Sydney Fuller

Big Bucket

Today, we went to see CJ and travel to his local pool. They have a terrific kid’s pool in Golden. The whole thing is full of kid’s activities like you would expect at an amusement park.

Time for swimming…

Time to play in the big sandbox. My job is to bury Syd’s feet and keep asking her where they went.

I screwed up — forgot to take a picture of the Big Bucket. On top of this big play structure in the pool, they have this enormous bucket that is always filling with water. This bucket is so big that if you got into it, you would need help climbing out. Anyway, it keeps filling up like some Chinese fountain and the spills over. All the little kids are terrified of it! CJ kept telling us about the Big Bucket the whole way there and then when Syd saw it pour 1 time, she had to keep an eye on it also.

Friends

On Sunday, Mama wanted to get out of the house alone for some reason. So, Nana let me go play with some of my neighborhood friends. We caught bugs and just ran around in the open space. I love hanging out with the big kids. Here is Olivia, Brianna (who I call banana), Julia (holding me), my best friend Krista, William, Sam and his friend.

Nana, Papa, and Mimi head home in the morning. What will I do without them?

Swiper The Fox

Hey Dora fans, we saw Swiper at the zoo!

A Day at the Zoo

Today I took Nana, Papa, and Mimi to the Denver Zoo. Boy was I excited to see all the animals. We came prepared with the monster stroller but Syd spent little time in it until the end of the day.

As always the tigers were a big hit.

I kept an eye out for Swiper the fox. I know he was trying to swipe something from somebody so I had to chase after him and tell him Swiper no swiping. I think he is hiding around here somewhere.

Next, a baby giraffe.

I was convinced this thing was a gator but Mama kept telling me it was a dragon. I found this one really strange. Just had to keep staring at him. Something was not right with the way he looked at me. I got the feeling he was hungry.

Get up! No time to rest we have more animals to see here.

Finally, we got to the pachyderm house with some of my favorite animals. Elephants, Rhinos and Hippos. We saw a huge hippo taking a swim. The trainer had the hippo open his mouth while he took out the pliers and removed twigs from his palet. Little scary looking with those hippo teeth coming at you. I loved watching the elephant walk around and pee and poop. Yuck! Then the elephant came over to the gate, looked right at me, at pointed his snout at me. I didn’t know what to think of that so I hightailed it out of there.

Final stop to watch the bears climb up the tree then it was time to head home.

Don’t think you can get rid of me that fast. I snuck into Nana and Papa’s room as they were trying to go to sleep. They didn’t think they could get rid of me that easily did they? I wiggled and jumped around in their bed a little until they got Daddy to put me to bed. I was asleep within minutes. This was a big day.

Nana’s Birthday

Nana’s birthday is this week. All she wanted for her gift was to come out here and visit me and Reagan. What a great gift. And as an awesome gift to Sydney, they brought along Mimi. Boy did I keep them all busy.

Nana first had to get her annual photo in front of Mama’s flower bed. We couldn’t get a photo of everyone looking into the camera at once so here is one showing off the bed.

Next, we went out to eat at the Outback. I noticed this Australian map of its animals right when we walked through the door. Screw eating, I spent the meal showing off my knowledge of being able to name all the animals. Here I suckered Papa away from his meal for my expert animal lesson.

Finally we headed home for playtime in the basement. Nana and Mimi had tons of presents for me to open. I would jump up and down and yell Happy Birthday to me then rip them open. Who knew you had more then one birthday per year.

I scored bigtime with Dora items. I got a Dora hat, barrets, beach bag, and even Dora band-aids. That was a good thing too. I immediately found an ouchie on my knee that needed some first aid.

Animals at the Party

We finally made it back to the “party” to see the animals and ride the rides again! Sydney sure did her fair share of activities. When we got home, she went upstairs and crawled into bed and told us she had to take a nap…but it was 11 pm!

County Fair

We all went to the Boulder County Fair this past weekend and were we surprised at what a hit this Fair became with Syd. When we drove up she saw all the lights and rides and screamed “Oh, it’s a party!” First we headed over to the stables to take a look at all the animals there to be judged. There were hundreds of goats. Syd loved them because they all wanted to jump up against her. She had no idea they only wanted to eat her shirt. Papa Coburn would be proud. Syd ran her tongue all up and down the cages, Yummy!

Next we moved over to the cows. This cow was the largest cow I have ever seen. It’s horn span had to be 5 foot at least.

Next, we moved over to the petting zoo. Syd would pet the sheep but was weirded out by the feel of his coat.

The ducks were a huge hit…until one bit her finger. Didn’t hurt but surprised her enough to stay far away from them.

Wow, there is even a kid sized hourse to pet.

Then Sydney met the baby goat. I can’t even explain how much Syd loved this little guy. He was so tiny and so loving with the kids. Syd would give him hugs and kisses right on the snout. Once she laid eyes on this little guy she cared about no one else. It was really cute.

That was definitely a hit. Syd would even feed the goats. She only got nervous when the big ones tried to fight each other for the food. Next, we moved onto the rides. Syd has always been skiddish to try rides so we figured we would not be here long, Boy were we wrong. First, she rode the ponies. Mama and Dad took turns walking with her. She was a little nervous until she realized she could hold the saddle. Then she was all smiles and giggles.

Next, Dad and Syd went into the funhouse. Inside they had a maze of glass walls. You had to feel your way through because you couldn’t tell which pathway was open or glass. Syd got a little ahead of herself and ran full force into one of the glass walls and then fell back on her butt. After that, she walked with her hands forward to feel for the opening. Next, Dad and Syd went down the really big slide.

Then it was Mama’s turn to take Syd through the Jungle contraption with swinging bridges, rope ladders and slides. This didn’t go over too well.

Finally, we hit the toddler rides. She rode the train, boats, cars, and bumble bees. She had to take the carebear Daddy won her on the rides. I think it made her feel a little safer to have a friend. Syd was the only kid who would honk the horn on the cars, constantly. I think she had the best time on the bees. She was laughing hysterically the whole ride. We tried to get photos but the ride moved too fast.

Then we had an ice cream and headed home. I think this day was probably the most fun Syd has ever had in her life. She asks us 50 times a day to go back to the party. It runs through Sunday so I think she will talk us into it again this weekend. This time we are taking the video camera to get the live shots on the rides. She was just having so much fun.