This past week, Aubree and Sydney have discovered their baby books. They have loved looking through the things I have kept for them. Syd has asked a couple of times why nothing is written in it and I have told her to just be glad she has a book, JC doesn't even have a book. I have a folder that I keep things for them in but poor 3rd child. I thought about buying one but he's already 13 months. I guess I'm a little late.
So, after seeing how excited they were about reading anything about them as a baby I had an idea for FHE. I was the activity this week. You would think this would be one of the more popular things in our family to plan but actually the prayer is the coveted position because that person gets to conduct as well. The girls love the power of conducting.
For my activity, I had each person choose a name of a family member from a bowl and then they had to talk about that person while I wrote it down so I could post if here and we could remember something about each person.
We'll start with Sydney.
Syd had Mom's name.
She had me (Mom). A couple of things Syd loves about Mom is when she lets her have a late night with friends. She also likes when Mom combs her hair (which is surprising because it usually ends up in tears, but I haven't hit her on the head with the brush like my mom did). Sydney also loves when Mom sings and reads stories with her and when they read together.
Aubree had JC's name.
Aubree likes it when JC plays the Dog xylophone and when he does funny things like bite his bowl so it covers his face. She loves it when JC does something funny and everyone laughs at him and so he does it again, even if we just give him a fake laugh. Aubree likes when she tickles him and he laughs. She also likes hearing him talk in the play microphone and seeing his smiley.
Dad had Sydney's name.
Dad likes hearing Sydney play pretend upstairs for hours at a time. He likes it when she listens to Mom and Dad. Dad likes to hear Syd and Chloe sing karaoke or when Sydney sings in church, especially Sacrament Meeting. He likes her smile and remembers the day she was born and he got to cut the umbilical cord that was very small.
JC had Dad's name.
He likes to look like Dad on Sundays with his white shirt and tie. JC loves to see Dad in the morning when he gets him out of his crib. He always gives Dad a big smile to show him how excited he is. He likes to play ball with Dad. JC loves when Dad gives him graham crackers and milk. JC recognizes Scott and loves to be with his Dad. A few weeks ago Scott was teaching Sunday School and JC kept pointing and saying Da Da and wanted to crawl up to him.
Mom had Aubree's name.
Mom likes playing Skip-bo and dominoes with Aubree. She likes that Aubree is old enough to play games other than Candyland and Chutes and Ladders. Mom likes reading chapter books with Aubree, especially when they snuggle up together. Aubree likes to read all the signs as we drive around now and Mom likes to hear the progress Aubree is making in her reading that way. Mom likes listening to Aubree and Sydney when they are playing together. Lately she hears a lot about Princess Celestia from My Little Ponies and the Last Airbender with Ang.
Hopefully this will jog our memories in a few years so we an remember was life was like in 2012.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Cheer Camp
This is an old post I found but maybe I never posted it because it was in my drafts. Anyway, the date this was written was June 8, 2010.
We signed Aubree up for Cheer Camp this week so she can follow in her Aunt Heather's footsteps. The camp is run by one of the neighbor girls who charges a few bucks to run the week long camp to earn herself a little money. It's not really a professional camp by any stretch of the imagination.
The girl running the camp has let the power of being the "coach" go to her head. When Becky went to pick up Aubree on the first day of camp she was able to catch some of the following comments. Keep in mind that the girl has no idea that Becky is off to the side listening to her.
The girls are all sitting down while the "coach" gives a stern lecture.
Said in the stern voice of a coach: "You all need to bring treats. There's 11 of you plus two coaches so you have to bring 13 treats." Or "You need to make sure that your hair stays out of your face while doing your routine."
Plus, my favorite: "Chloe, you need to come prepared to work harder tomorrow."
Chloe is 3 and is in Syd's Sunbeam class.
We signed Aubree up for Cheer Camp this week so she can follow in her Aunt Heather's footsteps. The camp is run by one of the neighbor girls who charges a few bucks to run the week long camp to earn herself a little money. It's not really a professional camp by any stretch of the imagination.
The girl running the camp has let the power of being the "coach" go to her head. When Becky went to pick up Aubree on the first day of camp she was able to catch some of the following comments. Keep in mind that the girl has no idea that Becky is off to the side listening to her.
The girls are all sitting down while the "coach" gives a stern lecture.
Said in the stern voice of a coach: "You all need to bring treats. There's 11 of you plus two coaches so you have to bring 13 treats." Or "You need to make sure that your hair stays out of your face while doing your routine."
Plus, my favorite: "Chloe, you need to come prepared to work harder tomorrow."
Chloe is 3 and is in Syd's Sunbeam class.
Life Saver
The older Aub and Syd get the more they tend to fight with each other. They know what buttons to push and how to get on each other's nerves. Despite this, I realized today how much they really do love each other.
Aubree and Sydney ended up being in the same swim level so they got to be in the same class. They have had so much fun being together in the same class. The other day was "deep end" day where they were going to begin learning to dive. I knew this wouldn't be a problem for Aubree but Syd isn't quite as advanced as Aubree.
