Sidneyisms

I was singing while playing the ukulele and Sidney told me I sounded like I was dying. I told her that made me sad and she tried to cover it up by saying it was because I was singing the song slow when I was supposed to be singing it fast.

Sidney: "Mom, basically every boy at school and at church in my class has a crush on me."
Me: "How do you know?"
Sidney: "Because they look at me weird." And she stared straight ahead, bug eyed.

At school the 1st grade did an important people presentation. Sidney's was cute. She dressed like Wilma Rudolph and gave a little speech about her. She was so excited for this presentation. Wilma Rudolph was born with a crooked leg, couldn't walk until she was 7, and went on to win 3 gold medals and a bronze medal in the Olympics in track. She had 21 brothers and sisters. So cute, and amazing!

Pinewood Derby & Daddy Daughter Dance

Jayden got 2nd at the Pinewood Derby! His car was named "The Phantom Driver" and they gave him the award for "Most Inspirational Theme" because it was a Star Wars car. 

 That same night Josh and Sidney had a daddy daughter dance at the school, which Sidney had been ecstatic about. Dancing, dessert, and photo booth, they had fun. She is his little twin.

 

Kidisms

Sidney was playing dress up with my dress one day. Tanner thought we were going to church, so he ran to his closet and pulled out a church shirt, shorts, socks and sandals. He wanted in on the picture too.

The kids made sleighs out of extra Amazon boxes we had sitting around. They decorated them with stickers and markers. At first they were trying to pull Tanner around in them, and when that didn't work, we got out their stuffed animals. Good times had by all.

Clown Face

So one day, Tanner came out of Sidney's room looking like this. She claimed she had nothing to do with it, and I almost believed her until I noticed perfect circles on his hands, something he can't do yet. He thought it was great, and was so mad when I washed it off. Life is never dull around here.

 

 

A Night Uptown

We rode the train uptown to meet Josh for a night of fun. The train ride was not fun, Tanner was nuts, and cried a lot because he didn't want to sit in his seat.

 Playing in the fall leaves. It was a beautiful evening.

 

We love the singing Christmas bears. 

 

We brought Sidney's friend, Julia, with us because we were ending the night with girl's night. 

Oh my Tanner.... 

Jayden being a big brother. 

Josh's boss gave us 3 tickets to see a Cinderella play at the children's theater, which was really nice. Us girls enjoyed sitting on the second row right in the middle, it was awesome. The play was a version of Cinderella set in the 1920's. She was a dress designer, so of course Sidney loved it. It was a really cute play, with a lot of fun music and dancing. We all loved it.

 



Sidney's 7th Birthday

On the morning of her birthday, she wasted no time waking up. She was so excited.

Sparky greeted her. 

I brought cookies to school. Her teacher told me at parent teacher conference that Sidney is a little social butterfly. She couldn't be more different from me at that age. It is so fun to see her with her little friends. All these little girls were like little moms to Tanner, it was hilarious. 

Her latest toy craze are Shopkins. She asked for a Shopkins cake, and this was her reaction when she saw it. I promise, it was super simple and not even close to professional, but she loved it.

With her new Shopkins. 

 

For dinner we ate at Chick-fil-a at the mall. These two get along on occasion. 

We surprised her with a trip to Build-A-Bear. She's been dreaming of it for the last year. She was so surprised, it was fun to take her. 

 

 

It was a late night, which we ended with cake. She was way too excited about her bear and Shopkins, that I think she only ate one bite. 



Sidneyism

After parent teacher conference with Sidney's teacher I told her she said she was doing awesome. Sidney replied, "I know." She said it in the sweetest way, so I'm just looking at it like she's a confident little girl.

Conversation

Me: It's from when I was a teenager.
Sidney, jaw dropping: You were a teenager?!?!?
Jayden: It's hard to believe.

Mommy/Daughter Date

Sidney really, really wanted to go out with me too, so Saturday we headed out. It was pouring rain all day.

Our day started out with Chuck-e-Cheese, her choice. 

 

Next we went to Joann's to get supplies for her Halloween costume. She loves looking at everything and can't help but stop and look at everything that catches her eye. 

 

 

Her dessert choice was cupcakes, and we went to a very cute pink cupcake shop. 

 

Her gift of choice was a new stuffed animal that she picked out at Michael's, where we stopped for more Halloween supplies. Really fun day with cutie Sidney. 

 

Fun Run

The kids love the Fun Run every year at school and this year I went for the first time to cheer them on. They work so hard, it was fun to watch them and all the kids out there running their little hearts out.

 

Sidney waved at me every time she ran past.

 

 

 

The 4th graders got to do a color run.

 

 

 



Sidneyisms

"Winners make their own decisions so I choose to be a winner."

"I wish we could make pancakes in the shape of your grandma." She said this after I got back from my grandma's funeral. She was trying to comfort me, so sweet.

"Tanner can play with my toys and I'm not going to get mad because I'm a changed girl."

Jayden fixed his hair in a new way. She said, "Jayden, I think girls will be attracted to you now."

Sidneyims

Her little phrases of what she's hotter than keep coming out of her mouth. "I'm hotter than a hippopotamus with a sunburn!"

We went to a birthday party for a two year old. A couple days later she asked me, "What kind of birthday party were we at?" I told her SpongeBob. She got the most disgusted look on her face, and shrieked, horrified, "I was at a SpongeBob party?!?!?"

She put this on her head during craft time and said she was a pioneer.

Sidneyisms

"I remembered if I stay in bed too long I get grouchy."

We had gotten in the car after being out in the heat for a while. She said, "I'm as hot as the desert," and "I'm as hot as a person who just drank a bottle of hot sauce."

Piano Recital

Jayden and Sidney started piano in January. They had their first recital in May. I didn't take any pictures of them individually. Mostly because I was so distracted by trying to keep track of Tanner, and Josh was out of town so I didn't have the help. I did get video of their songs, and they did awesome. They've made some wonderful progress. Their teacher is the sister of one of my best friends from high school. They both live here now and it's been so nice to have them back in my life for a little while. They both teach piano, so here's a group picture of their students. Lacey has been a great teacher, we are sad to be losing her.



Dance

Sidney has been dancing for 3 years now. She loves it, and we love watching her grow in it. Her dance recital was really cute again. They did a Summer Fun theme, which was a lot of fun. They gave all the dancers sunglasses to wear out for the final bow.

 

Backstage shot of her photo shoot.

Dress rehearsal. 

 

 

She wanted pictures of her smelling her flower.