Thursday, August 22, 2013

Sydney's FIRST DAY of Kindergarten!!!!!

Well, it finally arrived. I have been dreading this day for a while now...and it's here. The day that my baby girl starts school :( Although I was sad to see this day come (and seriously terrified, if we're being honest), it has been such a special day and Sydney was thrilled to go! We practiced eating out of the lunchbox yesterday, had her choice for dinner last night, laid out her clothes before bed, had a special breakfast, and of course picture time :) I have been amazed at how easy this has been for her. She has been so ready to go and was even pushing us out the door this morning. When we got to her classroom and she sat at her desk, the little girl next to her said "Are you nervous to go to school?" and Sydney confidently said "No :)" I was able to hold back the tears until we got home, but leaving her...looking so itty bitty sitting at her desk... was absolutely gut wrenching. I know she'll do well. I know she'll love it. I just can't believe it's here already...because even though we see this....

I still see this....   


Here's her first day of kindergarten......
she requested blueberry muffins for her first day of school breakfast :)

getting ready!




Miles is going to miss his playmate on school days!

with daddy :)

with  mommy :)
we're here!!

at her desk

Sydney, I could not be more proud of you or more proud to be your mommy. You are so special, so kind and tender hearted, so funny, so awesome. This is the beginning of an adventure and I cannot wait to see what God has in store for you at school! I love you more than you know!!!

Friday, August 16, 2013

where have we been?

So you're probably wondering if all we do is go the zoo....well, we actually live there now. Just kidding :) But we have been super busy lately and somehow the zoo is the only place I remember to actually take pictures. I mean, we had a great trip to PA a couple weeks ago and I took NO pictures...how did that happen? Anyway, I'll work on that :) For now, here's a bit of where we've been lately...
Sydney made her daddy proud wearing the
new Tampa Bay uniform we found!
Sydney at her open house!! what a big girl!

fun at the playground....



fun at the zoo...
chillin by the bears

these two bears have become my favorite thing at the zoo...so entertaining

watching the bears

yay, train ride!

she planned her whole outfit around this pony ride :)

um...Sydney...you might want to turn around ;)

and then it was off to Dinosaur Island!



Miles on the Dinosaur Island ride...he was in awe

Sydney LOVED the boat ride!

it's not a zoo trip without a carousel ride

then we went to Jack's Landing (a little area with a handful of rides)

a different train ride

Syd held her own on this big kid bumper cars!

it was SUCH a fun day at the zoo!!!!