Toast 2 Mom

The Pink Bow

By now you know the challenges I face in dressing my daughters. Sydney prefers dresses with short sleeves, but sleeveless is best. Natalie refuses footie jammies and no chance of a hat of any kind.

And when it comes to doing their hair, forget about it. Well, poor Natalie is still sporting her mullet these days until her hair growing speed kicks in a notch. But Syd, I've been fighting to do pig-tails or put her hair in curlers for months and months.

No, for Syd there is one hair accessory and one hair accessory only - the pink bow. Maybe you've noticed by now, but pretty much every picture of her, she is sporting the pink bow. She wears it every day and even to bed at night. (I gave up the fight long ago.) Throughout the day, I get requests, "Mommy, can you please fix my bow." When I do it wrong, I'm instructed, "no, Mommy, I like high and on the side." I get little pleasures of putting it "low and in the middle" some days, just to mess with her. :)

When I say, "Syd, can we do a purple clippy today or maybe a headband,"...this is look I get. We've all got our own thing...I guess!

Halloween Tricks...Such a Treat

Yesterday was no treat for getting Cheekers in her Halloween shirt. Today, Mommy pulled some tricks...and won. See my purrfect litte kitty below...and her best Halloween face for last!

 
 
 

Halloween Fashion Police

Some days I want to go run and screaming out of my house when it comes to dressing my girls. Today was one of those days. I have so many more years of this fashion drama, it's not even funny...not funny at all.

Today Sydney had a party at her school for Halloween. It was also to be her Halloween program. The program was postponed until Tuesday because the weather was iffy today. I bought a Halloween shirt for Syd and Natty...as I always have. Never before in years past have I received 'tude over a fun, sparkly Halloween shirt. Today, though, Sydney kept saying, "Mommy, I really just don't like this shirt." I tried to convince her since it was her party that all of her classmates would be wearing orange and black. Umm, oops, they weren't. A couple of the boys in her class were.

Then thinking Natalie would be in the Halloween shirt spirit, she overheard Sydney saying "no" and "I don't like this". So when I brought Natalie her clothes, not only did she say the same things, she worked that baby temper of hers and ended up wearing nothing black, orange, sparkly or labeled Halloween. Oh Good Grief (in the spirit of Charlie Brown).

Below is a picture of Sydney before school today. Despite the lack of enthusiasm (as the picture displays), I guess she did end up having a good time at her party. I heard a lot about orange frosting, sprinkles and cookies...go figure. I guess next year I'll have to buy a shirt with a cookie on it!

The Dresses of Summer

As summer comes to an end, kind of, I am looking forward to more than just cooler days and seasonal changes. I am also looking forward to my daughter choosing something different to wear than the same four dresses of summer.

Sydney was not initially a girly-girl. She evolved though, and now it is dresses every day. There are requirements to her dresses, though. And she has found the four perfect dresses that meet those requirements. In the beginning, I found these dresses to be perfect. They're cool, cute and easy. Then I tried as best as I could to get her to branch out...no luck. Some days I have to put my fashion foot down and demand something other than these four dresses.

Even if the summer lingers, and I sense it will, these dresses are starting to get shorter. So the wearing days are numbered. I know I have certainly taken enough photos of these dresses over the summer to remember what they look like. But here are all of them together...

 
 

Flower Girl in Waiting

We leave today to head north for a family wedding. Our niece is getting married this weekend, and our big girl Syd is a flower girl. We have been talking about and talking up this role for months now!

There are endless cute stories detailing the discussions we've had leading up to this big event. The one story that stands out the most, though, is how after the big wedding, when the job is all done, Sydney gets to go to a party and eat cake and hit the dance floor with Daddio.

Sure she's shown excitement over the pretty dress she gets to wear, about the new shoes we bought, about the basket full of pretty flower petals that she'll get to drop for her beloved "Princess Bride Katie". All of those things have gotten a lot of mention, but none more than cake and dancing. This girl likes the party! (which scares me a little bit!)

So, my Mommy goal is to make sure that between now and Saturday, Sydney hits all of her bedtimes right on time and takes as many naps as possible. Or the flowers may get thrown, not delicately dropped...and there might be a photos documented forever of a little blond girl with a blood shot eyes, a wrinkly ivory dress and one shoe on, asleep on the dance floor with cake in her hair.

Hopefully happy pictures to follow...

A Thoughtful Interview

OK I'm no Barbara Walters, but I have been wanting to interview my three year old recently and see what are her favorites and interests. This would be WAY more interesting to have this conversation video-taped. However, Mama needs a new camcorder to make that happen. Because the thoughts of a three year old go by very, very quickly, the following is not verbatim - not a chance I could capture it all. However, here's a glimpse at the interests of my Sweet Syd...today anyway.

What is your favorite thing to eat? Ice cream - strawberry, chocolate chip and chocolate with sprinkles and marshmallows.

What's your favorite color? Pink marshmallow.

What is your favorite show? Ariel.

Who is your favorite princess? Ariel the mermaid (Duh, I know, dumb question, Mommy).

What do you want to be when you grow up? A mermaid....no, a fairy.

What is your favorite animal? A cat.

What do you like to do for fun? Work on the computer and do lots of fun stuff with Mommy like sing and work on my letters and play ball and go to the park.

What is your favorite number? Counting to 10 with my Daddy.

What is the best thing about having a sister? Loving her and watching shows with her.

What is your favorite thing to do? Swim in the pool.

What is your favorite thing to drink? Juice.

Do you like dresses or skirts? Dresses.

Do you like headbands or clippies? Clippies with hearts on them.

Do you like pizza or hot dogs? Hot dogs.

Do you like swinging or sliding? Swinging.

And then the interview abruptly ended because she was done. :)

Shoes to Fill

Cheekers has had a fascination lately with putting on her big sister's shoes. She focuses very hard on putting them on by herself, then claps in delight when I step in to assist and speed up the process so she can clop, clop, clop around the house. Here is her latest go in the ever so popular sparkle shoes (we're on our third pair of these shoes because they are THAT popular).