Sydney Marie turns 8!!

My little girl turned 8 today!! I cant believe how fast its gone!! So I woke up this morning to find her up and reading in her bed. She knows she cant get out of bed until 7 , so she got up at 6 and turned her lamp on and was reading in bed. She LOVES to read! I bought her Barbie charm school the chapter book and she finished it in one evening. I dont know where she gets her love to read but its not from me! HaHaha! She told me that since she is at a 4th grade reading level now her goal is to be at 6th grade by the end of the year. Im so proud of her and know she will make her goal. So for her party, last Saturday, she got to have 7 of her good friends go with her to Jumpin Jungle and then to U-swirl. She had a GREAT time with all her friends and I loved watching them.



Did I mention how boy crazy she is!! ;)




Then on her birthday we picked her (and Steven) up from school and took them to lunch,then after school we headed to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and then back home for cake and presents. This year Sydney asked for mainly all cloths!! I did have to get her one toy just to keep her little. She is definatly growing up too fast!!

Reesey!

Reese has prooved to be more athletic than any of our kids at her age. I dont know if its because she is naturally gifted (which we all know where she would get it from ;)or if having 3 older siblings has anything to do with it. She loves to kick the soccer ball back and forth with Steven and she can throw really well over hand. She likes to huff things across the room...in the store...at church! She also can hang on the pull up bar for 10 seconds before she falls. Its so cute! Probably not a big deal to most, but we sure think its cute. And of course she already has a shoe fetish! she loves to walk into my closet and walk out wearing my red flats every time! Those are her fav. except in this pic. Sydney had just opened all her presents and Reese went right over to her new shoes and put them on.

Sydney and Stevens music program

Sydney and Steven had their first music concert of the year. It was great except a little packed! It was for grades 1-5 and we were pretty far away to get any good pics. That and well our camera is outdated and doesnt do a good job anymore! Stevens class had to where there pjs for the perforance and Sydneys just white tops and black bottoms. They both did great and we found out Sydney will be singing a solo at the next concert that she auditioned for and earned. We are pretty proud!

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