Daddy-Daughter Day

Since Lindsey had a couple of Stampin' Up! events today, the girls and I ran some errands to prepare for Memorial Day and visited the Mayborn Museum. The 3 of us had visited once last year and really enjoyed it, although the girls probably didn't remember much, especially Sydnee. Fortunately, the rain let up so we didn't have to worry about getting wet. When we got there we ran into the Shumates!

One of the first animals Ava learned was elephant, so I thought she would like to see the mammoth display. The display is a cast of a section of the Waco Mammoth Site underneath a glass floor, so it seems you can walk around the fossils. Sydnee and I walked onto the floor, but Ava stayed back thinking she would fall. Now that she's a little older, I think she could understand the short movie depicting the leading theory of how an entire herd of mammoths died because she was scared to go into the other exhibits. So we finished them quickly and entered the children's discovery rooms.

Here, I let Sydnee out of the stroller so she could wander around with Ava to look at the animals, play with displays and climb around. She had such a good time! Unfortunately, she has had a fever for a day or two and when her medicine wore off she just stood in the middle of the weather room and wouldn't move. So we headed home and she slept most of the rest of the day.

I Stand Corrected

We've had quite a few thunderstorms lately and the girls have been totally fascinated. They love going out into the rain and everytime we here thunder rolling Ava asks "what's that?". Tonight she asked again while we were cleaning up dinner. I said it was lightning because of the flash, but Ava replied, "No, Daddy, it's thunder." I love hearing those little complete sentences from her.

Sydnee...Sydnee...Sydnee

If someone were to ask me what has been my favorite age with Ava, it has definately been the after-baby stage (if that makes sense). That is seemingly true with Sydnee as well. I LOVE the stage she is in now. She is curious & active. She wants to learn how to do things on her own & explore the world around her from fingers in noses, to climbing on the potty, to eating anything she finds on the floor. Now, I don't ALWAYS love this stage...especially when I've had to take her off of something she's climbed on & can't get off. So here's a little slideshow of Sydnee's latest stunts. Oh and I included a picture of my Mother's Day breakfast as well- YUM! :)
Love,
Lindsey

That Silent Sound

All you parents out there have experienced that silence that makes you wonder what your child or children are up to. Tonight Sydnee did just that. The four of us were in Ava's room playing and Sydnee had wandered in and out of the room for some time, just going into the hallway and returning. At one point, she did not return and starting making that silence that makes you need to check on her. What I saw shocked me: she was standing on the toilet seat! Naturally, she gave that sweet look that says "I'm too cute to be in trouble!" Pictures of her climbing skills will come later.

Mixed Feelings

The doctor said both Ava and Sydnee have either a bug or allergies and there are just showing different symptoms. Sydnee has been feeling better, although she hasn't slept very well the last couple of nights. Ava, though, started having a fever today. Hopefully they will be much better by tomorrow so they can enjoy staying with Scott and Katie.

At Home with Sydnee

We figured out Sydnee probably has an ear infection because she would put her left shoulder against her ear and cry. It may have started just before the weekend because she had been less than pleasant. In fact, she fell asleep about 10:00 this morning, so I stayed home from church so she could sleep. Hopefully she'll get better soon.

A note from Lindsey!

Todd made me an author as well, but it will mainly be him... here's my first note:

Landry's party was really fun & Todd did an AWESOME job on the bathing suits...although I was getting worried after 2 hours!

I wanted to add a few pictures to show off some of the other fun people in the pool...or well, near the pool. :)

Picture #1- Birthday Boy watches...the water was cold! (Held by Daddy, Aaron)

Picture #2- Sweet & invincible Cohen 100% boy

Picture #3- Taylin in her Tinker Bell suit with matching bow...very important

We had a very full weekend. Early Saturday we had a hurried breakfast and headed down to College Station to celebrate Landry's first birthday; Happy Birthday, Bud! For his birthday, we gave him a kiddie pool with some water toys and, fortunately, it was warm enough to play outside! Unfortunately, the girls had grown out of last year's swimsuits. Lindsey stayed with Heather to help set up for the Cinco de Mayo-themed party so I went out to find swimsuits for the girls on my own. It took me nearly two hours!

I stopped at Old Navy first as that is one of our favorite stores, but the selection was extremely poor, and a only 2-piece suits were left anyway. So, I started to make my way towards Post Oak Mall. (It takes a lot longer to get around College Station now than it did 5 years ago).

Starting at JCPenny, I found their poor selection of swimsuits for toddlers; plenty for girls, but nothing in size 2T and smaller. My next stop was Beall's. After arriving at the half rack of two-piece swimsuits, I quickly left because the carpets in there were absolutely disgusting!

Next stop: Macy's. I had better luck their with a good selection for 12 months. The perfect swimsuit was their for Sydnee as she has a butterfly theme in her room!

From there I move on to Dillards, where I finally found what I wanted for Ava. The suit I wanted her to have the most was too big for her, so I felt like I settled on what I though was the best choice from the available options. Fortunately, everyone loved what I had found.

Sunday was a continuation of traveling as I spent the morning in Temple for my church assignment, then Nana and Grandad (Lindsey's parents) came up to Waco to watch the girls so we could go see one of Lindsey's best friends in Grapevine High School. She and her fiance had a couples shower and we wanted to make sure to make it since we're not sure if we will be able to make to the wedding in Seattle this summer. We eventually made it back to Waco close to 10 pm and very tired.