Sydney Fuller

School’s Out

Sad as it is for Sydney, school is out for the year. On her last day parents were invited in for a farewell party. Here are all of Syd’s classmates getting ready for the party.

Sydney loved her teachers this year. She would give them big hugs at the start of the day and they were always so happy to see Syd. We are sure gonna miss Miss Kathy and Miss Kathy.

Miss Kathy made a book for each child to read during the party. The book was all about Sydney including all her favorite things, family stories and not so favorite things. Here we are reading Syd’s story for the class.

Here’s Sydney with her best friend Hayley. Hayley has a baby sister named Sydney, imagine that. Sydney talks about Hayley nonstop. Here they are hugging but most of the time they were wrestling each other. They both had baby sisters this year so we think they use each other to get out their frustrations.

We are going back to Rocky Mountain Christain School next year too. It is an awesome school. Next year Syd has Preschool 2 whole days a week. Reagan even gets to go next year but just one day a week. What will Mommy do with herself.

Colorado Ocean Journey

Sydney has been complaining to us that we never take her to see the sharks. We fell for this so called guilt trip and took the girls to the Aquarium in Denver last week. We weren’t expecting too much because this is a pretty much land locked area. But, to our surprise it was a really nice aquarium and the girls had a great time. Here are the girls leaning against the aqarium wall of one of the bigger aquariums. You could walk all around this particular aquarium and see all sorts of huge and different fish. They even had sharks!

Sydney even got to pet this huge fish. This one was probably as long as Daddy.

Later on we went to the stingray exhibit. Usually Sydney is too scared to touch these things but today we had to drag her away kicking and screaming. She even bought some squids to feed the stingrays. This was definiteky the highlight of the day.

Hydration Junkie

Last weekend we all went for a hike in the mountains. Sydney was all decked out for her hike. She had her very own CamelBack hydration pack which she finally figured out how to drink from. So that was really cool. She also had her very own Merrel hiking shoes, Nemo t-shirt, Hello Kitty sunglasses, and Dorothy the Dinosaur hat. Now thats one trendy hiker. We were both surprised with how well she did on the trail. She walked the first mile all by herself before finally being lifted up to Daddy’s backpack for the rest of the hike. Now Mommy on the other hand felt like her knee was about to explode. But, that’s another story.

Horsing Around

My 3rd Birthday Party

We had my third Birthday Party last weekend and Mommy went all out on a party for Reagan and me. It was a Princess party so many of my friends came dressed as knights or princesses. Here are the birthday princesses all decked out. Aren’t they pretty?

We didn’t keep our princess dresses on too long though since we had a huge princcess bouncer to get crazy in.

Here I am jumping with some of my friends. It sometimes got a little crazy in there so I figured out its best to stay close to the net to steady yourself. At some points during the party we had little kids only time in the bouncer and then I really got crazy.

Before the party the kids all picked out their very own stuffed animal. Then during the party we got to stuff and dress them ourselves. This was probably the favorite part of the party for most kids. Here we all are stuffing away.

Here’s a picture of me with the finished product. Of course I picked out the princess outfit for my poodle.

Next it was time for the princess castle pinata. As the birthday girl I got to go first and even got in a few extra wacks.

On to the cake. We had a yummy ice cream cake. Of course it was decorated with all the princesses.

Here is some video of the festivities.

Wiggles Live

Today the Wiggles were in town for a live concert and we were there. They really know how to put on a great show for us kids and parents too. They first appeared on stage in their big red car. The kids were all screaming when they came out.

All the Wiggles’ friends were there too. Wags, Dorothy, Captain Feathersword and Henry.

All the kids, including myself, were dancing and singing along to all our favorite songs. We’ve been to a couple of kids shows like Dora and Princesses on Ice but we’ve never seen the kids as excited as they were to see the Wiggles.

Here I am in my Souvenir Dorothy the Dinosaur hat.

Thanks for a great show Wiggles!

Birthday Party with Grandma and Papa

Grandma and Papa came for a visit last week. We had so much fun together. We played in the basement a lot with my new kitchen set. All the grandparents went in together to get this awesome kitchen for me and Reagan. So now I am spending all my time cooking up all sorts of masterpieces. Grandpa wasn’t feeling too well during his trip and even ended up in the hospital for several days so we hardly got any pictures. But, we did have a special little birthday party with them before he was feeling too bad. They let me pick out this special Snow White cake for the party. I sure must be special to get so many birthday parties. I really miss them a lot and can’t wait until we get some more visitors. Warning before you visit. me and Reagan go nonstop these days so make sure you are in tip top shape.

Easter Time

I was pretty excited for Easter time this year. I had been hearing about these baskets the Easter bunny hides around your house full of all sorts of goodies. So as soon as I woke up I ran downstairs to search for the basket.

In my basket I found one of the princess dolls that I had been missing…Pocahontas.

The Easter Bunny also stopped by Nana and Papa’s house in Fort Wayne to bring us their baskets. Here I foudn a Swiper the Fox doll to go with my Dora and Boots. Now my Dora collection is complete. Reagan especially enjoyed the wrapping. But I really liked all the Easter stickers. So much so that I later stuck them all over Mom’s countertops. I kinda forgot stickers are for paper only. Hey, anything goes on Easter, right?

Later in the day we went outside to find that the Easter Bunny had pooped Easter Eggs all over our yard. (You can thank Daddy for the pooping part of the story.) Actually they were filled with all sorts of candy. I am still telling Mommy and Daddy that I think the Easter Bunny pooped some more eggs. I just know I’ll find more here somewhere. Hope you all had a great Easter!