They were each taking turns diving into the 11ft water. Aubree was doing fine and loving it but Syd was a little nervous. On her second dive, she dove in and the teacher wasn't right there to help her back. As Aubree saw this she immediately jumped in to "save" Syd. The teacher saw this and quickly grabbed Syd as Aubree was going under trying to help Sydney.
All the way home Aubree kept telling me how she would save JC or Sydney if they ever were in trouble in the water. She said all she thought about was helping Syd get back even though it was making her go under. I thought it was very sweet to see how much she really does love her sister even if she does fight with her.
Aubree and Sydney ended up being in the same swim level so they got to be in the same class. They have had so much fun being together in the same class. The other day was "deep end" day where they were going to begin learning to dive. I knew this wouldn't be a problem for Aubree but Syd isn't quite as advanced as Aubree.
They were each taking turns diving into the 11ft water. Aubree was doing fine and loving it but Syd was a little nervous. On her second dive, she dove in and the teacher wasn't right there to help her back. As Aubree saw this she immediately jumped in to "save" Syd. The teacher saw this and quickly grabbed Syd as Aubree was going under trying to help Sydney.
All the way home Aubree kept telling me how she would save JC or Sydney if they ever were in trouble in the water. She said all she thought about was helping Syd get back even though it was making her go under. I thought it was very sweet to see how much she really does love her sister even if she does fight with her.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Aubree Has Finished First Grade
I can't believe she is old enough to be finsihed with first grade. Aubree has been an excellent student this year and loved school. Here are some of her favorites.
This is what happens when....
This is what happens when Scott Babysits....
This is what happens when Sydney babysits...
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Oh Syd
Oh Sydney....the things she says and does. Sometimes she just cracks me up. She seems to be in her own little world half the time. The other day after trying to discover where the bad odor was coming from she said,
"Mom, I've been wipin' and flushin' today! It's not me you smell."
That's a big accomplishment for Sydney.
It seems whenever Syd has the lesson for FHE she somehow comes up with a theme and starts out pretty good. We usually end up drawing a picture and before we know it we are all playing pretend as she continues to "be the teacher". She can go on and on forever if we let her. She can give a pretty good sermon if you listen long enough. Occasionally you just have to remind her we are real people and not just her imagination.
At church Sydney likes to "sing" the hymns in sacrament meeting. She likes me to whisper the words and then she can belt out those hymns....probably a little more "American Idolish" than should be sung in Sacrament Meeting. Last week her rendition of "God Be With You Til We Meet Again" got a few looks from the people around us. After the meeting the nice older man in front of us said he wanted to sit behind Sydney every week so he could listen to her beautiful singing.
I keep telling Syd that I will get her some books from the library that she can start reading. We finally went yesterday and she thought she was pretty big as we got home and the reading began. She did really well at sounding out the words. She likes a challenge and will work at something with determination until she figures it out. She has been packing the books around with her all day and has read most of the 10 books.
She had the same determination last year when she decided it was time to learn how to ride her bike without training wheels. I tried to help her but I had a hard time keeping up because I was so pregnant with JC. She had to wait for Scott's help. He helped her one time and then I saw her outside by herself working at it until she could ride without training wheels.
I love my little Syd!!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Syd and her BFF
Sydney loves her friend Chloe. I don't know where they would be without each other this year. It's nice to have someone to play with almost every day!!
When they were playing here the other day Sydney told Chloe to wait for just a second she had something to do. She ran downstairs and wrote the little BFF note on the bottom corner of this picture and gave it to Chloe. I thought it was too cute.
The "F" Word
Aubree came running out of the bathroom the other day yelling,
"Sydney said the "F" word, Sydney said the "F" word."
I was a little suprised but decided to inquire a little further. I asked Aubree what the "F" word was. She said, "Well, she didn't say the whole "F" word she said, "I just "Far...." "Tooted" in the bath."
I was relieved to hear that was the f word they were worried about. Funny kids!!
"Sydney said the "F" word, Sydney said the "F" word."
I was a little suprised but decided to inquire a little further. I asked Aubree what the "F" word was. She said, "Well, she didn't say the whole "F" word she said, "I just "Far...." "Tooted" in the bath."
I was relieved to hear that was the f word they were worried about. Funny kids!!
2 Years Later...
The other day I was at Brittanie's house helping her hang pictures in their home. Brittanie had to go and pick up her daughter from Kindergarten so I was you know, snooping around looking at her books. One caught my eye. It was her blog in book format!!!!
That was the reason I started this blog. I wanted to be able to publish my blog so I had a hard copy of everything I posted. Seeing that may have remotivated me to jump back onto the blog band wagon.....actually I think that wagon left and has turned into facebook but I think I'm still a blogger at heart. I don't get on facebook very often.....
Thank-you Brittanie for possibly inspiring me to keep a record of my family. We'll see how this goes. I couldn't even remember my blog's name or login info but I eventually figured it out.
That was the reason I started this blog. I wanted to be able to publish my blog so I had a hard copy of everything I posted. Seeing that may have remotivated me to jump back onto the blog band wagon.....actually I think that wagon left and has turned into facebook but I think I'm still a blogger at heart. I don't get on facebook very often.....
Thank-you Brittanie for possibly inspiring me to keep a record of my family. We'll see how this goes. I couldn't even remember my blog's name or login info but I eventually figured it out.
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