Splash park fun!

We went to Celebration Park in Allen for Katelyn Kouba's 2nd birthday. Sydney had a ball in the splash park. As mentioned previously, this girl loves being in the water. It was a little piece of heaven on earth for her.

With her BFF Madison! (they're only 2 weeks apart in age)

Fun in the sprinkler

Sydney loves being in the water. Any time I water the plants, she wants to run through the hose. Here she is playing in the sprinkler in the front yard. She thought it was so fun!

Family day in the yard

My parents came up last weekend and I decided to put them to work this time. I had this completely empty spot in our landscaping that I needed to fill in plus I knew we needed to re-mulch some of the flower beds. Thank goodness they were here!! I lucked into some pretty great landscaping when we bought the house but when it comes to buying new plants and soil and mulch, I didn't know the first thing. So I let my mom just run around Home Depot picking stuff out. Then we got back and got to work. Here are some pics of the before:

Going to get rid of this vine on the fence

The empty flower bed we are filling

Sweet Sydney trying to help us...she was very eager!

AFTER!

The duck pond incident

Last weekend I convinced Craig that we needed to take Sydney to a duck pond near our house. He was thinking that hanging out in the 100 degree weather wouldn't be that fun, but he begrudgingly obliged to my request. So we packed up Sydney, the stroller, the video camera, the diaper bag, our regular camera, and some bread to feed the ducks of course. Everything started out great. Sydney kept saying DUCK and throwing bread on the ground instead of at the ducks.

Look mommy, a duck!

Come here duckies, I have bread!

Then it happened. Sydney and I are feeding the ducks, Craig is getting pictures of this momentous occasion and then we hear this giant splash. We turn around to see our stroller sinking in the duck pond. So Craig, being the fast thinker he is, jumps into the pond and starts throwing stuff up on the shore. Sydney starts crying (I think she was scared by all the commotion) and I'm just standing there in disbelief. Here are the after effects of what happened:

Needless to say, there were a few casualties on this trip. Our video camera that we just bought less than a month ago, didn't make it. Nor did all the videos we had already taped on (and of course hadn't downloaded yet). I also lost my cell phone in "the incident." I kept saying "well at least the baby wasn't in the stroller!" I'm not sure if that made Craig feel any better. I did get a new blackberry out of the deal so I guess that's our (I mean, my) silver lining.

The 4th of July

I'm a little late posting this but it's too cute to pass over. Sydney had a 4th of July parade at her daycare so my friend Joanna and I went over to see what it was all about. They had all the parents, friends and family line up in a circle behind some cones. Then the littlest kids (which is Sydney's class) started off the parade. They had made these flags that they were waving and they walked around in the circle. Well...except my kiddo of course. She bolts out the door and heads straight for the crowd of people--obviously not staying in the line like she should. Of course everyone thinks this is the cutest thing and starts laughing. Then I called her name and after searching the crowd for a second she spots me and runs over. I give her a quick hug and then she jumps back in line with her class to complete the circle. I was just kicking myself for not having the video camera with me!! Here are some pics of her from when we got home. They painted red and white stripes on one of her cheeks and a star on the other.

Garner State Park 2008

We are back from another great vacation to Garner State Park. Last year, Sydney was only 2 months old and I was still nursing so it was a completely different vacation this time around! For those that don't know, we go every year to Garner State Park (about 1.5 hours SW of San Antonio) with Craig's family (and friends). We rent a house and float the river and play games and read and relax and make homemade butterfinger icecream EVERY NIGHT!! (and somehow I didn't gain a pound...don't know how that happened!) :) There is also a dance inside the park every night and Sydney had so much fun running around. We had such a great time and are already looking forward to going again next year!

Oops...mommy forgot an extra outfit!

When I went to pick up Sydney from daycare today, she was sporting this fabulous outfit. A "too-small" Primrose t-shirt (with her belly hanging out) and pink pants with white snowmen on them. She had a little accident at school today so they needed to change her but apparently I didn't have an extra outfit there for her. Needless to say, we did NOT run any errands after daycare today!

Backyard fun part 2

Sydney and I play in the backyard almost everyday when I get home from work. The other day, I thought I would water the plants while I was out there. The next thing I know, Sydney walks straight through the stream of water (on purpose of course) and she thought that was so funny. So I let her keep doing it--even though she was fully clothed. Here's some pics from the aftermath...she was such a mess!

Mom, I think I need a bath...