Syd is a mommas girl!

Sydney doesn't want her Daddy to do anything for her especially in the morning. It's really hard on me. She screams and throws things if her dad tries to help out. I am the only one who can get her cereal, pour her milk, make her smoothie, dress her, give a bath. It is driving me nuts. I love her to death but come on I have 2 other kids who want some attention in the morning too. If I walkk away from Sydney she cries and whines and it puts me in a really bad mood! I can't wait for this "stage" to end!
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by Sam

She said her Dad is giving her a thumbs up because she cleaned the house so well...it certainly wasn't a snap shot of today though!

Blairs

Last night my cousin Ryan and his wife Monica and son Carter (they live in Portland) along with Jim and Jill came over. The girls are in love with Carter. At one point Sydney even asked to put a timer on Carter so she can play wiht him by herself. He and Courtney kept huggging and kissing and making Sydney jealous! Good times!! Ryan had to go over and play for a bit so they would all play together...

stuffed animals

The other day a bin that holds stuffed animals came flying down the stairs..my first thought was all those stuffed animals covering the floor upstairs...I went upstairs and this is what I found!

Courtney and cleaning....

Courtney hates cleaning. She does everything in her power to get out of it. Today is a big cleaning day and I sent the girls upstairs while I worked on some stuff downstairs. Sydney went right to work and cleaned her room. She even made her bed. And no complaining. Sam and Courtney complained the whole time. Courtney kept coming on downstairs and I told her that everything is going to leave her room unless she picks it up. She refused. She absolutely wouldnt even try to. I told her the only things that will be left in her room is her bed and her clothes; she said fine! Sam was thinking that sounded like a great idea because she thought it was going to all go in Syds room but once she realized it was going away for real she cleaned. The funny thing is once I went up and started picking up Courts stuff Courtney helped me! So now Courtney doesnt have any toys and Sydney got a bookshelf full of books. I wonder what tonight's going to be like once Courtney realizes she has no books to look or no stuffed animals to snuggle! Mean mom!!

Soccer

Samantha had her best soccer game ever today. She was really into it. She loves to play defense. The minute the other team gets the ball she runs down and gets in front of the goal! Once she gets to the age where they start having goalies I can totally see her in that position. She is also really good at dribbling the ball down the field. She did about 5 break aways and ended up with 3 goals! Way to go Sam! It's so fun to watch! My phone was dead and I brought the wrong size of batteries for the video camera so no pictures today....sorry!

Syds drawings

I found this on the floor today...

It's me, Samantha, Sydney and Courtney.

this was on the other side it's Sydney and me...she said I was sleeping thats why I didnt have a face.