Or 5 or 6
(If you don't get the meaning of the title read the last line from the previous post.)
It's time for some much overdue Sydney pictures and videos. Let's do some videos first.
One day Sydney decided that the plants needed to be watered. We had just watered them a few days before so they didn't really need to be. Sydney insisted that they would be sad if we didn't water them. I explained that the plants could get sick if we did water them.
Sydney was determined to make the plant in the front room happy. But how would she do that? Why, by offering to let it play with her "soccer ball" of course!
At the end of the video Sydney does her usual of asking to see the video I just recorded.
Sydney is getting to be quite the basketball player. She's starting to learn to dribble and even though her jump shot is a bit short she's trying hard.
Oh, and WATCH OUT!
She can even steal the ball and drive to the basket.
Sydney still likes to build "play houses" in the bedroom while I'm getting ready for work. Here she is with Bear.
Our city's Parks & Recreation department has a couple classes each season that are age-appropriate for Sydney. (She's too old now for the Romp & Roll class we used to go to and that has been written about in this blog before.) There were a few classes earlier this summer. One of them was a pirate-themed class. They got to make pirate stuff and then go outside and find a treasure chest (full of more pirate-themed booty).
Here's a picture of Sydney at home after class. She has most of her pirate booty but after initially liking and wearing the eye patch she refused to wear it for the picture.
You may remember past entries from when Sydney was younger of a friend named Mary Jane. Mary Jane and her family moved to the Seattle area at the end of last summer. Mary Jane's dad had a good school/job opportunity there.
It was sad. The two of them were only about a week difference in age and had so far grown up together. Well, this summer they moved back. It might be temporary. It might not. We're not sure yet. Regardless, they've had a play date or two.
Yes, they're eating popsicles in the picture.
At another point this summer we went over to Hunter's grandparents' house for a barbecue. You may recall Hunter being another friend of Sydney's. We met him and his mom (and grandma) in Romp & Roll and have been friends since. Hunter's mom was having some friends over and since the grandparents have a big yard they let her use their house for the barbecue.
Sydney had a good time playing (and we had a good time socializing - with grown ups!)
That bouncy castle is something the grandparents bought for Hunter. It stays at their house. The older boy who fell down is named Matthew.
Sydney got a super special double treat a few weeks ago.
First of all, Grandma and Grandpa M arrived! No, really. They're all moved and everything.
They drove up with a small load of stuff in their pick up truck. A few days later the big moving company truck arrived and unloaded all of their other stuff. They're all moved in and living here now.
They still have the house down in Vegas and will be going down in the autumn to put it on the market.
I'm not sure. Don't ask me.
Sydney wasted no time at all in realizing she had someone new to read to her.
For those parents out there wondering, that's a magazine called High Five. It's the younger sister to Highlights. It just started at the beginning of this year and is designed for children age 3-6. Sydney really enjoys getting it in the mail each month and we usually end up reading it to her several times in those first few days. And she's really good at the find-the-hidden-stuff pictures.
The second part of the super special double treat was Grandma B coming for a visit. She arrived the day after Grandma and Grandpa M (and the day before the moving truck).
You might remember from Grandma B's last visit that Sydney had her reading Blue's Clues books to her. Well, the Blue's Clues books are Sydney's favorite potty-reading books on her own, but she barely ever asks us to read them to her. But she remembered that Grandma B reads them to her.
A day or two before Grandma B arrived I mentioned that she was coming. Sydney got really excited and said she was going to read Blue's Clues with Grandma B. So here they are.
We are trying to get Sydney potty trained. She's somewhat reluctant, but we had some ideas and bought a few things to try to help the process along. It's been about a week with some successes and some remissions. I'll tell more about the process next time. Hopefully with more positives to share if we can really get this thing going.
It's time for some much overdue Sydney pictures and videos. Let's do some videos first.
One day Sydney decided that the plants needed to be watered. We had just watered them a few days before so they didn't really need to be. Sydney insisted that they would be sad if we didn't water them. I explained that the plants could get sick if we did water them.
