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Sydney was leaning over the pew today.  She was watching a boy color a picture.  When he didn't immediately acknowledge her presence she said, "Sup big guy?"

Sydney Reads and Directs

We've been trying in vain to capture Sydney as she reads.  She copies our cadence when we read books.  Especially Brown Bear and Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes.  It seems like everytime she is "reading" on her own she either stops when she sees the camera, or gets mad that I am looking at her.  This is the closest we've gotten, but don't worry I'll keep trying.

MVI 0215 from Cherilyn Wicks on Vimeo.

Yo-gurt, I-gurt, we all play with Yogurt

Sydney usually drinks some milk before she goes to bed at night.  Last night however, when we opened the fridge she immediately started asking for yogurt.  So I set her up at the table, and immediately got distracted by Kylie doing something cute.  This is what that distraction caused.

Who's a distraction?  I'm just doing my thing.

.000138 seconds after distraction

Pretending to keep eating

As you can tell I did the responsible parental thing, and took pictures rather than clean it up

Kauffman: Day 2

Sunday, we went to see the Royals and Twins again.  This time everyone came out to the ballpark.  Dan and Joannie and my cousin Brad and his wife Kristen and 4 kids.  Jake, Sam, Max and Lauren.  We hadn't seen Brad and Kristen's family in at least 5 years.  It was great to see everyone again.  We weren't planning on taking Sydney to the game because we didn't think she would be patient enough to sit through the whole game.  But with everyone there we figured she would be well entertained.  Sydney and Lauren played a lot, and she didn't get stir crazy until the 8th inning.  So we went and saw the fountains in the outfield.  We had a great time at the ballpark and then went to get some BBQ.

Sydney with Brad and Lauren

Both games I snapped a picture of the field right when we got in.  Both times Parmelee was batting.  Both times he hit a homerun during the picture.  I stopped taking pictures of Parmelee.

Bear Claw Time!

Nacho Time!

Necklace Time!

Fountain Time!

My favorite player, George Brett

The Frank White Statue

Throwing rocks with the cousins

BBQ

Wall Ouchies

Sydney was upset with us for some reason, so she was hitting the wall and glaring at us.  Daring us to stop her.  We asked her why she was hitting the wall.  This was about the time that she noticed some gouges in the wall that the cat had left. 

Sydney:  ouchies
Cherilyn:  Yeah, that's what happens when you hit the wall
Sydney:  Sorry wall

Kylie's First Indoctrination.....ahem.....Royals Game

We are in Kansas City this weekend for my Nana's funeral.  It has been nice to see all the places we used to go when we visited.  Plus we get to see Uncle Dan and Joannie.  We hadn't seen them for awhile because of various schedule conflicts.  We were all set to go see the Royals play the Twins on Friday night.  However the remnants of Hurricane Issac were hovering over the stadium.  We went to the game and were walking around the Royals Hall of Fame when they postponed the game until the next day.  So we didn't get to see the game that day, but I did snap a picture of the Championship trophy from 1985 as we left.

Last night we were able to make it back to the game.  The weather had cleared out and it was a beautiful night for a baseball game.  Cherilyn couldn't be convinced to wear appropriate clothing, but Kylie was wearing a nice new Royals outfit.  The game started out extremely poorly with the Royals giving up a 3 run home run and a grandslam.  Cherilyn was setting a bad example for Kylie by cheering and pointing to her Mauer jersey during his homerun trot.  Luckily the Royals are the superior batting team and made a game out of it the rest of the time.  So I don't think Kylie was influenced to be a Twins fan.  I almost caught a foul ball too.  The row we were in was empty so when a ball was hit our way I was up immediately.  I started tracking the ball and moving in the direction of where the ball would land.  This is about the time when I started hearing someone shout "newborn, newborn, NEWBORN!!!!" from behind me.  Cherilyn was subtly reminding me that I was holding Kylie and I was not allowed to go after the foul ball.  Instead I watched as it landed 15ft to my right and bounced off the cement to some undeserving other person.  Next time I'll get it.  We had a great time at the game.  Kylie will definitely be a Royals fan.