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The next day at school Sydney's class was having their friendship parties. I dressed the girls in their matching Valentine skirts and Kenzie and I went after lunch to the party. Sydney was so excited to see us and told everyone this was HER baby sister. First they had pizza and snack, decorated cookies and ate some very colorful cupcakes, then they all handed out Valentines to each other. Sydney was very proud to hand out her handmade Valentines and even gave one to her teacher. There were also some little boys that came and gave Makenzie a Valentine and one who gave her fruit snacks. She really liked him!

On Valentines day at school it was dress like twins to show you are friends day. Sydney and her friend Addisen were the only kids in their class to dress like twins. The teacher thought it was so cute she emailed me a picture of them.

Then after school Sydney and Mak rocked out to some Phineas and Ferb tunes!

]]> Valentines and PJ's Gone Wrong http://www.sydkad.com/blog/?p=429 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:17:30 +0000 Carrie http://www.sydkad.com/blog/?p=429
Making Valentines (with a little help from mom.)

I also made the girls Valentine Pj's. One day when we were at JoAnns Sydney had picked out this heart flannel so I thought what better time to make them heart Pj's then Valentines day. I didn't have enough heart fabric so I went back to the store and bought some pink to make the shirt for Makenzie. I worked on them all weekend and used a Simplicity pattern that I know I cut out to size. Yet when they went to put them on that night they wouldn't fit over their heads. The funny part is my kids don't even have big heads! Anyways they were pretty upset about the pajama tops that were stuck on their heads so I took Sydney's top from her and put it on Mak (it luckily fit pretty good) and grabbed an old tank top from Sydney's closet and sewed some hearts on it. That seamed to make them happy and Mak's shirt well............didn't you know it was actually a dolly night gown.

]]> Kids Birthday Parties http://www.sydkad.com/blog/?p=426 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:11:41 +0000 Carrie http://www.sydkad.com/blog/?p=426

This party was the hungry catepillar theme. There was all kinds of fruit from the book for the kids plus the cutest little lunch boxes with a sack lunch inside. For dessert there was a giant Hungry catepillar themed cake and cupcake push pops. Makenzie was all for the cupcake push pop and had it all over her when she was finished. This party was a place called Kindermusic so they played instruments, played games and sang songs. Everything was so cute I just had to post a few pictures. Great party Chloe!

]]> Sydney's Makeover http://www.sydkad.com/blog/?p=425 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:30:26 +0000 Carrie http://www.sydkad.com/blog/?p=425

Michelle and Kathy also make a quick visit and we did our gift exchange. It was nice the kids got to play and I made smoked turkey and mashed potatoes for dinner.

Hope you like the new header! Don't forget to check out Syd's new ism if you haven't yet.]]> Sydney's Bear Birthday Party http://www.sydkad.com/blog/?p=424 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:43:00 +0000 Carrie http://www.sydkad.com/blog/?p=424
Sydney all excited with her birthday ribbon on

Once everyone had arrived our group met with our party guide. Her name was Erin and she totally rocked. The girls had so much fun with her and she really helped them step out of their quiet little shells. First off they went over some silly rules and sang a few songs.

Then they all were suppose to hop like bunny rabbits over to the bear making station but they were too shy. I love this photo and wish it had been in focus.

They had 3 different sprinkle bears to pick from, a cupcake bear, donut bear and cookie bear. Of course you can have it where they pick from anything but I thought these were cute and fun!

Then they were all given 2 hearts, one for their bear and one for Sydney's. Erin had them do silly things like rub the hearts on their hips so their bears would be hip or rub it on their back so their bear would have their back. It was cute!

Then they put them in their bears

Sydney went first and stuffed her bear to the perfect cuddliness.

Everyone else took turns and while they waited they played guess that movie game and colored.

Kenzie was amazed at how they made her bear, she named it Princess.

They all named their bears so they could give them birth certificates. Sydney chose the name Cookie.

After stuffing them they went to the bath station and took turns bathing and combing them.

And now for the best part picking outfits and accessories! Sydney went with a rainbow fairy dress with light up wings and high heel shoes.

Kenzie of course needed a shirt with cupcakes and a zip up sweatshirt.

Everyone shows off their new bears!

When we are all finished we go back up front. Erin convinces them to crawl like puppies back to the front.

Then it's time to sing the birthday girl happy birthday and put our bears in their homes.

Once the build a bear part was through I still wanted to have cake and icecream so we went up the food court where dad had held a table for us. We had rainbow cake and icecream in pizzelle bowls.

Of course no bear party is complete without bear juice boxes, teddy grahams, twizzlers and gummy bears.

Sydney is a little embarrassed at first when we start singing happy birthday because everyone in the food court is looking at her.

They all enjoyed their yummy treats!

To finish the party off we opened some presents.

Thank you to everyone for making Sydney's birthday so special!

For dinner that night we had mini pizza's that Sydney made.

She made this silly one for grandma. Of course we had to add some more toppings.

Kenzie is excited about pizza too!

