Fourth of July

We didn't do anything too crazy exciting for the fourth. The town of Ten Sleep had a parade so we drove over there to watch it. One of my friends saw us there and told us we had to sit with her family so we wouldn't be alone. So Kylie got to sit with a few kids and I had someone else to talk to too! The parade was about 30 minutes, just right for a 3 year old.

She was pretty grumpy when we first got there.

:)

 

Still in a "mood"

But look at her cute nails!

:)

 

getting candy

 

Sidney was either doing this....

 

Or this.

:)

 

one business passed out ice cream sandwiches.

Yum!

 

Afterwards, we took a short drive to the base of the mountain and back to Ten Sleep just so I could get Sidney to take a little nap! It was nice to drive by the river there and see the mountain again. Then I surprised Kylie by taking her to the splash pad. She didn't know I packed the swim suits. She was pretty excited. We also had a little picnic there too. After Sidney finally woke up and ate, I took her into the splash pad too. She did NOT approve. :) Which was ok, since Kylie wanted to pack up and go play at the park. So after some swinging, we packed up and drove home.

Swinging!

 

During Sidney's afternoon nap Kylie and I did a couple crafts. The first was to be flour stars across the lawn....I think the grass was too long because that was a complete and utter failure. So I figured we could just do them on the sidewalk. That worked out a lot better. I thought they would just get blown off by the crazy wind, or just wash off from the sprinklers in the morning. They did not. The sprinklers got them just wet enough that they turned into cement. I couldn't even hose them off the sidewalk this evening. Oh well, I'm sure little by little they will disappear. Then Kylie and I made q-tip fireworks. She enjoyed that too.

 

Shaking out the flour

 

The stars leading to the door.

 

She felt the need to hop over them all

:)

 

Hop

Hop!

 

coloring the q-tips

 

gluing them on

 

Finished product and making

funny faces in true auntie Katie style

:)

 

That evening, we played with those pull poppers that shoot out paper, some smoke bombs, and those snap its things that you throw at the sidewalk and they snap. She loved all that too. We were going to do sparklers, but I couldn't find an appropriate tool to light them without burning my hand off, and then the wind picked up and a little storm blew through. (We did them tonight!) Since Sidney was tired, and it was kinda raining, I decided not to go to the dump and watch people shoot off fireworks. Kylie got to sit in my window though and watch a decent display that someone near town was shooting off.

my attempt at a pic of me and the girls.

Thank goodness at least they are cute looking here!

 

Throwing the snap its

 

trying to get her ears plugged before it snaps. :)

She would also scream every time one snapped. :)

 

Her utter joy for this made me so happy.

:)

 

Yea smoke bombs!

 

Sidney was very focused on those smoke bombs

 

Tonight we did a box of sparklers and we actually saved some of everything to do with Mike when he gets home. (TOMORROW!!!!)

I still couldn't find our long handled lighters to light these.

So, yes, we totally lit them off of the oil lamp.

:)

 

She thought it was fun, but did not appreciate the smoke

they produced. In her words....

"These are stinky!"

 

 

And lastly, here is what Sidney figured out how to do today. She was pretty proud of herself.

 

Look Mom! I climbed up the oven door!

:)

 

Hope you all had a wonderful fourth and that you all have a wonderful weekend!!

Mike comes home tomorrow!!!!!!!!! I am sure we will have a great weekend!





Stats

Here is the summary of her check up today. :)

16lbs 3 oz. Lost a couple of ounces. Probably due to her constant moving around. He was ok with it since she is eating fine. Puts her just under the 25th percentile.
Her nurse only measured her at 27 inches. I don't think so. I am not sure how I could have been off over an inch. I will be measuring her again after her nap. 27 inches puts her at the 25th percentile as well. If we go by my numbers..(28.25in) she is up at 75th percentile.
I told him that Kylie was down on the lower percentiles as well, so he understood why Sidney would probably be down there too.
He was impressed that she is "walking" around the room and was overall just happy with her health.
She has no shots this time around. Will have more around her birthday. In THREE months!

