The Kole Chronicles: two.and.a.half.

September marked Sydney being the ripe old age of 2 1/2!

I did take pics and write everything up back in Sept, just a little late in getting this posted!

here’s some stats and general info:
she is wearing a size 2T/3T and a size 7 shoe
She’s still in diapers – wears a size 4. we are working a little on potty training, but she isn’t too interested in it yet, so we’re not pushing it too much.
as of sept she was still sleeping with her fifi (paci) and blanket
she takes one nap – about 1-3 hrs
she weighs about 27 lbs

Here’s what Miss Sydney’s life looks like:
She loves to read! she will read books out loud to herself – so sweet. When she reads out loud, she sort of smacks her lips in between words sometimes …super cute :) She also loves to be read to. she typically asks to take a new book to bed with her each night and almost every day she wants to take one to school too! At bedtime, she will reach out to her light switch and try to turn the lights on so she can read…little stinker!

She also loves to sing! some of her favorites are baby bumblebee and twinkle twinkle little star…she will make up songs to the tune of different songs too…the other day in the morning: there’s no light in here, not a light in my room over and over to the tune of rock a bye baby….she also loves to sing along to the radio!

sorry you’ll have to tilt your head to see this, I tried to rotate it, but i guess it didn’t work…

she is quite the little jabber jaw and says the cutest things sometimes:

She calls cupcakes ‘pupcakes’

if she wants something, she will say: ‘please i can have...’

conversation the other day:
me: ‘look at your little foot’
s: ‘thats not my little foot, thats my big one, little one right here!’

She’s quite the observer and thinker…we were out for icecream downtown and syd saw some flowers on the counter: “look at the pretty flowers, people made them” Papa: ‘yes, they are pretty, and people probably planted them, but do you know who actually made them?” without missing a beat syd: “Jesus!”

She is quite the little diva still…she definitely wants things her way and her way only. she will get pretty upset when she is told no and often goes into her room and slams her door! (oh my, what will the teenage years be like?)

here’s a little example of her sassy pants nature….she and owen were playing and they were talking to each other. Owen didn’t hear what she said so she repeated it, he still didn’t understand so asked her what again...she huffed loudly, said “owen” in a snotty little voice, then went right in his face and whispered whatever it was that she wanted to tell him. wow.

She is very meticulous - up at cottage, she had her babies outside on the rocker and put a blanket on them...then she would go lay down on a lounge chair, pretend to sleep for a second, then walk back to her babies, push the blanket out of the way, pick up each baby, slide her arm around them, pat their back, then take the blanket pick it up, shake it out 10-13 times, cover her babies and do the whole process over again...and again...and again....like 20 times - not exaggerating

She has an infectious little smile; and it just couldn’t get any bigger!

is very thoughtful and loves to care for other people…she will come over and give you a hug if you’re not feeling well or she will make sure owen has everything he needs. the other day: with owen’s milk in her hand: ‘i gonna put this right here for you, alright? i gonna put this on the counter, owen’

she’s also very adventurous! she likes to try new things – most of the time..and definitely more so than owen ever did. she was so excited to go on a seadoo ride with papa this summer!