Cakefest

Tonight we finished off the super yummy chocolate birthday cake that Alan had made for me. Sydney really dug right into it of course. When she got down scarfing down her piece she said "Shake me off!" to get rid of the crumbs on herself :)

Teething Sucks!

It's hard to imagine that pain that those new little teeth cause - but they sure must cause a lot because poor Zack has been in tears for days now. He has been running a low fever for a couple of days. Seems like the only relief for him is some Tylenol. He's got his top two teeth coming in. Luckily he is still sleeping through the night, except for an occasional whimper and some coughing. Unfortunately he also has a very runny nose which is making him cough pretty bad at times. Hope summer will be here soon!!

Despite those teething tears Zack has still managed a few accomplishments this week - he climbed to the top of the stairs all by himself and he is clearly saying Mama!!

Happy Zack is Back!

It's amazing what a little surgery will do. Zack is an unbelievably little happy guy now post-op. He laughs all of the time and is babbling a lot! It's almost like he's a different kid. The Dr said he had "crappy ears" and that his ear drum was very inflamed; "must have been in a lot of pain!". That would explain a lot. Poor little guy. Hopefully the tubes will heal up with no problems and he'll never get sick again :)

It's days like these when I have to look back at pictures and see that Zack really is a happy baby. Over the weekend he spiked a fever and was sooo cranky. He's been in a pretty bad mood for several days now and we just can't wait for him to get tubes put in his ears. They sure helped Sydney alot. On Sunday he had a pimple on his face and as the day progressed, he had little dots all over his body. I didn't think much of it until we took him in to daycare and they asked me to take him home until he could get checked out by the Dr. Apparently they don't like contagious kids at daycare! Imagine that! The Dr's office said that he had Hand Foot and Mouth disease, but luckily he was not contagious now. So surgery is scheduled for 8:30 tomorrow, it will be a long morning as we have to be there at 6:30 am!

More sprinkles!

So what do you do when Sydney won't eat her yogurt - add some sprinkles! well that seemed like a good idea until she thought she was being ripped off and demanded more sprinkles. Too bad those crocodile tears don't cut it with Mom & Dad. boo hoo!

The Food Critic

Zack has had a rough couple of days recently... throwing up all over the place. Actually I think it is Mom & Dad that have had the rougher time, cleaning it up! ewwww Yesterday I stayed home with Zack and was having such a nice relaxing day I thought I would "whip up" a lasagne for dinner. I got everything all ready, put it in the oven and it was going to be ready just minutes after Alan & Sydney came home. When they walked in the door the scrumptious smell of lasagne lingered in the air. Alan said "yum! Mommy's been making a special dinner for us. Doesn't it smell good?". Sydney's reply "I smell something yucky!" Just goes to show you, don't bother spending a lot of time making dinner - she won't eat it anyways!!

Not too much lotion!

Sydney has noticed that Zack gets a nice lotion "massage" after his bath so now she wants one too. So we have started up the old tradition of getting lotion put on after bath to keep her skin nice and soft. Last night she grabbed a wet wipe after getting lotion put on her hands and said she wanted to take the lotion off her hand. She wiped her hand clean, and then stuck her thumb in her mouth! Apparently there was still a little lotion on it so she wiped it clean again, and then stuck her thumb back in her mouth. Perfection! it was clean again, ready to help her fall asleep with her blankie :)

Lost in Translation

Alan asks "so Sydney, what do you do when you see a knife?" Sydney replies "I cut my off my toe?" This was the conversation following Alan's discussion on why you should never play with knives, "Only grownups can use knives. You shouldn't play with them because you could get hurt. You could drop it and cut off your toe!"

This weekend was a big one for Zack - he perfected his new skill - crawling! He was on the go crawling all over the place, and getting into *all* of the toys, much to Sydney's dismay! :) The train set that Santa brought her is clearly Zack's favorite new chew toy.

God our father

Tonight during dinner Sydney stops us and announces that we still have to say our prayers. Ok, so she starts to lead us through "God Our Father, we thank you.." sung to the tune of "Freres Jacque " I think. So cute. Then when we get done Alan and I say, "Amen, let's eat!" Sydney's reply was "no, now the ABC song!"

Well after about a month of trying, Zack has finally started crawling. As before, he got up into his "hurdle" position and stretched one arm out in from of him... and this time instead of falling over, he got the coordination going and started to move forward! Nothing's safe now!

Sydney has a new friend Chloe. In fact Chloe is Sydney's "Best Friend". On the way to school this morning she said she wanted to marry Chloe! Not to worry though, I think she also wants to marry Elmo and Daddy.

Art School

Today we painted... my belly! I think Sydney got a little crazy today in Art class.

"You stuck it there?" - today's quote from Sydney as she examines the hairs on Alan's chest.

Sydney performs a circus act for Zack by jumping up and down on our bed a singing a song. Zack bursts into hardy chuckles, thoroughly enjoying the show!

First Day at Preschool

Today was Sydney's first day at Preschool. Well technically she had been visiting that room for the past week, but today was her first official day. The day started out really well - Sydney got out of bed in a great mood, and even dressed herself. She has been looking forward to going to the preschool room. When we walked her into the preschool room, she was all smiles - at least for a minute, and then she wailed in fear and grabbed Daddy's leg! "Daddy!! I want my Daddy!" Daddy was the hero this morning and he calmed her down so we could leave the room. Things got a lot better when her teacher arrived right when we were leaving. Dora yogurt and grapes and she was all set. Hope her day went well!!