- I measured her again this afternoon. I got 28 inches this time. I am sticking with that. I measured her just like her nurse measured her! I think I am right. :)


On a separate note...I just need to vent this:
I think I am done breastfeeding. Sidney is starting to get frustrated with eating and seems to prefer having a bottle. I tried formula the other day just to see how she would handle it and she seemed to like it. Downed it like that. And it hasn't seemed to bother her system either. I don't think I will pump either because it is just being impossible to get anything.
I don't know why, but I am having a harder time giving up breastfeeding this time around. With Kylie, I was done at 6 months, couldn't handle doing it anymore. But now, I just want to keep going. I guess 9 months is better than nothing though, so I shouldn't feel too bad.

And on a third note -
I can't get the video to upload to anything. But keep in mind that I AM Trying!

Hope you're all having a good week!

9 Months!

Another month has come and gone. I have a 9 month old and a 2 months shy of a 4 year old!

This morning we had some visitors since my cousin Michael and his wife, Elta, spent the night and hung out this morning. Kylie was so excited to have a reprieve of just seeing Sidney & me. :) They played board games with her and tickled and danced and just had a great time. Their kitty eventually came out from hiding and Kylie was able to pet her a couple of times too.

Sidney is a speedy little thing these days! She can crawl over, under and around everything. She can also walk across the room while she pushes either her push and ride toy or a stand at and play piano toy. She loves moving around with them! She also regularly cruises along the furniture. I have a feeling it won't be too long till I have 2 walkers!

Sidney still only has her 2 bottom teeth, that aren't all the way up yet. But they are getting there! She loves making noise, whether it be her voice or by banging stuff together. No real mamama, bababa, or daddadaa sounds yet though.

She loves to eat! Although, looking at her you wouldn't think so. She loves food. Mashed potatoes may be her favorite. She greatly prefers to self feed, so she doesn't eat much purees. She pretty much eats what we eat, but I try to give her more fruits and veggies than I actually eat! :) It'll be easier now since it's summer and the stores will be stocked much better, and the farmers market will start soon I think!

On our scales, she only weighs about 16.2 pounds and is 28 1/4 inches. Her check up is on the 2nd. So we'll see how accurate my numbers are! It seems she hasn't really gained any weight the last couple of months, but she is definitely getting taller. May yet end up tall and skinny like Kylie! (which will make Sidney wearing hand-me-downs sooo much easier!)

I did a little outdoor photo shoot for her photos today. I am a looooong way off from professional photographer skills, but I think they are pretty cute.

 

 

 

 

 

The key to success is multiple snack breaks

leading to chewing shots like this. :)

 

 

Kylie wanted in on some picture action at the end.

Yes, they are wearing coordinating outfits. :)

 

 

 

I am working on getting a video of her walking with her push and ride toy across the living room. Will hopefully get it posted in the next day or two if I can get the computer to cooperate.

Hope you all have had a great weekend! 6 days or less until Mike should be home!!
Have a good week!

Pinterest Fun - Day 6

I think this will be the last of the daily pinterest updates. We may still do random fun things everyday, but I doubt I will post regular posts. At least not until Mike gets back.

Here are the pics from our finished hanging windsocks. They are in the tree right next to the house, so anyone who drives in can see them. :)

She's pretty proud of them. :)

 

 

We also put some 4th of July window clings up on the screen door and the door to the porch tonight. She really loves arranging them. :)

 

Today's activity though was more of a loner activity for Kylie. Which was nice, because I got to get a few dishes done and some stuff picked up since my cousin and his wife and kitty are crashing at our house tonight as they move from Idaho to MN.

 

I filled a cake pan with baking soda and gave her 4 cups with different colored vinegar and a medicine dropper. Showed her what to do and then let her go to town. :)

She had fun and was sad to learn that I had no more baking soda since I used it all for her right away.

 

Here she is.

 

 

 

 

I love this "whoa" face.

