Cookin with Sydney Rose

I decided today that Sydney was going to help me make lunch. I am getting tired of making food for the kids and they dont eat it! Instead they would rather have cheez its and fishes. So maybe if Syd made the food with me she would be more excited to eat it. That was the plan at least.

So we cut up the chicken stuck in the oven, put water in the pot and boiled it, added pasta and while all that was cooking Syd got to work grating the cheese. And I didnt just have her watch me. All of that stuff I had her do. Well except cutting the chicken.

I showed her when the pasta was done and the size of the pasta changed.

And here is the final product. Chicken over bow tie pasta with tomato and basil sauce... green beans and the kids favorite... cheese. Now did it work? Did the kids eat the food? They didnt like the sauce so they wouldnt eat the chicken. They didnt eat the green beans but they loved the pasta with cheese. While it didnt work so much getting them to eat there food, it was still fun. Sydney like watching for the water to boil, and learning what straining the pasta means. So all in all it was a great learning experience for her.

Blake and Clothes

So Blake has been driving me crazy! Why wont either of my kids just let me dress them and not have an opinion on what they where? I would have thought Blake being a boy that he would care less and just let me put whatever clothes on him. NOOOOO. Not only will he not wear what I tell him to wear but once he finds something he likes he wants to where it everyday. Like that vest. I finally got it off of him and hid it. He also has these car socks that are different colors. He will wear different colors like one red and one blue. Also he layers his socks. He will wear 3 pairs at one time!  He's so crazy right now.

The Beach in San Diego - Spring Break 2010

Blake was so crazy at beach. He just kept running around like a manic.
We didnt have our swimsuits this time. I didnt think it would be warm enough to get in the water but of course kids dont care.

Blake is still running back and forth in the water and back up and the sand and of course it was going to happen eventually.. he fell down in the water and our day at the beach was over. Cause once Blake gets wet he is grumpy.

Our Adventures at Sea World Spring Break 2010

We love being at Sea World and in San Diego so once again we got are season pass so we can go as much as possible. Sea World is our getaway. We love checking out all the sea animals. Sydney even says when she goes to college we have to move to San Diego so she can go to school to be a Marine Biologist. Funny we all to move so she can go to college.

Did you know Star Fish are now call Sea Stars...

because they dont have gills and are not fish.

Funny story about the Sea Stars... the first time Sydney picked one up and was checking it out she put it in her mouth and bit it. Ha ha she was only about 20 months. Later when we went again and it was Blakes first time we went to check out the Sea Stars and he picked it up and took a bite on it too. Crazy that they would both do the same thing. I dont know why but they did.

Sydney and Rami love to go on this ride. Me and Blake hang back and laugh at them when they pass us and they get all wet by people shooting these big water cannons.

Red Rock Hiking with Steven

Steven got to spend a weekend with us before his move to Utah to work as a Wildland Firefighter. The kids were all over him and driving him crazy. And it cracks me up when he left he called me the next day and told me that he missed them climbing all over him. My kids are so intense and all over you that when you leave them and are by yourself you feel like you are missing something.
Steven noticed some cool things on are hike that we would have just walked by if he didnt find them. I guess its all part of being out in the wilderness so much. One thing he noticed was a hiker girl who had hairy legs than a man. And another was this bush with all these patches of webs that had all these worms in them. It was pretty cool to see.

Us at Red Rock

Rami likes to take Panaramic Pics. You should hear him try to say Panaramic.

Family Time

Trying some of Blakes chocolate frozen yogurt.

Chocolate lovers just having some family time getting frozen yogurt at the Golden Spoon.

Sydney turned 6

Sydney had her first party where she invited her friends. She wanted this more than anything and I wanted it the least of anyone. I am so not a party thrower. But it turned out great and she loved loved loved it. Im good for at least 2 yrs now, right?
I usually make Syd a special cake every year but this year she got special cupcakes.

Sydney was excited to get her first birthday card in the mail before she went to bed.