends from work over, and one brought her two girls, with which Sydney was totally delighted. Here they are playing on the playground and in the tugboat pool.

They would take turns splashing water on the slide and going down it

One of Sydney's finer pictures she took.

And this. Ok, so it's sideways. Oops. Anway, it's a bird nest made on the ground. It's on our hill on the other side of our driveway. Chris remembers seeing the mother bird last year acting like she was gimped up to draw your attention to her and away from this nest. She's back at it again this year. I'm hoping to check on them one day and see little babies.