Fun Day at the Zoo

We're already been to the zoo a couple of times this month. Sydney loves to "go see the animals". We just love watching her see the animals. She is amazed that the animals do the same things as humans. We got to see an elephant get a bath, a giraffe eat snacks and monkeys make poo. All of these were quite memorable to her. Every time we see one of these animals in one of her books, she reminds us what she observed at the zoo. Here are some pics from one of our zoo visits.

Sometimes watching the humans is pretty fun too.

DORA the explorer...LIVE!

WE DID IT!!!! WE DID IT, HOORAY!!! Can you hear the music now? The music in your head right now is from Dora the Explorer. We went to see Dora LIVE in Kville a couple of weeks ago. Syd and Catherine both danced and sang along....and they knew what to say when Swiper came along :). Really, they couldn't have been any cuter! Kari, Brenda and I had a great time watching the girls enjoy the show AND the super exciting blue cotton candy. We had a great time guys! We'll play again soon! Syd has been asking if we are going to see DORA every morning when we get in the car!
Kari does a much better job at posting her adventures quickly! Here's Kari's post from the day :)
http://catherineandcarson.blogspot.com/2009/03/dora.html

Who doesn't love girl scout cookies?

Left the room for 5 minutes and she figured out where the cookies were and how to get in them! And...after all, who doesn't love a Thin Mint cookie during Girl Scout cookie season?! :)

Dogwood Arts & Home Show

Here are some pics from the Dogwood Art & Home show a couple of weeks ago in Knoxville.

. CAN YOU TELL WE ARE READY FOR SPRING?!!!!Also, we've been into animals lately. Here's our girl pretending to be a frog. RIBBBBIIITTT!

And....any cute kid living in Ktown needs at least one or two pictures in front of the well-known sunsphere.

http://www.dogwoodarts.com/hgshow.htm

Into stuff....playing w/ cards

It's never too early to learn to play cards. Check out the really cool step stool. This has brought Sydney a whole new level of independence. All the stuff she wasn't already into a few weeks ago is now a possibility now that she can reach more stuff. Heather made this for her and painted it special for our little girl. So sweet!!! Thanks again, Heather. You are so good to our baby girl.

More snow and a tiny snowman

Making funny faces :)

Stop the pictures. I'll take one for myself. She has been on a huge camera kick lately and had to take her camera with her everywhere for the past few weeks. See our little kiddo making the cutest little snowman ever. (Yes, this is from last month, I'm just now catching up on downloading pictures, etc).

Making the Headlines...

And something from the Farragutpress.... Last month, the Farrugut baseball team had their annual diamond dinner. All of us attended and the press got this cute pic of Trace & Sydney. It made the papers and I can see why. Aren't they sweet?! Sydney has turned into the biggest Daddy's girl lately!

Fun visit from Grandma Dotty

Sydney's Grandma Dotty came to visit last month and that meant QT w/ Grandma for Syd and a date night for her parents. As you can see, the girls had a great time. They made bread pudding (a family favorite) and drew pictures and had lots of fun! Thanks again, Mom! We enjoyed seeing you.