April in Review

Bad, Bad Blogger! I know, I know. I must be in survival mode because all I seem to do is eat & sleep.

These picts actually go back to the end of March, but here's a quick catch up on what we've been up to:

Sydney loves to pretend she's driving the ice cream truck. Its actually one of those pop up tent deals that looks like an ice cream truck. She sells it to her imaginary friends & makes them pay. She serves vanilla (banilla) and strawberry, sprinkles are extra. Oh, and you have to give the ice cream back before she drives off.
This little smirk she has on her face here is the exact same one she gives me when she's in trouble & being defiant. Its hard not to laugh, but she sure knows how to push my buttons lately. Sometimes she eats the ice cream when you give it back before she "drives" off.

One day at home, it was just the 2 of us hanging out. She helped me make Friendship Bread (she's great at stirring). I put on my apron, but didn't have one to fit her, so I have her an old shirt of mine instead. She wore it all day saying "Look! See my pretty new dress!". Ah, 2 can be so easy to please! Give her another 15 years and her pretty new dresses will cost as much as a car payment!
We gave Sydney her b-day gift late because you can't really enjoy outdoor toys in January in Kansas. We were afraid having it sit in the garage for 3 months would just be too much for her to handle.

Here is Sydney on the hood of her little red Corvette.
This is just hysterical to me. When she presses on the gas it throws her back into the seat & she can no longer reach the peddle. So, Jeff's solution was to press the "gas" for her with the shovel handle while she attempted to steer. Thank goodness we live on a court, because she was a wild driver! I think we might owe our neighbors a new mailbox, yikes! Mostly she likes to sit in the car, turn the wheel, listen to the radio, & press the horn.

Last weekend Papa & Dally came to visit. Sydney couldn't have been more thrilled. In fact, she was so excited that we totally lost all 3.5 months of potty training skills for 1 day. I was totally beside myself that here we'd been diaper free since a few days into 2008 and she had a total of 4 accidents the first day they were here. In a weird way, it should make Papa & Dally feel special & loved. We were back on track after that & all was well.

Here's Syd making blueberry muffins.
Papa & Dally spoiled her rotten all weekend. We went to the mall & rode the carousel. I think she was a little dizzy in this picture! (taken on camera phone so a little blurry)Speaking of spoiled....Papa & Dally splurged on this awesome sand & water table for our little digger to play in. Dad noticed that when we went to the park she played in the mulch. When we were in the back yard she dug in the landscaping. He asked her "Do you need a sand box?" and she kept repeating "I need a sand box. I need a sand box." She loves it! Thanks Papa!

We had the rest of the family over to visit. Addie Sue & Sydney played very well together. Gosh, these girls are getting so big! Time is flying!

Yesterday we went to Deanna Rose Farmstead. Notice the jackets everyone has on.....we had a very late cold snap & everyone is pissy about it because its nearly May & way too late for this sort of thing. We hadn't been in a year & I was amazed how brave Syd was around all the animals.Ashley was enjoying the park as well. Here's our little digger again. Digging must have been the theme for the weekend!


Petting the big goats.
Bottle feeding the baby goats. Sydney couldn't have been more into this! I helped her at first because last time the goats were aggressive & I had to hold Syd so they didn't eat her clothes.

She really wanted to feed the smaller ones & kept asking for the baby, but the larger white one bullied his way to the bottle.
When her bottle was empty she ventured out on her own. Apparently the goats knew her bottle was empty because they were leaving her alone, but she didn't & kept trying to feed them.
Dally came to the rescue with another bottle & this time she fed them all by herself.
Again, notice the aggressive white one. The rest decided that the bows on her pockets looked easier & just as tasty. She had 2 eating her jacket & one eating her pants before she decided it was time to get out of there & call Mommy in for back up.
We topped the day off with lunch at McDonald's. Now, believe me, my girl is no stranger to McD's (or E-I-O's as its called in our house-get it!) however, this was our first time experiencing the Play Place. I've always been afraid of the other kids & their germs before. This one looked nice & the other parents were attentive, so out she ventured. She really had no fear, just couldn't quite figure out how all the tubes connected once she got to the tippy-top. After about her 8th time climbing up there she finally ventured into the maze & then she was lost in her own little world just as happy as a clam. We bribed her with ice cream to get her back into the car to go home. She ate an entire full adult sized vanilla cone. Papa thought he might get some, but she wasn't about to let it out of her possession. She quickly passed out for her nap when we got home, as you can imagine!
We've got some paint on baby brother's walls & the furniture is in the room. I need to take picts of that & my ever-growing belly tonight & post those.