Sydney was determined to make the plant in the front room happy. But how would she do that? Why, by offering to let it play with her "soccer ball" of course!
At the end of the video Sydney does her usual of asking to see the video I just recorded.
Sydney is getting to be quite the basketball player. She's starting to learn to dribble and even though her jump shot is a bit short she's trying hard.
Oh, and WATCH OUT!
She can even steal the ball and drive to the basket.
Sydney still likes to build "play houses" in the bedroom while I'm getting ready for work. Here she is with Bear.
Our city's Parks & Recreation department has a couple classes each season that are age-appropriate for Sydney. (She's too old now for the Romp & Roll class we used to go to and that has been written about in this blog before.) There were a few classes earlier this summer. One of them was a pirate-themed class. They got to make pirate stuff and then go outside and find a treasure chest (full of more pirate-themed booty).
Here's a picture of Sydney at home after class. She has most of her pirate booty but after initially liking and wearing the eye patch she refused to wear it for the picture.
You may remember past entries from when Sydney was younger of a friend named Mary Jane. Mary Jane and her family moved to the Seattle area at the end of last summer. Mary Jane's dad had a good school/job opportunity there.
It was sad. The two of them were only about a week difference in age and had so far grown up together. Well, this summer they moved back. It might be temporary. It might not. We're not sure yet. Regardless, they've had a play date or two.
Yes, they're eating popsicles in the picture.
At another point this summer we went over to Hunter's grandparents' house for a barbecue. You may recall Hunter being another friend of Sydney's. We met him and his mom (and grandma) in Romp & Roll and have been friends since. Hunter's mom was having some friends over and since the grandparents have a big yard they let her use their house for the barbecue.
Sydney had a good time playing (and we had a good time socializing - with grown ups!)
That bouncy castle is something the grandparents bought for Hunter. It stays at their house. The older boy who fell down is named Matthew.
Sydney got a super special double treat a few weeks ago.
First of all, Grandma and Grandpa M arrived! No, really. They're all moved and everything.
They drove up with a small load of stuff in their pick up truck. A few days later the big moving company truck arrived and unloaded all of their other stuff. They're all moved in and living here now.
They still have the house down in Vegas and will be going down in the autumn to put it on the market.
I'm not sure. Don't ask me.
Sydney wasted no time at all in realizing she had someone new to read to her.
For those parents out there wondering, that's a magazine called High Five. It's the younger sister to Highlights. It just started at the beginning of this year and is designed for children age 3-6. Sydney really enjoys getting it in the mail each month and we usually end up reading it to her several times in those first few days. And she's really good at the find-the-hidden-stuff pictures.
The second part of the super special double treat was Grandma B coming for a visit. She arrived the day after Grandma and Grandpa M (and the day before the moving truck).
You might remember from Grandma B's last visit that Sydney had her reading Blue's Clues books to her. Well, the Blue's Clues books are Sydney's favorite potty-reading books on her own, but she barely ever asks us to read them to her. But she remembered that Grandma B reads them to her.
A day or two before Grandma B arrived I mentioned that she was coming. Sydney got really excited and said she was going to read Blue's Clues with Grandma B. So here they are.
We are trying to get Sydney potty trained. She's somewhat reluctant, but we had some ideas and bought a few things to try to help the process along. It's been about a week with some successes and some remissions. I'll tell more about the process next time. Hopefully with more positives to share if we can really get this thing going.
posted by Tah at 7:39 PM
2 Comments:
I beg to differ. Grandma and Grampa M have only appeared to move. I assure you, while they have made considerable progress, if you saw Grampa M's garage you would know that they have not yet moved. Although the beer fridge is in Idaho, so I have no doubt that they sincerely intend to complete the moving process. Someday.
Quick someone sneak into Grampa M's garage and clean it out while he's not looking. Be sure to use the ninja disguises and use the cover of darkness. That way he'll never know who trashed, err, swiped his precious junk, err, irreplaceable valuables that someday will be put to use surviving the next Depression or saving the world, a-la-MacGvyer fashion.
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