San Francisco

We decided to spend the day in San Francisco since Mommy heard there was a cool kids museum we should check out. First we went over the Golden Gate for some photos since it was an unusually nice day in the city. You’ve already seen that photo. Next we headed over to the Exploratorium. Its a science museum near the bridge. It was interesting but mostly a little over my head. The one thing I did like was this big bubble wand. Mommy would hold the wand up and then run with it making a huge bubble about 6 feet long or more. I tried but a little tough for me. I even tried blowing one out but didn’t work.

There is a really pretty park outside the Exploratorium that Mommy has always wanted to see so we checked that out next. There was a wedding going on and I was so excited to see the girl in her beautiful dress. I had to follow them around saying “Wow, they are married now - there a Mommy and Daddy.” So that’s what marriage is for.

Next we walked the wharf for ole times sake. When suddenly I heard all sorts of barking. Daddy tried to fool me telling me those noises were dogs but I knew better. Those were sea lions silly Daddy.

Time to eat. There is a new Rainforest Cafe on the wharf. We have always wanted to try one but the lines were always crazy. Luckily today there was no wait. It was awesome inside. It was all decked out to look like a rainforest complete with huge elephants, a waterfall, snakes and tons more. The elephants would charge at you if you got close which really freaked me out. So I decided to stay at my table from then on. I also got this cool cup that lights up.

Of course we couldn’t leave without a trip to Ghiradelli’s. We didn’t get any photos there since by then both Reagan and me were starting to fall apart. I even spilled my entire glass of water on Mommy in one of my tantrums.

Discovery Zone Museum

Daddy had to go to work in California but decided he would miss me too much so I decided to tag along to keep him company. But he did have to work so during the days Mommy took me and Reagan to all sorts of cool places. The first thing we did was head over to the Discovery Zone Museum in San Jose. This place is awesome. They have all sorts of activities made just for kids my size. I could run around and do everything myself. Here I am driving the firetruck. Oh yeah, do you like my new haircut? I refuse to leave in any kind of barrette so this makes life easier.

The special exhibit this month was Dr Seuss so they had all sorts of funny Seuss mobiles to climb in.

The museum was really busy first thing so we headed upstairs to the new 4 years and under only section. They have a guard at the door so I could just run around without Mommy having to worry too much about me wondering off. Here I am at the sand table with Reagan.

Next Reagan wanted to crawl around in these huge blocks so I decided to join her. I was pretending to be a baby too, crawling and all.

Time to get civilized. There was a tea party going on and I was feeling a little parched.

So much to do. Next we headed upstairs to the carousel room. You can’t tell in this picture but this room was really dark and the lights and images from the carousel projected onto the walls. It was great for dancing.

Next to the Hall of Sounds. Here you could shake any of these items and they would make some loud noises. Some, like the dinosaur were pretty scary but the rest were cool.

Things in the museum were quieting down so we left the 4 and under section to check out the other exhibits. In this room you could make your own pizzas with all the toppings, bake it and serve it up to eat just like in a real pizzeria.

I even rang up the pizza before Mommy could sit down and eat. One little girl kept stealing the cash from my register as I popped it open. I got so mad at her I got into a little pushing fight. Time to move on since I just couldn’t get over this theft.

Lastly we went down to the water room. This is by far my favorite area since you are actually allowed to splash and make a total mess of things. I started out in the 4 and under area with Reagan since you could really get wet.

I soon wanted to be with the big kids so I ventured out to the really big water contraptions. Here you put lots of balls in the tubes that sucked them into the middle. Then you pulled really hard on this rope. This would make the water rush out of the middle tube and make the balls fly up through the sky. I probably played here for a good 30 minutes.

They also had this cool water fountain full of steam. You could turn the blue handle to change the shape of the fountain and help the steam escape. Or just throw the balls into the fountain. There were so many other cool water contraptions but these were my favorites. Next time we need to drag Daddy along because I just know he would have tons of fun.

Bad Elmo

The other day I was in the kitchen and I heard sydney speaking in a very stern tone to somebody. So I followed her voice to the dining room where I found her punishing Elmo. You see he had done something bad and was now being put into a time out until he was ready to apologize for pushing. I guess I should have prefaced this with the fact that Sydney has been getting a lot of timeouts lately for pushing Reagan down. Guess it was time for someone else to suffer as she was.

Pajama Day

Last month Sydney class had a pajama day. You could wear your favorite pj’s to school as well as bring along your favorite bedtime buddy and snack. I don’t know if Sydney was more excited to wear her new Cinderella pj’s or that she was allowed to bring Curious George. Here are a few shots of her classroom. When I got there she was leaning against the wall with a couple of her friends. I see that she is getting too cool already to hang in the regular crowds.

Play Date

A few months ago we had some new neighbors move in two houses down. Lucky for Sydney they have a little girl names Helena who is just about 2 months older than Sydney. Sydney insists her name is Balena but I don’t think she cares too much. Sydney was invited to a princess dress up playdate and her Mommy was nice enough to send us some pictures. Its nice having another princess to play with so close by.

Disney Princess On Ice

About 6 weeks ago we took the girls to the big Disney Princesses On Ice event in Denver. Sydney got to get all dolled up in her Cinderella dress and see all her favorite princesses up close. She was most excited to see Cinderella which was a good thing since about half of the show was dedicated to Cinderella. You’ll see the token souvenir magic wand in the photos. There were moments during the show where all the audience princesses had to help out the Disney princess in trouble. Too cool.