Pineapple Straight from Hawaii

Pictured here are two of my favorite things in life. Sydney and fresh pineapple. Now, this was not just any pineapple, this one was special delivered straight from Hawaii Compliments of my Boss! Tony is always great at bringing things back or Lori and I from his trips and this time we joked with him about bringing us back a pineapple. When he returned from his trip I thought, well I guess he didn't take us seriously. The very next day the Dole box showed up at our office. Freshly picked just for us.

“Kitty! Get down…now!!”

Parents, be careful of what you say! Last night as we try to wind down for the night, while we are setting the scene for sleepy time which is turn the low lights on over the fire place, turn the TV on, open the window to let some of that wonderful cool rain air in, get Sydney her sippy cup of milk and maybe a snack, Simon our kitty decides he needs to get in on this fresh air and try to fit in the window along with the box fan. SO Jeremy of course tells Simon not to jump in the window and of course like cats do, he does exactly what Jeremy telling him not to do. So he says “Simon get down”. Well since Simon wasn’t listening, Sydney took it upon herself to yell at the cat until he came out of the window, for a good five minutes she stood at the window with her sippy cup tucked under her arm and her finger on the other hand pointed at the cat and yelled “Kitty! Get down…now!” With authority! So then we needed to spend the next five minutes convincing Sydney that its okay that Simon’s in the window but she felt differently about that. Haha It’s amazing how quickly a child’s language skills flourish. I feel like it was just yesterday when we were cheering her on for saying, mommy, daddy, car and ball. And here we are, in full sentences having conversations with a 2 year old! Boy does this time fly.

Easter 2009

So, technically, this is Sydney's 3rd Easter even though she is only 2 years old. We had to take a picture of her Easter dress... doesn't she look adorable?

We also had to get a pic of Sydney with Mommy and Daddy. If you look behind us, you will notice our church platform has the black curtains up. This year was the first year we have not done an Easter Drama at our church. Instead we had an Easter Concert. Overall, it was a success. And Sydney was a real trooper through the endless hours of music practices. She is such a good girl. We couldn't ask for more!

Sydney's 2nd Birthday

Can you believe it's been 2 years already since Sydney came into our lives?! It's crazy! In celebration of Sydney's 2nd Birthday, we had a birthday party and invited some of her friends and family over to the house for an egg hunt (since it's so close to Easter). Everybody seemed to have a lot of fun... until Sydney had to blow out her candle. For some reason when everybody starting singing "Happy Birthday" to her, she didn't like it at all. In the picture, you can see the pout on her face and her flushed cheeks. When it was all said and done, Sydney had a great time and I think the other kids did too. Before you know it, she'll be three!

On an additional note, Sydney went for her 2-year check-up. What a HUGE kid she is! She was 36.25 inches tall and 35.25 pounds. That's a big 2-year-old. To look at her, you'd think she was much older. I have a feeling she's gonna be taller than most of the boys....

Daddy's Sick.... Yea!!!

So, Daddy was recently sick and had to take a few days off of work. Although Daddy didn't feel that well, we still got to play together and have lots of fun! One of Sydney's favorite things to do right now is play with Play-Doh! Here is a pic of Sydney playing with some shapes that we made. I don't know if you can tell in the pic, but she is holding a bright pink giraffe which had to eat something... so then we had to make some trees. Her absolute favorite animal is the dolphin. Of course there always has to be water for the dolphin to swim in. She so cute!

A Day with Mommie.

Last Friday, I took the day off knowing how busy our weekend was going to be to spend some extra time with Sydney. I tried to plan a fun outing to McDonald's playworld only to find out it's for ages 3 to 12. Now usually we can get away with something but because of the way this thing was constructed, all we could do was play with the end of the slides. And of course we made the best of it. Sydney had fun yelling and listening to her voice echo and just looking around in amazement at this jungle of colors.

Just for the fun of it, more pictures!