Christmas at Grandma and Papa's Cont.

Since she loves to watch football and yell, "Go go!" it only seems appropriate to have pom-poms. Although, by this look she doesn't exactly know how she feels about them.

After a pom pom fight with Daddy she seemed to get the hang of it.

How sweet is this? She is wearing her princess earrings from UB's gift.

Pucker up!

Christmas at Grandma and Papa's

More presents! Kevin and I have reminisced back at being a kid and how much fun it was going everywhere, waiting for Santa (oh I just spelled that Satan...scary!) and getting tons of gifts. Now we've grown up and traveling is tiresome and our gifts have lowered in number. Humph!

Oh UB and his glorious gift wrapping. The wrapping was actually quite impressive, I think it was the friendly marking writing on the side that did it. :)

Coloring! The girl loves to color-and it reminds me that I do too!

Check out that face! An authentic "Wow!" face. (The gift was Dr. Seuss/Early Reader books)

Funny Story: Kevin was telling a story and SKV was in the foyer. He ended his story with, "Shocker!" and Sidney Kate comes running (and I mean in a frantic state) into the room yelling, "I want a sucker! I want a sucker!" Poor girl, she was terribly disappointed when she realized there were no suckers!

Christmas at the Marions

And this isn't everyone! We were missing quite a few kids this time, but the ones that were there scrambled into the living room to open their gifts. Sidney Kate kinda got lost in the shuffle but that's okay! I want her to have memories of getting lost under mounds of tissue and Christmas paper like I do. :)

Ol' Mac-Donald had more fun with her gear toy than she did!

Us and Grandpa, really missed Grandma this year.
(And all the others we've lost recently-everything comes at one time doesn't it!)

SKV giving Grandpa a hug. She might not sit in his lap anymore but she hasn't denied him any hugs or high fives.

Christmas with the Cox Family

Apparently someone (or some two) was told "No"...Rylan went to one corner to pout and SKV went to this one. Not so sure she wasn't thinking about something else besides pouting. :)

Silly Lil Venable Fam picture

The girl has the mothering instinct. She loves to take care of her baby dolls and when I get hurt she asks, "You ok?"
She even comes over to pat me. So we knew when she opened this stroller she would be strolling babies for days!

Her too though, right? Here she's calling for Daddy to come push. haha!

Christmas at Mama V's

After Christmas at GG's we headed to Christmas at Mama's. Sidney Kate got a doll...she loves baby dolls and babies. She is always wanting to "hold' the babies though.

Just like a Momma, having to hold the baby and clean up. (Then Kevin made some off-handed comment about me not being that kind of Momma...'bout had to smack him. :) )

Check out what Mama got!
This started 3 years ago when Keith put a Borat shirt in a Dirty Santa gift. Last year it reappeared and it came back this year too...Mama was the first ever receiver of this gift and we all had big laughs when she got it again!

Oh Rylan got tools! Sidney Kate was intrigued by his gift and wanted to play with him.

Princess(es) in the Making

The girls got Princess equipment (you need equipment to become one) in their stockings. Here is a shot of them with it on. Kaylee did a great job of wearing hers while Sidney Kate slowly removed pieces.

Not a total princess yet, I think she preferred the truck that day.

That wand (or whatever you call it) could have been a deadly weapon, but they played nicely together on the Sit and Spin.

Christmas at GG's

Christmas Eve we went to GG's for lunch. Guess who was there?! Kaylee! It was the first time that the girls really got the chance to play together. I'm not so sure SKV was fully in the mood, you know how naps and lack thereof can mess a girl up, but they did pretty good.

Here she is sporting her shirt that was made at daycare, it got several compliments! (Thanks DC ladies!)

A little sharing going on! Check out those curls!

Sidney Kate got FOOFA! Oh she loves Yo Gabba Gabba, so this was perfect!

Random Funnies

As I scroll through all the pictures of Sidney Kate, and let me say there are a few, I found these two amusing.
The first one was at my work's Christmas party. Not quite sure what she was doing, but what a face!

I think she's experimenting with some style here...and giving some peace signs. She still has to focus on getting her fingers just right.

Boys! Shhhh!

You'll hear me say (or read me type) this several times in the upcoming days...but with so many different cameras, video recorders and phones I have pictures and videos on everything! So it's taking me some time to get things uploaded and they are totally NOT in the correct order! The videos below are from the first day of the BIG snow in 2009. I had my digital camera and captured a few videos of SKV and Daddy.

Pay close attention (as you always do when SKV is in a video) and listen to what she is saying.

I must post a picture of her first snow cream experience! First Daddy told us that we couldn't make it because, "People don't do that anymore!" Then he gave us the ol first snow theory and we shot back with the whole, "Well rain cleans the air too theory." (we made that up on the spot) Then SKV stood by the door while I went out and gathered up the goods...snow!

I came back in and began the snow cream making process with her at my leg going, "I want some con-dee, con-dee!!" Thanks to Daddy eggin' her on to ask me for it. Finally she got what she wanted, yum!! (I think it was better when I was little, I'll work on my recipe during the next snow.)

Bringin' Back the Sit and Spin!

As we all know, Sidney Kate brought back the 80s here and at Christmas she brought back the Sit and Spin. (of course Mommy tested it out first to make sure that it was in working order, possible picture to come later.)

Not only does SKV enjoy the S&S but she loves herself some dancin'! Next time you see her ask her to dance and you might see a little booty shake. (Still not sure who taught her that...)

SKV's Christmas with Santa!

Oh what a fun Christmas we've had!! Here are four videos of Sidney Kate discovering all of her gifts from Santa.

Uncle Keith and SKV

At Papa and Grandma Mary's, Uncle Keith and SKV got into a giggle-fest! They did this for quite sometime...

SKV Performing Arts

Last night Sidney Kate had a wild streak. She started the hyper activity by taking her shirt off and refusing to keep it on-so much that she'd run from you if you tried to put it over her head. (We're in trouble!)

So that explains the half naked child in the next three videos.

She was dancing, singing and having a grand ol time awhile before I pulled out the camera. These next three pieces of sweetness are what I was able to capture.

ENJOY!

Also, I learned that she took her shirt off in the gym at daycare today and ran from the teachers. (giggle giggle!)

Final Fun at Uncle Keith's

Kevin skiing on a golf course-haha.

He's up! He totally fell down the first hill and my camera was off-doh!

Someone made an igloo-how fun!?

Our first babies have a blast in the snow!

Even More Fun at Uncle Keith's

Toward the end of the trip someone was getting tired! Grandma Mary makes for a good holder.

Found more "Con-dee!"

Funniest thing ever! Chase and Uncle Keith whipped out their skis for a trip down the hills.

Papa took all the grandkids down - what a great shot!

Continued Fun at Uncle Keith's

Daddy and Sidney Kate going for their first downhill slide!

Do you know what this is? "Con-dee" I can't spell it as funny as she says it but she says "Candy" like she's from some fancy country. She picked up this chunk and ate on it for awhile. Must have been thirsty-haha.

This was taken after much sledding and uphill climbing. Papa couldn't get Sidney Kate up this steep hill so Daddy thought he'd try. He failed successfully. Rylan even ended up down there with them.

At first Rylan was not interested in sledding with SKV, but after awhile he asked her if she wanted to ride with him.
They did great, minus the landing. Sidney Kate landed face first in the snow because the stopped abruptly...again, making memories here! Papa went and rescued her.