March 13, 2008

Happy Easter...A little early. Today was Sydnie's Easter party and egg hunt at school. She was certainly very excited about it! She collected eggs, eggs, and more eggs. In the end, she had her dozen.

After the egg hunt they colored pencil decorations and egg holders and decorated cookies.

Of course, when we got home she was anxious to see what was in her eggs, not to mention taste everything...no, I didn't let her taste everything. She was not too happy about that part, but I guess that is life. Anyway, I was able to redirect her with a huge bag of clothes a friend, a very generous friend loaned to us. "Oh, my goodness!" or "WOW" was a comment with almost every shirt, shorts, dress or yes, even the socks that came out of the bag. Who says Christmas only comes once a year??

March 7, 2008

Last night, unbeknownst to me or Tim, Sydnie had quite an adventure. When all the world was sleeping, ok, so when all of our household was supposed to be sleeping, a little girl stirred.

I knew she was having some extra play time before falling asleep. She cat napped for about 30-40 minutes late in the afternoon, just long enough to be out of sorts at bedtime. I heard her singing, playing and throwing the animals off the side of her bed, getting out of bed to get something. So I was not surprised when I went into her room to wake her this morning, and all of her animals were in a pile off the side of her bed. I was a little surprised at the darkness. Yet, there were other surprises coming. Not only had she turned off her lantern that usually stays on to get rid of the scarry monsters and turned on the little reading light at her bed, she had taken off her clothes. She said she was hot. Oh, I forgot to mention she wasnted to sleep in her sleeping bag in bed, so she was probably quite warm. The sleeping bag was in the floor also. Her clothes, I had to look for but I found them at the other end of the bed. Thinking she had wet the bed, I began gathering what I thought would be wet blankets. No, she was dry, at least the bed was. That is when she informed me she was hot last night and took off her pants.

So, that would be a busy evening for any 3-year-old, however, she didn't stop there. As she began filling in the details of the night, she actually didn't sleep in her bed at all (I was hot remember, Mom?) at least, not until she wet the couch. It was then that she grabbed her blanket and went to sleep in bed. And at some point, she colored her fingernails with a crayon! I am sure there are probably things she did she doesn't even remember. She was very quiet once she stopped singing, so I couldn't even guess what else she did.

Right now, I think she is napping. After last night, she was a very tired little girl; however, as I am reminded daily, one is never quite sure what she is up to; there always seems to a plan unfolding.