]]> December Wrap Up http://www.sydkad.com/blog/?p=415 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:33:24 +0000 Carrie http://www.sydkad.com/blog/?p=415
Sydney takes a cooking class with her friends at Chefs 2 Be.

They made chocolate mousse cups with strawberry cream.

Jason takes me on a date to a South African cuisine restaurant

One night we took the girls up to chick fila for dinner

Santa Claus was there and they got to tell him what they wanted for Christmas. Sydney asked for a surprise stuffed animal and then told him she loved him. How sweet!

Then afterwards we took them to see some really cool light displays in Kingwood. These are people's homes. They were awarded best decorated yards in houston.

They have a whole train station set up in their front yard and one of them has candy for the kids in it.

The place is even complete with a photo op!

When we got home that evening I let them open a special present under the tree. It was the polar express book.

Sydney also had her class party on the last day of school before break. I wasn't going to go because I had been sick but I told her I would try my best to make it. Here she is all dressed up for the party. Unfortunately she had fallen into the coffee table the night before so her poor chin is all scraped up.

That morning Charlie watched Mak for me and I showed up just in time. She was coming in from recess and saw me and started jumping up and down. Her teacher told me that when she looked back at her a tear was rolling down her face and that when she asked her what was wrong she responded, "I am just so happy my mom is here." Awe I feel so loved!

They made snowman ornaments to take home

Then they had a fun lunch and played freeze dancing and had a book exchange.

The week after Christmas we attended the Playgroup Holiday party. Jason took the day off and went with us too. I love this place because they have the best Christmas trees to take pictures in front of.

The girls were super into posing for me.

They also did some crafts, had a book exchange, played freeze dancing and had lunch.

]]> Sydney is 6!!! http://www.sydkad.com/blog/?p=419 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:37:36 +0000 Carrie http://www.sydkad.com/blog/?p=419

The Birthday Suprises started on Wednesday night when I picked grandma up from the airport. She had no idea she was coming and was at gymnastics with her friends when we showed up. Grandma sat in the bleachers above us and when Sydney came over it took her awhile to realize that it was her. Then when she did she yelled, "GRANDMA!" and started jumping up and down. Then on Friday her birthday she requested a pancake cake for breakfast before school.

She also was super excited about the flowers and balloon dad had left for her on her desk. She carried them all over the house and wanted me to taker her picture with them. At school she wore her new dress that I had given her that morning with Tinkerbell on it. Then during lunch her whole class told her happy Birthday and had chocolate icecream treats. Her teacher also gave her a certificate and let her pick something out of the treasure box.

After school we played outside for a little while. She really wanted to open her presents so grandma let her open the little one from her which was a hello kitty swimsuit.

She also posed for me in her new dress.

Then she took a few photos too!

That evening we met Dad and Joe, Lori and Alyssa at the movie theater. We watched Beauty and the Beast and had a big bucket of popcorn. Sydney also got a chocolate shake with a cherry on top. Makenzie liked the popcorn so much she pretty much dove into the bukcet.

Then we all went for Birthday dinner at Chuy's. Alyssa and Sydney had a blast playing with tortilla dough while we waited and during dinner. Sydney was so excited when the waiter brought her a little icecream sundea and lit a tortilla strip on fire like a candle.

When we got home she opened her presents from us. Grandma got her a little critter house to go with the mouse family Mak bought her.

Mom and Dad gave her a new game for the playstation which was an art tablet/ drawing game. She had seen it on tv a bunch of times and really wanted it so she was super surprised when she opened it!

]]> Brother Visit http://www.sydkad.com/blog/?p=416 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:07:56 +0000 Carrie http://www.sydkad.com/blog/?p=416

Then we had to stop at Chick Fil a which is Charlies favorite fast food place. The clown was there that night and Sydney got her face painted.

Sydney came home from school with some cute decorations she made for me. Charlie helped her hang them on the tree then told her the history of the Christmas tree.......................

He attempted to take a cute picture with the girls then ruined it with his crazy fish face.

One morning Charlie and I took Mak out for donuts and kolaches. She liked her sprinkle donut.

A few days into his visit Jon and Crystal came to visit too. We did some fun things like mini golf and a visit to smash burger and Spring creek but mainly we watched alot of movies. On the weekend we took a day trip to the zoo. We spent the whole day there and saw pretty much everything. That morning at the zoo they were making snow for the kids. They didn't make very much and it was crazy packed. I tried to show my kids a snow ball but they were not impressed.

So instead we just looked at animals.

They even made a snowman for the Tiger.

I got some amazing shots of the Lions that day though.

Checking out all the cats. Sydney liked to race and see who can find them first.

Then we did the monkey circle.

]]> OOPS!!!! http://www.sydkad.com/blog/?p=417 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:04:43 +0000 Carrie http://www.sydkad.com/blog/?p=417

She is also obsessed with Dora all of a sudden. Sissy got her this Dora book for Christmas and she wanted to read it to me at bedtime.

Her favorite song to sing before bed is Itsy Bitsy Spider. You have to start when she is ready because she likes to sing along. Don't mind my horribly off key singing.