Big Dreams

Sydney loves motorcycles and asks for one daily. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but she will NEVER have a motorcycle... well at least I'm not buying her one. I am hoping she will grow out of it in a few years and see the danger in them. I know...wishful thinking.

Sydney's Dance Recital

Sydney loves to dance hip hop. She was not scared at all and loved being on stage. I cannot wait to post the video when I get it.

Field Day

Sydney's Dance Recital Rehearsal

Sydney is the little one with wearing a dark blue tank.

Sydney had her dance rehearsal tonight for her hip hop class. She has only been in the class a couple of months and does not know the whole routine but she sure loves it!

I cannot wait for the real thing tomorrow night!

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Finally our field trip to the zoo!

The kids were finally able to go on their much anticipated field trip to the zoo.

As you may recall from an earlier post, they tried to go on the filed trip before but the school distric made the buses turn around and go back to the school because of the swine flu. The kids had a great time but there was just too much to see with too little time. We actually ran a little towards the end so that we could see the tigers and bears!

I loved watching my brother's graduation!

My big brother, Andrew, before Graduation
Andrew after Graduation
My brothers and sister

My brother's girlfriend at his Graduation Dinner

The icing turned my tongue BLUE!!!!

Andrew graduated from Jesuit College Prep and will attend Texas A & M in the fall. I will miss him terribly.

My 1st Birthday Party!

Chinese Dragonboat Races

The Chinese Dragon Boat Race tradition and holiday holds a special place in my heart since we met Sydney for the first time in China on the annual Dragonboat Race holiday last year. We had to pay the staff extra money for them to travel with Sydney 5 hours to Nanning on this holiday. We were so lucky that our meeting day was not delayed. I remember watching the races take place outside our hotel room window and hearing the beat of the drums. It was exciting to see but my mind was on meeting the little girl who would change my life forever.

Wow, has it been almost a year?

I will say that the dragonboats were MUCH longer in China and the actual race was much longer, but it was still fun to be a part of it all here in Texas with Sydney. Mark participated in the races and our team came in 2nd place in our division. YAY!!!! I am looking forward to joining him in the fun next year!

Dance Recital Costume Preview

Pool Birthday Party

Pool party in May...perfect if you live in Texas!

Pajama Day is perfect for Fashion Friday Fun!

Sydney has been looking forward to pajama day all week. She had her favorite PJ's ready and could not wait to show all her friends. Yep... Star Wars! That's my girl!

I was so excited to post this for the Fashion Friday post from this wonderful blog.

Look what I got for my birthday

The Birthday Celebration Continues

Medievel Times Dinner & Tournament

Tonight we took Sydney to Medieval Times to continue her birthday celebration. I thought she might enjoy it and well I was right... she LOVED IT!

Every time our knight handed out flowers, Sydney jumped up and screamed trying to get his attention! He kept telling her he will be back to give her one soon. We were sitting in the front row and after the 3rd time he came by she looked pretty disappointed that he did not give her one of his flowers. Then as he was getting ready to joust...he came over and had her take his scarf off of his jousting pole!! He chose her over everyone else!! She was so excited and felt so special.

After a little while she asked me if I would hold it and I told her I would but that her chose her to be his Queen. She grabbed the yellow scarf from me and did not let go of it for the rest of the night.

Happy 7th Birthday Sydney!