School lunch September 5, 2008

This morning Sydney asked me if I would come eat lunch with her at school.

“I would love to!” I told her. She looked at me surprised and said “REEEEALLLY? I kept asking myself in my head, ’should I ask her, shouldn’t I ask her….should I ask her, shouldn’t I ask her’…over and over again. I was just so nervous!” Now, why on earth would a little girl think so hard about asking her mommy to eat lunch with her? Poor girl’s going to give herself an ulcer! I told her she can always, always ask….I may or may not be able to go, but she should always ask.

So…today I went. It was great. There is a little peanut butter on my sweater…a little on the arm and a little on my back….from the forty+ hugs I got (all from her and while she was eating- in case you didn’t catch that) during a very short lunch (about 15 minutes). I guess she was glad I came.

Another one bites the dust… September 5, 2008

Loose tooth #2 status: GONE

So, the first tooth coming out was such a suprise to Sydney, and she was so excited about finally being in the “in” crowd of toothless children, that she didn’t even flinch. She just giggled and looked a little shocked. Tooth number two was a little bit different. A little exciting, a little traumatizing, and that tooth had a little more grip in the gums. On top of all of that, this morning she bounded into my room saying “The tooth fairy only left me SEVEN monies!” With tooth number one, the Tooth Fairy left four shiny quarters under her pillow PLUS Sydney found five mysterious coins on the top shelf of her dresser and she was convinced that the Tooth Fairy left them there (I know better, but there is no point in arguing it). So, Miss Fairy upped the stakes a little this time and left a few more under her pillow and a couple on her shelf…just to keep it even. Well, I’m not sure what happened to the other coins, but it’s clearly too late now. She is clearly disillusioned with the performance of the money-giver.  Whose idea was this anyway?

Tooth Fairy Status with tooth number one: Generous

Tooth Fairy Status with tooth number two: Suprisingly Stingy

Well…whatcha gonna do?

It took me all day to figure out how to do this video…so I hope SOMEONE enjoys it!!!

Girl Scouts anyone? September 4, 2008

Sydney wants to go to Girl Scouts. GIRL SCOUTS! Isn’t that for middle school girls? It just seems so  old! I mean, I remember Brownies at this age, but GIRL SCOUTS! Her beautiful little friend Amelie told her about it and she made me promise to find out more about it (since my initial statement was “we’ll see.” Isn’t that such an “I’ll never say that to my kid” type of statement…Well, I say it all the time. Dang! That’s probably why she made me promise to actually do something).

Well, the next day there was a flyer in her backpack inviting us to a Girl Scouts info meeting. I guess I didn’t have to do anything after all! Tonight, 6:30, that’s where we’ll be. All grown up.

Power and Lights September 4, 2008

stage at Power and Light District

Last night Patrick and I went with Tim and Mandy to a free concert in the Power and Light District. It was a pretty cool experience. Not too crowded down there on a Wednesday night, that’s for sure. This is a picture of the area we were in but it wasn’t nearly this crowded!

Anyone heard of Republic Tigers? I really like them, actually. They were different. The lead singer played a drum, a tambourine, and a guitar! May sound a little kooky, but it was actually very cool. Lots of dynamics, tempo changes, interesting vocals and loops. I’d recommend giving them a little listen.

I wish we could have stayed longer, but it was outdoors and FREEZING! This wimp couldn’t take it anymore!

Question of the Day September 1, 2008

5:00pm “Mom, if my name wasn’t Sydney, would I be the same kid?”

8:45pm “Mom, if my name wasn’t Sydney, would I still have the same birthday? Would I still talk the same? Would I be the same age? Would I lose my teeth in the same way or on the same day? I just WANT to KNOOOOOWWWWW!”

www.largen.shutterfly.com August 31, 2008

For more pics, please visit my shutterfly website. www.largen.shutterfly.com. I couldn’t figure out how to link my flickr and wordpress accounts in a way that made sense to me, so I used something I was more familiar with: shutterfly. I’m not so good at all that stuff. I wrote the website address under the Creationship headline so that you can always find it.

Also, if you’ve never set up RSS feeds, it’s so GREAT. you don’t have to remember to go and check every site/blog that you’re interested in. Just subscribe and get them all consolidated to one place. Google Reader is my choice of…um…feeders? I don’t know the techy term.

When embarking on a trail… August 31, 2008

…know where the trail ends…or IF the trail ends.

So, we went on a trail ride yesterday on our nifty bikes. I was pretty sure that this trail was part of a park, which, in my mind, meant it circled around back toward the starting place. That makes sense to me. But, what do I know. I just started riding a bike again for the first time in about 12 years. No such luck. About an hour and a half (and five hundred “Daddy, my bottom hurts” statements) later we stopped a kind fella to ask him where the heck we were. He kind of laughed and said “Olathe.” Well, yes, I know we’re in Olathe, but that’s a big place. Where exactly? Well, it turns out that this very, very LINEAR trail (read: not at all circular and not at all in the direction of our car) was taking us very, VERY SOUTH and that yes, indeed, on our third trail ride ever we had managed to take ourselves a good hour+ away from our car…with a five year old whose “bottom hurts.” Yikes. Good thing it was a REALLY pretty ride. Can’t wait to do it again.

The good fella also informed us that if we took it North we could go all the way to Missouri… Hum. Maybe next time!

Syd-isms August 28, 2008

I ran across a list on my phone of funny little things that Sydney has said that I didn’t want to forget.

October, 2007

“You know, there’s never too little of a time to give a hug.” (said while we were in a HUGE hurry and I was totally rushing her into the car and into her carseat and griping for her to get buckled…and all she wanted was a hug.

July 25, 2008

“Did you know that if u stay up all night you can accidentally turn nocturnal?” (said while gazing out the window on a long drive)

July 30, 2008

“Sometimes I get tired of getting learned.” (in reference to not wanting to go to all day kindergarten).

August 4, 2008

Syd’s first wiggly teeth discovered…the bottom two middle ones! At the same time!

As Easy as Riding a Bike…sort of August 28, 2008

So our dear Sydney is not so fond of bikes…hers, that is. She is absolutely terrified of riding a bike, even with training wheels. So, Patrick found this handy-dandy, oh so cool, oh-please-let-it-work-so-we-can-ride-SOMEWHERE (even to the end of the street) contraption. And, let me tell you, it is a miracle worker! Within minutes she was comfortable and carefree on her little “bike.” I have yet to brave the balancing act and take her out for a spin, but Patrick is awesome at it. She’ll even peddle with so much gusto that she is pushing him! Amazing. So…if you see us out and about, please don’t laugh at our tandem ways.

Oh, and we have a REALLY great bike rack on our little new car. Definitely makes us feel cool. If anybody asks, we’ve CERTAINLY ridden our bikes more than once…twice, maybe! Patrick said the car looks like our van got smashed on all sides…and this is what we ended up with. But, we like it!

One Down August 28, 2008

Tooth Number One Status: Gone

On Aug 23, 2008, the long awaited day finally came and that blasted, wiggly, hangin-by-a-thread tooth came out…much to her surprise. Sydney was elated and somewhat shocked by the whole experience. We promptly emailed everyone and sent along a picture.

About three hours later we received an email from our little friend, Lillie (who is a whole 9 months younger!!!) and a picture of her first lost tooth. Sydney was shocked! “How old is she?” HOW could someone SO MUCH younger lose her tooth on the SAME DAY!?? Ah, the struggles of growing. She was already so frustrated that so many kindergartners had lost some baby teeth and SHE HADN’T!!! Well…she’s still excited and geared up to lose Tooth Number 2!

Tooth Number Two Status: A Little Wiggly