Popsicles. Check!

Sophia was so excited to make popsicles last night but waiting for the juice to freeze can take some patience. When Sophia woke up this morning she said, "Mom, can I have a popsicle for breakfast? I have been dreaming of popsicles all night long!" So here is our girl with her homemade, mango treat! 

One thing checked off of our list!  

Sydnor Family Bucket List - Summer 2012

A friend of a friend of mine made a bucket list of all the fun things her family would like to accomplish over the summer and I thought it was a great idea! So...here's our list. Anything else we should add?

• Run through a sprinkler
• Movie night with friends
• Visit the zoo
• Pick strawberries
• Make homemade strawberry jam
• Attend Fridays after 5
• Go to the beach
• Make popsicles
• Set off fireworks
• Spend time in the country
• Start Christmas shopping
• Meet Mickey Mouse

This week...

Making friends with the tiger.

 Ready for Sophia's story time! Sophia is the librarian.

 You must put on your reading glasses!

Our big boy.

Taking Henry for a ride. Wherever she leads he will follow. This boy is so in love with his big sister.

 

9 months with Henry

Happy 9 months, sweet Henry!

This boy loves to stand.

Sophia taking Henry for a ride.

Holy cow! This has been an amazing month for our little man. Henry has started crawling, pulling up on everything, and getting his first tooth. Henry has said goodbye to nursing and to baby food. He insists on eating table food and last night at dinner he would only eat the meatballs -- a true boy! Henry loves playing with his toys and banging on things. His love for his big sister is so great and it warms my heart. Sophia is very sweet to her brother and she is getting used to sharing her Grammy and Pop with him. Our little guy is so active and loves being on the move. Now that we have a full fledged crawler in the house life will never be the same. But in the words of my sweet Dad, "It will only get better!"

Kings Dominion

We're ready for a fun day at the park!

Snoopy greeting Grammy and Sophia.

Posing with the friendly Spinosaurus.

Sophia and the Keating girls!

While I got my dancers warmed up and ready to dance, my family headed out to ride some rides.

My dancers ready to perform. They did such a great job!

Sophia loved the big boat.

Saying hello to Charlie Brown.

Thanks for the lift, Pop!

Sophia loved this roller coaster! See our girl and Grammy in the last car?

Cruising..

Flying...

And, winning! Sophia won this stuffed animal all by herself!

Teaching Mama how to ride a roller coaster.

Catching a show.

Henry loved dancing to the music.

We traveled to Kings Dominion on Sunday for Brushwood's School of Dance to compete in a dance competition. All of the BSD dancers did such an amazing job and I was so proud of all of our performances. Grammy, Pop, Sophia and Henry came along to cheer on the dancers and to enjoy a beautiful day at the park. We missed Raph who ran in a 5K that morning - Go, Raph! Sophia remembered being at Kings Dominion last year so she was very excited to go back and to ride the roller coasters! This girl LOVED riding all of the rides in Planet Snoopy...we have a real amusement park enthusiast on our hands! Henry was a trooper on his first trip to the park. He was happy riding in the stroller, napping, and dancing to the music at the dance competition. Grammy and Pop were amazing, as usual, helping me with kids while I was with my dancers and throughout the day. Thanks, G and P! I think we may have to plan another trip to Kings Dominion over the summer...

Easter highlights...

Henry diving into his basket on his first Easter morning.

Daddy and Sophia reading the note from the Easter Bunny.

Easter goodies...

Checking out the Easter candy...

Then it was onto Grammy and Pop's for more Easter fun!

And baskets!

Off to church...

We came back to G and P's to play and open more baskets from DD and Bridget. These kiddos aren't loved much!

Then it was off to Graves' Mountain Lodge for a yummy lunch.

Sophia enjoying the view.

Our sweet boy enjoying his first Easter.

Henry reaching out and touching the Easter Bunny. Sophia decided that she would watch from afar.

The Easter celebration concluded with the egg hunt. Sophia has her coach and her photographer helping her find eggs. It was a fun filled, action packed day!