Famous First Words!

This week has been a BIG one for Sidney Kate, and us! She has put together quite a few sentences and we're enjoying her new found communication skills!

Monday I went to the bathroom at Chick-Fil-A and she cupped her hands around her mouth and called, "Maaaaamaaaa" until I returned. (No sentence there; just plain sweet!)

On Tuesday of this week she asked, "Where's my juice?"

Wednesday she told Blues Clues, "Bye bye Blues Clues" as we were turning off her DVD player in the car and getting out.

Thursday she said, "I love you" to Kevin! I know, stop right there...it can't get any better!

**However, her first sentence will always be "I got ice cream!"

Sand and Ocean

We tried a different approach with Sidney Kate this trip. We let her wear some shoes on the beach. It seemed to help but she still wasn't in love with the sand. You know once you get within a mile of the stuff it magically appears all over your hands and feet!

It may look like she's enjoying herself but I'm pretty sure she's crying from the other side. Kevin ended up holding her and standing in the "waves" with her. She enjoyed that and it was fun to see them play.

Every girl needs to lay out and tan awhile. She did a great job, under the tent-haha!

Beach Fun and Games!

We arrived at the beach Friday and hit the pool first thing. Sidney Kate has gotten so much better at pool play. She was worn out after we played in the chilly (yes, chilly water in September!) water, so she decided to chill a bit before catching her second wind.

When went out to eat at Joe's Crab Shack (I loooove their coconut shrimp!). Getting a picture of Sidney Kate and Rylan has proved to be a killer task and near impossible. However, we still get cute shots.

We hit this way fun shop and Sidney Kate ran straight to the table once she spotted the tea set. (She has one at home that she loves dearly and the girl knows how to use it!) When Rylan saw what she was doing he walked right over and said, "I want some tea!"
Adorable! I love watching these two together!

Sidney Kate learned to play "Duck, Duck, Goose!" while we were at the beach. Of course, this was a restaurant game. I'm sure this is a no no, but it was cute. She never got to the "Goose" part though.

N...C...State! Part II

Don't let her small stature or age fool you; this girl knows exactly what she's doing and her looks say so!

Exploring the hill behind the tailgate party.

That's a mighty fine looking cornhole board!
Sidney Kate quickly figured this game out; at least the get it in the hole part.

Then she got too lazy to stand-haha!

N...C...State...NC STATE!

There's no better way to begin the Labor Day Weekend than by enjoying a State football game!
First thing to do...get into our State gear.

State gear on...time to greet the RV neighbors. This year there was a new member of the RV crowd in front of us. Sidney Kate had no fear of him and went right up to him talking with stretched out arms. That pup stayed with his crowd WAY better than Sidney Kate stayed with hers!! He also snagged some of the homemade beanbags that Liz made. They survived though-shew!

Next step in football preparedness...throw the football around.

And finally...pose for at least one picture. This was as good as it was going to get for me-pretty cute!

More Cakes!

Soon I hope to have a blog dedicated to all these cakes...but until then...
Here is a cake I made for Momma and her friends at work. It was their month anniversary of their new job together.

Happy 86th Birthday to "Granny Becky!" Josh's grandma is a baseball fan and Jill thought it proper for her to have a cake that shared her love of the game. This is my second jersey cake. Hopefully I'll get a picture of Granny Becky enjoying her cake soon so I can add it here.

Because we were heading to a State game and then the beach, I ended up making 3 cakes in 2 days. So the State cake got the least of my energy. It was eaten none the less. :-D

Bop-ba Out Pretzel In

I really don't need to write anything here...I wonder how many people actually read my narratives anyway, but this video is self explanatory and beyond funny! Kevin and I played it over and over again. Enjoy!

Friday Night Fun!

Grandma and Grandpa came to babysit as Kevin and I went to clean the RV and paint some cornhole boards. Here is what Sidney Kate did while we were gone.

This is called taking advantage of grandparents! You know they didn't let us eat like that...but she can...hmmmmm!

While she was eating and playing this is what Liz and I were doing. Not too shabby!

Dancing in the Bedroom

Sidney Kate has recently discovered the power button to my alarm. And thanks to daycare she's up on the lastest dance moves. Here she is bustin' a move!

She's so excited that she's discovered something new! Don't you love when you learn something new? I hope she always has a love for learning and discovering!

ABCDEFG

I have been singing Sidney Kate the "ABC" song for awhile now and she's cracking me (and Kevin) up with her sing along attempts. You know how you try to sing along to a song when you don't know the words? She's perfected that at such a young age! She's got the beat right but just can't figure out what I'm saying.

She has also started interrupting me when I sing it. I'll get as far as "A, B, C, D, E, F..." and then she'll chime in with "Mom-ma". I'll ask, "What?" she won't say anything so I'll start again-she'll do it as long as I keep singing. I guess she's not a fan of my voice. That or she just entertaining herself with "Mom-ma."

Rough Week!

Sidney Kate has had one rough week! It started off with her getting bit at daycare. A dentist could identify the kid by the distinct teeth marks if he needed to-ouch! The red marks went away after 2 or 3 days. I didn't panic because I know that will happen and I know that one day it could be her...I just hope not!

The next day at daycare she knocked her noggin on a table and had a yucky bruise and bump on her forehead. As if that weren't bad enough, she came home and hit her head in the same spot after slipping on a puppy bed. Shew! She went to bed with two bumps--on top of each other!
Then we found out that her lead level test got lost in the mail, so they needed her back to poke her finger again. (She was a champ at this just like she was the first time they did it!) But while we were at the doctor she smashed her finger in a door and had to sit with a bag taped her to while they waited for her to pee. Seriously, a tough week! The bag was for another issue she was having this week...poor girl!
So, it's a new week and we're going to kick off the football season and play in some sand! Hopefully it will be better! I have named this past week her "Kevin week".

Surprise Uncle Chad!!

My little "old" brother-in-law had his 30th birthday this past week. Sharon decided we should turn a friends cookout into a surprise party for him-and oh was it fun!
Here is the cake I made in his honor!
(I pick on him about being old...but hey-I'm right behind him!)



The boys had a fantasy football draft Sunday (one of many) and Kevin brought Chad back to our house. It was all normal until Chad saw the cars at our house and not at the pool up the street. SURPRISE UNCLE CHAD!!!
He had co-workers, family and friends all around. It was a fun time and I hope everyone gets a surprise like that once in their lifetime!