An Appple a Day

Mom was going to use an apple as part of Family Home Evening the other night, but I got to it first.

You can stop taking pictures of me eating the apple, Dad.

Ready for the closing prayer.  Make it quick so I can finish my apple.

I think I did pretty well for my first attempt at eating a whole apple.

Syd the builder

I've discovered that stacking blocks is actually more fun than knocking them down.

Preschool Graduation

Yesterday was my preschool graduation and celebration.  It was so much fun, even though I had to wear a tie.  The AM and PM classes sat on a stage while the teachers called us up one at a time to give us our diploma and tell everyone a little bit about us.

It was kind of hard to sit still while they talked about ALL the kids, so I had to entertain myself a bit.  Thank goodness I was one of the first kids to get my diploma and was able to use it as a telescope.

After everyone got their diplomas, each class stood at the front of the stage so the parents could take pictures.  It kind of took a while for us to get all lined up.

I know it looks like I'm using "the force" in this picture, but I'm actually just waving at my family.  You can tell that all of us kids were ready to move on to the celebration part of graduation.

Oh, look, after a dozen pictures (which I won't force you to look at here) Dad actually got a shot of almost all the kids smiling!

Time to celebrate!  We had lunch in the gym.  I didn't really feel like eating...I just wanted to play around--especially with this fun balloon my best crazy friend Logan gave me.

Me and my friend Ammar:

My friends Ava and Maxwell:

One mom made these really cool brownie graduation hats.  It was a little small for my head.

Me, Logan, and Maxwell.  I loved running around with these guys outside when preschool was over each day--rain of shine.  (And Ammar too)

(And in case anyone is wondering about the necklaces we're wearing, Ms. Erin was handing them out to all the kids.)

Me with Ms. Colleen and Ms. Erin:

Me and Ms. Jennifer:

I wish my best friend Amelia had been there so we could have our picture taken together, but she's in Utah now and I hope I visit her some day.

And here is me and my family who I love so much.

I'm sad that preschool is over because I'll miss my teachers and the toys.  But I can't wait for Kindergarten!

Not much

We haven't been doing much here, so these are just a few random pictures from the past couple of weeks so you can see just how little excitement there is at out house.

Can I just say that Baby Einstein shows are THE BEST EVER!  I love them!  Although, it sure can be exhausting watching them.

Ty loves bath crayons.  Mom won't let me use them anymore because I eat them.  Why is it okay for Ty to draw on our faces with crayons but not okay for me to take a little nibble off one?  (By the way, that is not a crayon in my mouth, but a plastic fish.)

I'm starting a new fashion trend.  Don't Ty's shorts look great with my rain boots?

Here's hoping I'll have more fun things to report next time!  Ty and Dad are going on a Father/Son campout this weekend and it's supposed to rain, so we should have lots of good pictures from that.

This and that

Just wanted to catch everyone up on a few random things around our house.

Mom made mini cake donuts and they were so delicious.  They're best if you eat the glaze first.

Ty and I got McDonald's for dinner one night and we got to eat outside because the weather has been so great!  Of course, I would eat outside even if it was raining because I love the great outdoors.  I wanted Ty's chocolate milk.

But he decided to share his french fries with me instead.

I love french fries, but when he wasn't looking, I managed to get my hands on the milk.

And I love chicken nuggets as much as the next kid, but I recently discovered corn on the cob, and when I saw Mama and Dada eating that, I knew I had to have some too.  Mama was kind enough to give me her cob.

Mother's Day was on Sunday.  I didn't really get it, but Ty sure seemed to be excited about the day. 

He made Mom breakfast in bed all by himself. I can't wait till I'm old enough to do that.

If Mom looks a little tired in this next picture, it's because Ty was a little too excited about serving her breakfast in bed.

I was already awake anyway, but I think Mom was hoping she would get to sleep for another hour. 

Oh, well.  The breakfast was worth it.  I know cuz Mom shared it with me.

Hi!

Wow!  Learning to talk is tough.  Your mouth and tongue have to move in all these funky ways just to make certain sounds come out.  And swear I'm making my mouth move just like Mommy and Daddy but they still don't understand most of what I say.  But I did learn a couple of new words the other day. 

Maybe Mommy and Daddy should think about learning my language instead of me learning theirs.  It would be way easier on me.

Sunshine and the beach

When there's a sunny weekend during spring or winter (when you rarely see the sun), our family usually heads to Seahurst Beach.  And that's what we did a couple of weekends ago when the sun was shining ALL day!

Sydney loved running around on the beach.

And she's such a copycat.  She saw me walking on the logs so she had to walk on them too.

Mom says I have been getting so brave lately.  I used to be scared of doing anything that might hurt me, and I'm still really nervous about getting on Dad's shoulders.  Heights are not fun.  Especially when Dad pretends he's going to tip over and drop me.  But check me out on these giant rocks.

No fear.  Of course, Mom was scared.  I think some of my scaredness has rubbed off on her, because now whenever I do anything even slightly daring, she's constantly telling me to be careful.  Check out this cool pose.

Of course, maybe I've gotten so daring because I'm trying to keep up with my little sister.  Talk about fearless!  Sydney thinks she's way older than she is.  Of course Mom had to help her up these stacked boards when she started climbing them on her own.

And since Sydney is constantly on the move, she doesn't really like holding hands.

See what I mean.  She's off to something else.

But who can blame her when it's something so fun.

Sydney is definitely not afraid of Dad's shoulders.  She doesn't even hang on.  Look, she knows where her ears are.

And where Dad's ears are.

I love sunny days.