Soles's Popcorn Party!

Last weekend, Maddie was invited to Soley's 6th birthday party! It was at The Popcorn Station and we had a great time!

Maddie got to make her own sweet popcorn mix. She chose rainbow fruit as the base and then added melted chocolate, marshmallows, crushed oreos and more melted chocolate.

And, of course, she snacked the WHOLE time! Ha.

We also got to watch the owners make caramel corn and then each kid got to scoop themselves a popcorn ball.

Finally, the kids got to make a bag of savory popcorn. Maddie chose white cheddar. Yum! Maddie really liked this popcorn party - it was so unique! 

Happy birthday, sweet Soley!

Neighbor Zoo Day

Last Friday, we headed to the zoo with our neighbors. It was H-O-T and the girls were so excited for the Splash Park. 

Except, Sydney wasn't into it. So she went down the water slide a few times and then sat and watched and ate raisins.

After a snack, we marched on to the bears.

Of course, the girls were most excited to try to see baby Kindi again.

And she was there, being snuggled again.

Sydney was so sweet in her baby jellies.

And Sydney was JAZZED that she finally got to ride the train this season!

The girls were whooped when we got home! Maddie never naps but she passed out on her floor playing in her room during "quiet time." 

We love the zoo!

Sydney's Skeetos....

Let's see. Where did I leave off? 

Oh yes, Sydney's mosquito bite. So, Syd got bit Sunday around 3 pm. Before bed that night her eye looked great. A tiny little dot of a bite was at the corner of her eye. When I walked into her room Monday morning, I gasped.

She was happy as could be but it was painful to look at her. Her eye was pretty swollen and red. I sent her pictures to my nurse mom and aunt. They asked if that was the "peak" of her swelling.

I said I thought *maybe*.

Except it wasn't. She slowly got worse through the course of the morning.

After the diagnosis last summer of skeeter syndrome we had a good plan for how to prevent and treat bug bites. Except we hadn't had one by her eye before. So the ped wanted her to come in.

Waiting on Dr. Robson. The doctor said that Sydney's eye wasn't infected but he was concerned it would get infected so he went ahead and put her on antibiotic. We had to two days of benadryl as well. And, 24 hours later, we looked MUCH Better.

Sydney drew a lot of attention the few days she was swollen. People had no problem asking me what was going on with her face. Most people thought she had gotten hit or fallen down. She was so cute. She heard me explaining it was a mosquito bite (to which people were literally like WHAT?!) so she got used to answering people, "I got skeetos." 

Oh my little girl and her skeeto sensitivity!

And, 2 days later, we looked almost normal!

 So, we are back to watching little lady like a hawk. She doesn't go outside without bug spray. So, let's hope that we don't have any more major issues with those pesky mosquitos!

Weekend Recap: More berries, Car shopping and Dane turns Seven!

It's already the weekend and I'm just now blogging LAST week. I better get caught up because June is crazy for us!

So, last weekend....

We had eaten all of our Huber's strawberries so we went back with great-grandma. The girls had a great morning with her. I laughed because later when I went to look at my pictures, this was the best one I had of my grandma and the great-grand girls.

 

 Oops.

A few more Huber's pics!

Saturday AM we went to the Y. After our workouts, Chris and I got cleaned up in the locker room and changed clothes. We walked out wearing the EXACT same outfit. Y'all. It was so ridiculous. Same green t shirt, khaki shorts and grey tennis shoes.

 Twinning!

Maddie went shopping with nana for a bit so Sydney went car-shopping with daddy and I. Sydney LOVED car shopping. I mean loved it. 

That night we had dinner at Noodles and Co.

 

 Yummy tomato soup!

Sunday we headed to Lexington to celebrate Dane's birthday. He had a video game truck at his party. 

Maddie with the birthday boy - one of her most favorite people on the planet!

The boys stayed in that truck the whole time.   The girls liked it but enjoyed running around the yard more.  Unfortunately, mid-way through the party I noticed Sydney had gotten bitten by a mosquito at the corner of her eye. I was pretty bummed since I knew she would have a bad reaction. I joked to Chris, "Welp, she's going to have a fat eye tomorrow." Sydney was diagnosed with skeeter syndrome last year and has HORRIBLE reactions to mosquitos. We had kept her covered in bug spray last summer but hadn't really had any bugs the past several months. 

But the bugs are back. And they are back to biting our sweet baby. When Sydney went to bed on Sunday night her eye looked great. The bite was small and not irritated at all. 

But, then she woke up on Monday. I'll save THAT for the next blog post. Suffice it to say, you haven't seen anything like it.

Preschool Graduation!

On Wednesday, Madeline graduated from preschool! Her school, Star Academy, is a daycare/preschool. They start curriculum in the one year old room and then turn full-fledged preschool in the four year old room. Most of the kids have been together since infants so, while I'm so excited for Maddie to start kindergarten, I will miss the families and friends we've met the last five years.

That day started with major excitement! Maddie learned to tie her shoes! This was one of her summer goals. She's been practicing and was so excited to finally get it. It's hard tying shoes!

Maddie and Sydney went to preschool and I picked them up a little early to come home and change. A few minutes later and we had a pretty princess.

Sydney was also a pretty princess but she was in some type of mood. So, this was the best picture of the siblings I got.

And, Sydney also wasn't down with posing in a family picture. Ha!

The graduate with grandma and grandpa!

And nana and grandpa!

Maddie and some of her best preschool buddies!

Together since 12 weeks! Born only 2 weeks apart - these two are such a fun duo!

We had to get to the ceremony early to reserve seats so Sydney kept busy rifling through her back pack.

Afterwards, we got a few pictures with some of Maddie's favorite teachers.

So so proud of Madeline!