 

She filled it up with ALL the vinegar. :)

 

 

That's all I got tonight. Must go finish picking up a couple of things before they get here. Should be any minute now!

Hope you're all having a good weekend!!



Pinterest Fun - Day 5

Today we made windsocks. We used a variety of items for the main body (tin can, oatmeal container & coffee can) and we used spray paint, star stickers and ribbon for the rest.
I got the idea from here:
http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2011/06/4th-of-july-tin-can-windsocks.html

My plans to do this activity were foiled when the landlords came and turned the sprinklers on again this afternoon. Leaving my yard soaking wet. (I understand you guys like green lawns, but this is getting ridiculous!) Then the neighbors who moved came back for the afternoon to clean some more so Kylie played with Beau & Hayden. And Sidney took her afternoon nap about 1.5 hours later than she normally does. It's been a long day!

We still sprayed our cans outside after the neighbors left and then brought them in to finish them once they were dry. I'm glad we ended up doing the rest inside though. It was so hot today. Although, Kylie doesn't seem to understand that 96* is too hot to play outside! It has been in the 90's all week and is suppose to stay in the 90's through Tuesday. Ick!

She had a hard time pushing the button, but

with some help, we got them all sprayed.

 

tin can, oatmeal container, (plastic) coffee can

 

Kylie got to put on the stickers and cut the ribbons for me. We had two different kinds of ribbon because our local craft/fabric store is mostly a fabric store and she doesn't keep anything else stocked very well.

She focused very hard on getting those stickers on.

 

 

 

I got to use my new glue gun to add the ribbons. I am super excited to finally have a glue gun! Yea!
I am looking forward to using it on a ton of crafts this summer! I did the gluing part after the girls went to bed. I don't have my kitchen table cleaned off, so the only place for me to glue is on the floor. Sidney figured out that even though the gate is up to the kitchen, she can crawl through my room, the bathroom and then her room and get into the kitchen that way. If I was thinking earlier, I would have just shut my door to my room, but I obviously wasn't thinking. :)

Here are our finished windsocks. I will update a photo tomorrow once I find the twine to hang them up with. Just need to find the perfect branch to hang them on outside! :)

Pinterest Fun - Day 4

Today was nice and busy! This morning we had playgroup. It was at a local mom's house this week since she has a great big backyard and a pool. Kylie got to play in a big pool and jump on a trampoline and Sidney got to splash in the kiddie pool and play in the sprinkler. They also got a picnic lunch, so that makes everything more fun!

During Sidney's nap Kylie and I got to play with some snow. :) Kinda. It was actually frozen shaving cream. I had bought a can of Skintimate shaving gel, and after spraying it into my little tub, I realized it wasn't gonna work. It didn't puff up. So I went and got my can of shaving cream and that fluffed up like I was looking for. So, she got two versions of Summer snow. I popped them in the freezer last night and she got to play with them this afternoon.
The gel worked out kinda cool though because it froze solid and we got break it up like little pink ice cubes. It was pretty fun.

Afterwards, we both played in her pool, lounged around on towels eating chips, drew with some chalk and played hopscotch. It was a lot of fun. Like usual.

I then spent the evening rearranging my bedroom and Sidney's room, since we got a dresser from the neighbors when they moved. Kylie spent the evening eating ice cream and entertaining her sister. :)

Mike got put on initial attack, but I'm not quite sure if he is doing much. He texted earlier that he is bored. :) He also sent a pic that showed me the elevation of where he was hiking. 11,537 feet. Yikes.

Anyways - here are out pictures. :)

The fluffiness difference.

 

She wasn't really too sure about playing

with it until I stuck my hands in.

 

 

The completely frozen gel chunks

 

lathering up!

 

 

Then we added water to wash up the table and made

it all frothy. She enjoyed it!

 

And a random spaghetti face of Sidney from tonight.

:)

 

Here is the link from the Summer Snow.

http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2013/05/play-recipes-summer-snow.html