PreK Graduation Performance

For weeks, Sidney Kate's teachers have been telling us funny stories about her singing and acting up when they performed. Daily, they practiced for the PreK graduation. Even though she wasn't graduating, her class was singing songs for the event. Kevin and I snuck in the week before to spy on her. We were so afraid she wouldn't perform the night of the graduation because of the huge crowd.
Here is her beachy outfit.

Her super cute hair accessories, thanks to GG!

Those lieus didn't last a minute. And when she got to daycare she refused theirs too.

The pictures were horrible, but I was able to crop one a little. She was looking for us the whole time she was up there. She finally spotted me and Kevin and she talked to us under her breath while playing with the decorations on her dress. The minute we starting singing the "ABCs" she burst into a screaming cry.
We had warned grandparents not to let her see them and we're the ones she cried over. Poor little girl-but she lasted a lot longer than I thought!

Visiting Kylie

After her brunch, we learned that Sidney Kate got to see Kylie for the first time. We heard she was told to be very careful and easy...but still almost landed on her twice. (Grandparents...) :)
So this was taken on our visit later that afternoon. Kylie was snoozing away.

Seriously, beautiful baby! She's so tiny and I don't remember Sidney Kate being that small!

Rylan has grown to like SKV a lot over the past months, but I love to see her say to him, "I wanna play wif you" or him come and ask her to play. I think he's figuring out she can do more and more as she gets older. Of course, taking your football helmet isn't cool...we're working on that.

Brunch

We missed Rylan's last teeball game but Papa, Grandma Mary, Jessie and Rylan came to pick Sidney Kate up for breakfast...it was really her "brunch" but she didn't care.
This is the morning we also discovered that she fits perfectly under our bar.
Please note her fav-o-rite book right now is "Brown Bear, Brown Bear." Susan Poole and her boys gave Brady that book in 1991 (says so in the front of the book)...and the dog you see is where she always looks at us and says, "It's Bus-sah!" (Buster)
Books, the gift that keeps on giving! :)

More Family to Love!

On June 9, 2010 we welcomed the newest member of our big Venable family! Miss Kylie Anne made her debut that Wednesday morning and boy did she have a crowd waiting to meet her!
All we can say is BEAU-TI-FUL!

Sidney Kate's Uncle Keith has a new love of his life! He's one happy daddy! And we're one happy family!

Years of Teaching...

Here you see 6 years of teaching...and a lot of it went into the trash. Some things were in the house...some of that stuff was Kevin's junk...I mean stuff.
Anyway, I decided that if I haven't used it in 2 years I don't need to hold on to it for 2 more years.
Write this down though-if they put me back in the classroom anytime soon I'll throw up. There was A LOT of good files/games/etc in there.

Tweet Tweet!

Look what Sidney Kate and GG found! Baby birds!
"Tweet Tweet!"

GG found two darling birds waiting for their mommy to bring them a worm. These guys stayed like this for days just waiting for food, little mouths open and hanging out of their nest. Sidney Kate showed everyone that came to see us while they were visiting. Quite a little zoo around here!

Swimming Success

Sidney Kate completed her first set of swim classes and earned a big prize...A SUCKER! They put the sucker in the cup of the trophy and honestly...they could have only given her a sucker and she would have been thrilled!

"Con-dee" is so exciting to her and the sucker was no exception!

She was the only girl in the class, but didn't seem to mind! Her buddy, Sid (also Sidney), had a good time too. They frequently said hey to one another and cheered each other on when jumping off the ladder.

I can only imagine what the other people were thinking...we had every grandparent there and an aunt. Some might say overkill but we'll just call it a loving family! (First grandchild might also be a reason.) :)

Things in My House that are Dirty

Naturally...the child. This is after eating a 100 calorie pack...must have been chocolate.

But the real reason I'm talking dirty...is TOYS! And by dirty, I mean MESSY! They have taken over! I'm pretty sure they multiply like bunnies at night because the piles seem to get bigger and bigger.

I love her kitchen (thanks for the borrow Ry Ry), but the pieces that come with it are many. We've got ice cream cones that have been de-coned, plates scattered and tea cups missing their dessert squares. It's a nightmare!

Then we have dolls and stuffed animals. Exactly how many does one child need? Who knows?!

The Dirty Solution

Have no fear! They have invented organization pieces that will rescue me from this toy dilemma! I searched, read reviews and found the best deal. (Thank you Wal-Mart!) I had it shipped to our local store (saved another $1 there) and put it together myself. Watch out now! It took me 10 minutes tops...it was soooo easy and I soooo want another one. I need one for myself actually. I have enough craft stuff to fill one easily!
For mommies and daddies of boys, they have primary colors. I even saw one with orange and green instead of the usual primary colors, if you're interested. The other girl color was brighter tubs, but this one got better reviews.

Ta da!!! Still busy, but hey-brightly color toys and lots of them-what do you expect?

Everything has its place and I'm not joking-she knows where those balls go and she can hang her purses herself! I saw her do this in daycare awhile back and thought, "Girl, if you can do it here you can do it at home!" It was just up to us to set her up for that success. And the pictures you saw earlier...well, that wasn't what she needed.

SEE! Proof, right there! :)
You go girl!
(and...I'm posting this a week or so afterwards and it is still lookin' awesome in her room!)

Mama V's 80th Birthday!

If you ask Sidney Kate, it's still her birthday. Nevertheless, we took Mama out for hers. We went to the BBQ place and waited waaaay too long (not sure what their deal was that night) but ate a good meal...and of course laughed at our entertainment. (SKV)

So...I have wanted to get a picture of Sidney Kate on a bench ever year, in the same spot, so we could watch her grow in pictures. I didn't find a bench until Mama's big birthday bash! Hopefully this bench will be there for years to come! The idea was emailed to me about a year go from my room mom...who is now my neighbor! What a great idea and I hate we missed her first year, but starting at age 2 isn't too bad. Click on this picture to see her funny face.

This is just a cheesin' face, as usual.

Whoa! Blog Backlog!

I am so behind on blogging, please forgive me. Life is a little busy with a two year old. Shew!
She went to coloring one day and Indy walked right over to watch. He just wants to be around his family...he really wants to be rubbed, but he'll take quality time too!

The Freemans came over for a cookout and this happened. I think they had the most fun piling on top of each other. What a pile of "youngins"!

Indy and Buster...no loving while company was here. (Insert theme song: "Lean on Me" here)

Random Cuteness-fixed

Scroll down and see her fixed "Random Cuteness" blog post.