Miss Sydni

So I feel like I should do a run-down of Sydni, too....like when I do a monthly update on Liam. Clearly I am far behind for Syd, but I'll just start now!!!

• Yesterday she turned 6 1/2. OMG.

• She is 4 ft tall. Yes that's right only 1 ft 2 inches away from being taller than her mother. Who wants to take a bet?? I say she's the same height, if not taller than me by the time she's 12.
• She wears a variety of sizes, she's so skinny and tall, yes I am jealous of her, so pants are 6/7. Shirts are 7/8 or M. She has such long torso, again jealous, so she needs those bigger sizes so it doesn't look like a belly shirt.
  
  
• She is so smart! Her teacher says her best subject is math. She can add 3 digit numbers together!!
• She can read! She was just starting to get into the pre-k parts of emergent reading with sounds, familiar sight words, etc. And by the end of pre-school she could read signs, short sentences....and now, she reads BOOKS! Real books with sentences that have more than 3 words!!! She is reading above grade level and I'm so happy!! I was so concerned about it for some reason. Her favorite thing to read lately is her first dictionary. She has me read pages of it so that she can learn more. Too funny!
• Her /r/ sound is sooooooooo much better. I only notice it with a few words every now and then, or when she starts talking realllllly fast.
  
  
• She's a great eater! Her favorite veggies are broccoli, cauliflower, raw carrots, and green beans. She HATES corn. I have no idea why. She loves meat! Any meat! We mostly eat beef because we get a cow at the fair every year but we also eat chicken a lot, too. Her favorite thing to eat of all time....ICE CREAM! She is an ice cream monster!!! She gets it from her daddy because I'm not a huge fan of dessert foods.
• Her favorite shows are Dinosaur Train (PBS), Sponge Bob, Phineas and Ferb, The Suite Life On Deck, Friends (yeah yeah I know, not the best for a 6 year old, but she's turned out just fine), and anything on Food Network!

• She still LOVES dinosaurs! It's funn y because any time we're out and she sees little boy clothes with dinosaurs on them, she insists that we get them for Liam!
  
  
• Some of her favorite things to do are play outside, help cook, watch tv (I know I know), have friends over or go to their houses, go out to eat (she thinks we should do this every night), play with Liam (pretty much anything related to Liam), go shopping, go to school (she loves it!!!), be creative (she's always drawing, creating, cutting, gluing)....she's a busy lady.
  
  
• She loves being active outside of school. She is in dance class for the first time and LOVES it. My little ballerina. She also plays indoor soccer. She reallllllllllllly loves that, and is so good at it, too!! She is taking swimming lessons this summer and playing soccer and doing dance again in the fall.
  
  
• She loves listening to music! Pretty much anything, too. Let's see, she loves some Aerosmith, Lady Gaga, Eve 6, Flyleaf, The Foo Fighters, Kings of Leon, The Veronicas, Julie the Band....seriously, a variety. And she knows ALL THE WORDS....and can tell you the song and who sings it 5 seconds after it starts.
• When she grows up she still wants to be a paleontologist. :-)
• Last but not least, she is the BEST big sister. I'm serious. Best. 1st Place. #1. Champion. She CHOOSES to help with everything. Obviously I don't force her to with a wooden spoon or anything. She can't wait until bath time every night because she LOVES helping me give Liam a bath. She likes to feed him. She likes to fasten his diapers :-) She's "in charge of him" in the car. She takes great pride in that. She'll say, "I got it mom!" "Don't worry, I binkie'd him!" "Oh my spit, up. Don't worry, I caught it with the bib!" Such a little mommy.