Aunts

Sydney sure loves her aunts Chelsea and Talia. So much, that they are HER Chelsea and Talia.

Is it any wonder why?

Dancing with Papa

Sorry for the poor quality, we were using the web camera on our computer.

Troublemaking

I got locked out of the apartment today...


TWICE.



She has figured out all the locks on our door. I guess I need to find a good spare key hiding spot.

Walk by the lilac tree

One of the best parts of spring...



...lilacs. They smell practically divine!



We like to smell all the lilac trees in our neighborhood and on campus.

Swinging

There's something about a preschooler and a swing...



that just makes your day better.



Maybe it's the unbridled joy that shines through...



or the constant giggling as they fly through the air.



And let me tell you, it is not easy to take decent pictures AND push a swing at the same time.



But, it's totally worth it.

Cupcakes

Our neighbor's birthday was today, so I made some Mint Chocolate Chip cupcakes. They were delicious, and pretty dang good looking, if I may say so myself.

Tea Party

Not that kind of tea party...although Charles (probably) wouldn't mind.

Sydney and I had a little tea party today.



Strawberry milk and sugar cookies with strawberry frosting...mmm.



She loved it...especially the chance to eat cookies after breakfast!

You're in Trouble

The sway bar on our car died on Monday. We limped it over to my parents house today so Charles and my dad could work on it. It took much longer than we had anticpated, so we ended up borrowing my dad's car to come home for the night. As we were getting in the car, Sydney was concerned that we weren't getting in our car. She asked Charles, "Where is our car?" Charles told her it was in the garage and told her that we were taking Tata's car because ours didn't have any wheels. She crouched down and stared at the car to see if it was true, then looked at Charles and asked, "What did you do?"

Sydney and Damon

I watched Damon for a little bit this week. Sydney was SOOO excited for him to come over. When he got here, she ran and got her princess gear on and came out and laid on her pillow in the living room, calling out "Kiss me, Damon, Kiss me!" When that didn't work, she turned to me and told me, "Make Damon kiss me, mommy."

Apparently, Damon didn't want to kiss her since a little later, he shut her in her closet. Ahhh, two year olds.

Pioneers Park

It was so nice out, so we went down to Pioneers Park to walk around and check it out.



We thought this was pretty neat. This ramp is for sledding, so you get a good start and then the hill below it goes on for quite a ways. We were wishing we had found it before all the snow melted, but there is always next year.





Checking out the horse tracks at the park.





Holding hands with my bean. Love her!



Trying to get a picture like this one...












Best one I got.





Farther on in the park, they have a nature center that was closed by the time we got there, but the buffalo and elk were out where we could see them.

Planting Seeds.

Charles went up to the law school this morning, so Sydney and I decided to plant our flowers we got for Easter.



Pushing them in.



This kid never really smiles for me anymore...it's always fake smiles for the camera.



Don't worry, they ended up completely planted.

McAdams Park.

We went out for a walk and stopped by McAdams Park, which isn't too far from our house. This park has a playground that's just right for preschoolers, so we had fun watching Syndey run around.









"Am I going to go down this slide?"



"Sure!"



And she actually did it...she must be braver when Papa is with her.

Easter Dinner

I totally forgot to take pictures, but we had a lovely Easter dinner with Kyle and Charise Johnson and their boys, Damon and Jonas and Nate and Suzanne Anderson and their son, Lincoln. We all brought something to eat and it was nice enough to eat outside. We had a ton of fun. Sydney loves playing with the boys and it's always fun to have dinner with friends.

Easter Celebrations.

Sydney was really excited to wake up and find out that a bunny had visited our house. She was even more excited when she found out that he left "celebrations." That what she called the eggs and candy we put out for her to find.







We hid plastic eggs filled with jelly beans (bean jellies to Sydney) and the eggs she colored. The first hard boiled egg she found, she picked up and shook and just about put it back. What makes it even better is that one of my sisters (Chelsea, I think) used to do that too when she was little.





Our family Easter basket.

Children's Museum, yet again.

Sydney and I went to the Children's Museum...again. This was, like, the fourth time we've gone and she loves it every time. It was just us girls, since Charles was at school, but we had a lot of fun.



We rearranged the cosmos.



Sydney was a princess for a while...she loves to dress up as a princess.



We played with light. I'm not sure how it works, but the images interact with you...so here she is "catching the bubbles."



Sydney did most of her own make-up.



I did help some.



We checked out the Legos.



And drove a tractor.



Played with some blocks.



And joined the State Patrol.