Only Sadie...

Sadie is very expressive these days with her vocabulary and her gestures. I can't capture all of her little faces, bows, or just plain silly gestures but I can at least highlight some of her phrases. For good or for bad these are said quite often around our house...

"I Can't"

This caught on this past week and I'm really tired of hearing it. Anything you ask her to do, no matter how simple, this phrase is her first response.

"You're not tired"

pronounced ti-red. Yet another phrase one does not like to hear at 5:30 am while a little finger is trying to pry your eye lids open.

"I don't love it anymore"

this is often used when she is done eating, although I have heard it uttered on other occasions as well.

"You did it Mom"

uttered usually after I've used the restroom and she hears the toilet flush. Can you tell we are potty training?

"Come on boys"

this is used with the children I watch during the day or with the dogs. Usually she is trying to get them to do something she wants, which usually ends up in a time out.

"I got the hic-a-dumps"

translation she has the hiccups

"(Giggle) I just tooter-rooted"

do you need the translation?

"It kinda tickles me"

ok this is funny because she says it all the time for all kinds of things. Needless to say she is a bit ticklish.

"Nice to meet you"

usually said at Church, but she'll go up to just about anyone and introduce herself now.

"I need to go to Wal-mart"

she says this when she is done being in the house and wants to get out for a while. Sometimes it's Sam's Club and not Wal-mart

"I'm hungry, I need apple juice"

if she could she'd drink all her meals.

"Oh No"

usually accompanied by a gasp and both hands thrown to cover her mouth in a dramatic gesture.

"I'm Sorry Mom"

for obvious reasons one of the more common phrases in our house

"You're beautiful Mom. I'm beautiful too"

pronounced b-u-ta-ful; most common on Sunday's (usually the only day I actually look decent) and just after doing her hair.

"I just need to stay up for a little while"

mostly used at night time.

"I just need to talk to you"

usually after she's in trouble and she is trying to get out of time out.

Ok this one isn't a phrase but it's a story: On Sunday, I was setting up for singing time at Church and Sadie went over to the podium and said "Mom I need my music" so I grabbed a Children's songbook and gave it to her. She tried to turn the page but the microphone was in the way. So I helped her and lifted it out of the way. She said, "thank you very much Mom" and turned the page. She grabbed the microphone and preceded to sing "Popcorn Popping" to all the kids who had entered at that point. After the song she of course took a bow and then said "good bye my friends" and we headed off to nursery.

Needless to say our house is full of one-liners, dramatic pauses and a bow or two. Yep it's never a dull moment here in Tam's World.

A Day of Art, Food & Good Company

From time to time I imagine myself escaping from the world that I current know. Not to say that I don't love that world, it's just every now and again I like to escape the ever present "Mommy" or "Honey". I need time for myself to remember who I am. This way I am a better wife and mother. I think sometimes I get so wrapped up in the daily grind that little pieces of me start to chip away. Therefore I have made it a priority for a "Mommy Only Day".

I have been looking forward to this "Day" for quite some time. My good friend Tiffany and I had been talking about museums and different cultural places so we decided to head down to The Getty Museum.

It was a lovely day, although it got a bit hot.
We got to tour the gardens and then we headed inside when the heat got to be too much and lost ourselves in the wonderful exhibits.

After we were through we loaded onto the tram and headed to Valencia where we stopped at Claim Jumpers for a wonderful lunch. Tiffany had never been there before so we kinda splurged to taste a few different things. We've decided when either of us win the lottery we will choose our favorite restaurants and order one of everything just so we can try it.

It was a wonderful day. Exactly what I needed. There are too many pictures to include them all on here...so please venture to my photography blog to get a look at all the wonderful things we saw.

The Kern County Fair 2010

Wednesday was free to get into the fair from 3pm to 5pm. So we took advantage and headed over. We browsed the peddler booths and made our way over to the Photo Exhibit. We noticed that the dance group that Sadie loved last year was getting ready to dance so we sat back and enjoyed the shows. Yes I said shows. Those dancers are very talented and we enjoyed their show. The other show was Sadie dancing in front of the stage trying to do the steps. The groups name is Powerhouse and they do Percussion dance. They are amazing. Here's a little video of Sadie busting out the dance moves.

This is the picture that Steve entered in the fair this year. It didn't get any awards but we still love it. There were lots of children entries this year so there was tough competiton.

After the dance show we wandered over to a children's art center where Sadie got to make a beautiful picture to hang on her Daddy's door.

There was another are set up where kids could do various "ranch" style things. In these pictures she is trying to Lasso a fake bull head.

Sadie and the Lasso

And of course we had to make a visit to the carousel (her favorite ride)

Steve's Birthday Bash

We had some friends over for a bbq. Unfortunately we forgot to check the gas...so we ended up cooking on the stove.

The guys watched college football while the ladies played with the little girls. We had a great time. And the girls really loved playing in Sadie's room and outside on the swing set.

Atley and Sadie

Roar!!!

Swinging out back

The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker

Happy Birthday Daddy!

After everyone went home, I set up my tripod and tried to get some family photos.

I love this picture of the two of them. It's such a real moment and it makes me happy that they are both happy. By the time we were done with pictures though Sadie's smile was forced. We had to bribe her with cake to get her to smile for the last one. Haha.

This is too cute! If only I had seen what they were doing I'd been able to do the same thing.

I love this picture!

I'm so glad that I have Steve in my life. He truly is my very best friend!

ok now this one you can tell she was hitting her limit. She was just humoring us. But it's hysterically funny. She was supposed to put her head on his shoulder like mine.

Can you tell I was tickling her and she was trying to strangle Steve?

Yep that's right...that's what's going on behind the scenes. Steve wouldn't let her get out from behind him. She of course was enjoying herself.

Ok so I hear this "Mommy, this stuff isn't coming off."

I go into the bathroom and this is what I found. Yep the icing was very blue and very hard to clean up. Her lips were dyed blue for a couple of days.

Play Date at the Park

We had a cool front come through so our friend Virginia organized a play date at a near by park.

There was a total of 11 kids (counting three babies under 1) and we had a great picnic lunch.

Then it was time to explore...

Our friend Nina

All the kids loved looking over the fence into the pond and making up stories about what was in there. That turned into a "run away from the sharks" and hiding under picnic tables.

Sadie hiding from a shark...

Our friend Ryan

The kids had so much fun running all over the place.

My beautiful Sadie

Our friend Atley

Taking a minute to catch their breath

Pure joy!

Baby Jude hanging out with the other little ones in the shade. He enjoyed himself immensely.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Today is Daddy's 41st Birthday!

We are having friends over on Saturday to celebrate but tonight Daddy gets pizza for dinner. Sadie will help Daddy blow out the candles on his snickers cake too.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!

We love you more than you'll ever know!