She's been in time out 4 times this morning already....but right now, I want to kiss her whole face off.
Last night as we drove home from my parents house, boys asleep in the back seat, Sydney telling her kitty stories, I grabbed J's hand and said...."what a great weekend"
It really was. We did fun stuff, everyone was in pretty good spirits and in the end....it was great.
Friday we went to a local jump house with some friends. We were practically the only ones there. The girls LOVE jumping, and going down the giant slide. No fear. Spencer seems to carry on this same trait, while Cameron is a bit more cautious.
Saturday was our good friends Imani and Nia's birthday party. They had a swim party at a local club.(click on outdoor pool and then still image 2 to see the slides) It is more like a resort. It is very nice....we had SUCH a good time.
Sydney is a fish. (more than one person told me this)
They have 2 big slides, like at the water parks. There isn't a height requirement and a life guard stands at the bottom to catch any little people going down.
Sydney LOVED it. She went all by herself...climbed the stairs, made her way to the front of the line and down she went.
I stood by the opening at the bottom behind the rope and waited for the lifeguard to snatch her up and pass her over to me.
The 2nd time down I watched as the lifeguard at the top of the slide told the lifeguard at the bottom catching kids to move to the 2nd tube slide...there was a little one coming down. Another lifeguard joined the one on top to relieve her. She turned to tell him something (I'm watching the whole thing unfold) suddenly her face turns towards the other slide. She quickly leans down to wave the lifeguard to the other slide....he's busy waiting for the kid to come down the tube slide. I KNEW in my HEART that it was Sydney. In a matter of seconds....the lifeguard took off down the slide, I made my way under the rope and started for the slide. Out came a little person. The force of the water plunges them down under the water, so it took a second for her to start to surface. Then the lifeguard followed behind her and snatched her up before I could even get there. Sydney came up, smiling and catching her breath. The lifeguard was so apologetic. I felt like I was the one who should be apologizing for my child not listening in the first place. I told Sydney that she needed to WAIT for the lifeguard to tell her that it was ok to go down the slide. Again. NO FEAR !
She went on the little slide in the kiddie side for a while and when Mommy J got there with the boys, we switched and J, Syd and some of our friends went down the big slides for the next 30-40 minutes. They had a blast. The boys warmed up to the water and enjoyed splashing as well.
Saturday night we set up the tent, roasted smores on the BBQ, and slept out. (well until almost 1 am when I realized that I had a soft pillow top king sized bed inside. I woke J up and told her that I wanted to go inside.)
We are camping this weekend and no longer have a trailer, so we had to set up the tent to make sure it still worked :)
The next morning Syd woke up and said...."what was yesterday" I said, "it was Saturday". she follows with, "on Saturday we slept in the teeeeent."
The boys slept inside, but had a BLAST playing in the tent beforehand.
Sunday we relaxed and went to grandma and papa's for dinner and games.
There are times when I think about life pre kids. How we played with our friends, went out on the weekends, played volleyball, basketball....went to dinner, movies, camping, camping, camping.
I wouldn't trade it for the world.
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