Yup, it's been a year

And a busy year it has been. Can you believe I acutally am going to update this thing? So you ask what have we been up too? Well, let me tell you! Sydney turned three. Dylan turned five and started Kindergarten this year. We took several awesome trips this year, to include skiing in Santa Fe, Surfing in Hawaii and a lovely trip with friends to South Texas to float the river, snap a shot at the alamo and see Shamu!

So you ask what are we going to do the rest of year? Well, it finally has started to cool off. While I LOVE the warm weather it is a nice change and puts me in the mood to prepare some of my favorite cold weather meals. Also, it makes Dylan's baseball and soccer games much more enjoyable that we are not dripping sweat everywhere.

No Training Wheels

This weekend we decided it was time for Dylan to start to learn to ride his bicycle without training wheels. So with a celebration picnic at the park on Sunday the wheels came off. All and all he did pretty darn good. I thought there would have been a lot more whining and complaining then really happened. I was really proud of him for getting back up each time and trying again. Check out the video of a couple of our attempts!!

Sydney, How old are you? You are 2...Yeah!!

I cannot believe little baby Sydney is already two. It just seemed to fly by!! This past weekend we celebrated Sydney turning with not just one but two parities!! To start the celebration weekend off Nan, Aunt Shanna and Papa Tom all came in Friday. We they got here we all went to dinner and then Grandma, Grandpa, Mama Jo and Aunt Karen came over to visit for a while. We stayed up a little later than we should have since we had to get up early for Dylan's first soccer game. Then the next morning at the soccer game Nana B and C-Paw and Uncle Cheese showed up. Right after the soccer game we all rushed home to change and then headed to Wiggly Play Place for Sydney's friend and family party. It was the perfect place. She just loved it. We played had pizza, sang a song and ate cake!! After the party we headed home to rest for awhile and then Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Cheese, Mama Jo, Aunt Karen, Papa Tom, Aunt Shanna, Nana B, C-Paw, Uncle Mathu, Aunt Bonnie, and BFF Camryn all went to dinner at La Hacienda...it was a ton of fun!! Then we all went back to the house to open presents and eat more cake...a princess cake. We played late into the night!! It was a really fun weekend. Then on Monday (Sydney's actual B-Day) we went to her 2 year checkup at the doctor and followed the appointment up with Pics at Kiddie Kandids in some of her new birthday fashions......Oh and I cannot forget to mention...now that Sydney is two she is wearing panties full time...we have had some accidents...especially #2 but she is doing great!! Thanks Family and Friends for helping us celebrate "Princess Sydney's" 2nd Birthday!!

Dylan's First Soccer Game

We had our first soccer game this past Saturday at Warren Sports Complex. I was not sure how Dylan was going to react. You never know with him!! He seemed pretty excited, except for the fact that we did not have our uniforms in for our first game and he did not get to start the first quarter. All in all he did really good. He even scored two goals for the opposing team!! Go DYLAN!! I was like a maniac on the sideline...as Dad said I have a type A personality and Clint told me to chill. I thought it was fun. Hopefully as the season progresses he will get better and understand the game more. I am just glad he participated!! It was really great that all our family was in town to see his first game to. Hopefully it made him feel special. Check out the pics!

Uniforms

You know, if you were to ask me when I was in elementary, junior high or high school if I wanted to wear a uniform I would have said NO WAY, the way you dress yourself is how you get to express yourself. Well, ask me now and I would say ho has time for expression...I love unifroms it is so easy to dress the kids each morning and they do look pretty cute. I kinda do miss getting to put Sydney is her cure girl outfits but we have time for that on the weekends! So yesterday was the first day of uniforms at school and this was Sydney's first year to weat them. I acutally thinks she likes it. The funniest part about Sydney was that I put her in little blue ankle socks and instead of wanting to wear them at her ankles she pulled them all the way up like knee socks...funny girl here are some pics.

Staycation

Instead of vacation this year Clint and I decided we would do a staycation. For one we have both been on the road so much this year that we just wanted to be at home for a while. Secondly, when we were trying to plan a vacation we could never decide what we wanted to do. So home it was. As boring as it sounds it was actually really nice and we saved a ton of money!! Even though we had "staycation" we did do a lot with the kids this past week. To start off our vacation Mathu and Bonnie watched the kids on Saturday night while we did restaurant week with Mom, Dad, Steven and Amber. We tried Nana that night which was YUCKO..definitely not my kind of food. Then on Sunday morning we headed downtown and when the Aquarium, it was fun and they had lots to see. Dylan's favorite things were the Sharks, Crocodile and Panther. Monday and Tuesday it rained all day so we did a little shopping at the Galleria and hung around the house. Then on Wednesday we ventured out again to the Ft. Worth Zoo. That was a lot of fun also and the rain actually stopped that afternoon long enough for us all to enjoy it. It was definitely right up Dylan and Sydney's alley. Despite what Dylan might tell you I think he had the most fun feeding the birds. We ended the week actually getting to use the pool and with one more night out for restaurant week and to celebrate Dad's birthday at the Oceanaire restaurant (which was much better than Nana). The kids stayed at Mathu and Bonnie's again and were like little zombies the next day since they stayed up so late that night. All in all it was a good week off with the kids...too bad it had to end.

Silly Kids and Bounce House Party

Here are a few pics of the kids being crazy at the dinner table. Hope you enjoy!

Also, this past weekend we went to a birthday party for Dylan's friend Suhas. It was at one of those bounce house places. Both Dylan and Sydney had a fun time!