Princess Hair and Princes Clothes

You have to have Princess hair to be a princess. After a day of braided hair we happily take down her braides and let her prance around with "Princess hair!"

One of the many princess outfits. (Thanks UB!)

But always a Wolfpack fan!

Water Baby and Sliding Sweetheart

This is what Sidney Kate conquered.  Be impressed!

Over 6 times! Here is her first time with Daddy.

Second...

First (and only) time with Mommy...she was a Daddy's girl when it came to the slide.

Everytime she hit the water she'd say, "I wanna do it again!"

Big Summer Day...OF FUN!

The first weekend in July is always the big family reunion. Well, we added to the excitement this year by packing our day full of fun! First we met up with "Aunt Em-a-lee, Ry Ry and Ky-dee" at the park. How sweet is Rylan pushing SKV?

Then we went to Main Street to meet up with King. Sidney Kate impressed him with her Silly Bands.

After we napped and ate lunch we ran to meet the Freemans at the pool. This was another moment that told me I officially have a water baby. At first she wouldn't wear floaties, but we had to convince her after she kept asking to be alone in the pool. "I wanna do it myself!" After the floaties were on she was golden! Jumping off the diving board...

and hanging by herself. (Go Derek Go!)

Another Bench Picture

We took this at Riley's party.

26 months
and
16 months

Riley Turns 4-Part 2

So after the eating, cake, present festivities everyone headed to the playground for some old fashioned sweaty fun! The slides were huge and the kids were having a big time.

Cousin Derek and Sidney Kate coming down!

I dare say this was the playground highlight! Kevin stationed himself at the top (after sliding down some himself) and quizzed the kids. They had to answer him before he let them through. I'm pretty sure they just giggled the whole time. At one point, Riley came down and said, "What's he saying?" Kevin was using a pirate voice I believe...it was quite entertaining!

This isn't all the kiddos but they were the sweaty ones left when we thought to take a picture.

Riley Turns...4!!

Our sweet friend, Riley, turned four recently! This was the first party we've been able to make (family reunion conflict) and boy did we have fun! The storms threatened to rain on us but they came and went pretty quickly. Riley came over to sit next to Sidney Kate and eat his pizza. (Sweetheart!)

Here he is with his mommy, blowing out his birthday candles! Time flies!

Might be the first time she's worn a birthday hat...she's still hesitant about wearing new things.

Sound Sleeper

There's nothing like a sleeping toddler! This one happened to be buried under covers and a pillow.

I love Water!

It turns out we have a water baby! I was actually thinking she wasn't going to be a fan. I don't know if swimming lessons had anything to do with it or not...but I hope she is always playful like this!
She thought she'd get a drink...she got a lot more!

This is just a look that tells you-"You're in trouble!"

After Daddy and Sidney Kate fought over the hose, Daddy won.

Dinner at GG's

We went to have a 4th of July spaghetti dinner at GG's and guess who was there?! Kaylee! I believe the last time the girls saw each other was Christmas...so naturally they had to check each other out.

and off they went!

They destroyed GG's house, but she didn't mind one bit. I think Rylan was a little confused by all the girls...he had a new sister AND another girl at his family dinner.

But he handled it all nicely. He still let SKV sit beside him. :)

Dress Up Days

Sidney Kate has finally reached the days were she likes to play dress up.  I believe for Christmas she got Princess shoes and dress-up clothes, but never really wanted to wear them until now.

Sidney Kate as Cinderella (She's even got the one slipper thing going)

 

Sidney Kate as Tinkerbell (pink version)

 

with wings!  And that wand makes "magic" noise!

 

Share Love

This came to me in an email today and it's awesome!  The song was in Shrek, sang by someone else, and it's perfect for this...

Yo Gabba Gabba!

Yo Gabba Gabba might have a little influence over Sidney Kate.  She's a fan and the karaoke machine from her cousins sure adds to her imagination!  Here she's doing her "Dancey dance"..."This is how we do it!"

After the dancey dance they always "Go crazy!"