We were at the Boondocks fun center today to meet Dora! The $5 adult / $10 kid fee included a pretty good breakfast, tokens for arcade games, a ride on the go-carts, and of course the chance to meet Dora. Sydney was totally freaked out by Dora as she has been by anyone in costume. Her friend Sarah seemed to be having fun but Sydney refused to give Dora a hug. She eventually mustered up the nerve to give Dora a high five and Boots a hug but that was it. She's always been freaked by people in costume including the Rat at Chucky Cheese and of course Santa. She had a blast on the water boats (see Flickr photos) but got freaked out by the little go-carts. We put her in one and started to buckle her in but I think she expected us to ride with her. Of well there's always next time. We found some extra mini-golf clubs and balls sitting around and decided to let the girls play a round while the moms did some baby feeding. We actually ended up staying from 9:45 to 1:15 which was way longer than I expected. Both girls were pretty wiped out by then but at least Sydney had a decent nap!
Saturday, July 01, 2006
Goofy Bryce
Wow has it really been over a month since I've written anything! So much for June. I just uploaded a bunch of pictures from Sydney's birthday party, from when Oma and Opa visited, from when Jayne and Jerry visited, and random ones of the kids. We've been keeping busy trying to figure out why Melissa hasn't been feeling that great lately. So far we've ruled out many big bad scary things (like most forms of cancer and MS) but no diagnosis yet. It seems her symptoms have started since having kids so I blame lack of sleep and feeding our monsters. Bryce was 20lbs at his 4 month checkup (on June 5th) which put him off the chart for weight. That's a lot of breast milk! Unfortunately he was only in the 50th percentile for height so he has some lengthening to do. Sydney just had her 3 year checkup and was still in the 95% for both height and weight. Anyway keep Melissa in your prayers as we try to figure out how to help her feel more like herself.