Erie Hot Air Balloon Launch

Every year there is a hot air balloon launch near our house - at 6:30am. All the balloons launch from the golf course and you can walk around while they are getting ready. We haven't been since 2 years ago when Sydney was just a baby. She really enjoyed it.

The company that took us up when Brian proposed.

Video Catch Up

(1) Skinny Marinky Dinky Dink - on repeat mode :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVXL0ZLr-TI

(2) Mother's Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N1zFTYprFc

(3) Mother's Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Nqlxyqb4Q

Mother's Day

What a great Mother's Day I had with Brian and Sydney! They let me sleep in - boy am I old when sleeping in is 7:30 :-). I picked Tracie and Brian up from the airport since they returned from their Hawaii trip this morning. Brian, Sydney and I then headed to The Cracker Barrel for lunch. Good and bad, Sydney took a morning nap which killed most of the waiting time.

Good 'ole CB rockers

Ah, memories of playing the game over and over. (I am sure Betsy will notice the colors.)

Aren't Sydney's new chairs cute?!?! Oh, don't forget to notice her new Dora shovel. That way she could help us plant our new flowers.

Um, I think Sydney is outnumbered :-)

We started a tradition last year of planting our annuals on Mother's Day.

Notice the nice tractor decorating our front yard?

The neighborhood boys, Sam & Tim, stopped by to help us. Sam was excited to find a worm.

"Hmmmm, I think this will look better over here."

Typically Sydney loves to clean her toes, but today she decided to put dirt chucks in between her toes!

One set of Dahlias.

Sydney decided to supervise her Daddy while he trimmed the Aspen.

We need to reseed some of the front yard. To do this, Brian was digging out a spot of crab grass. Sydney decided she sit then play in that area.

After a long and fun day, Sydney fell asleep around 5 for another short nap. I miss the days that she would just snuggle in. I am so glad to be Sydney's mom! Thank you also Brian for being such a great husband and great father!

Playing in the Kitchen

More coffee

"Oops, I spilled some. I need to clean it up."

The following videos are about 4-5 minutes long each. Just a snippet of her playing in her kitchen.

Videos:

1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KqRTPTwQPs

2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oCKbozt5Lc

Sydney's First Haircut

I took Sydney to Lollilocks yesterday. Lollilocks is a kid's salon and she did so good!!! Ok, you can't really tell she got it cut, but she did get a trim :-)

Swimming

Another day, another pool. Brian, Sydney and I went and checked out the Erie pool last weekend.

Our Little Golfer

I bought Sydney some golf clubs today. She isn't quite sure what to do with them yet :-)

Time for bubbles