Sierra Week - 47 Happy Thanksgiving 2010

After two days of preparation and a Momma who didn't sleep much Thanksgiving Day finally arrived!  We celebrated by hosting Grandma, Aunt Janet, GiGi and PopPop.  Momma cooked a big meal that I helped make!  My favorite of course was the chocolate cake!

After a yummy dinner it was time to play.  But something funny happened... For the first time Momma took a nap but I didn't!  Thank goodness I had all those grandparents to play with!

You might think that Thanksgiving dinner would have been the big event for the weekend.  But Black Friday brought a big surprise.  Momma and Daddy came home from running "errands" with a new mini-van.  Seems with my new sister on the way, the pilot was not going to have enough seating.

I think the mini-van is like a limo.  I'm pretty happy with my new ride!

Momma and Daddy weren't the only ones with a "new set of wheels" this week.  Seems the birthday fairy forgot to give me one of my presents.  A new big kid bike.  After a couple practice sessions I am riding it "super fast" around my basement.  Watch out world, here I come!

On Sunday to celebrate the fact that Momma canceled her final trip to India, we took a trip over to the park.  Momma captures a few pictures of Sierra before her camera battery decided to give out on her.

She also managed to capture some bath time pictures of us - G rated of course!  You think I could get her to style my hair this way normally?

Sierra took hairstyling to a whole new level with this "bucket" look.  Do you think the will be walking the runways of Paris wearing hats like this?

We hope everyone had a Happy Turkey Day!

Week 46 - A Day Out with Thomas

I just couldn't wait for this weekend to get here!  Grandma bought us tickets for a train ride on Thomas the Tank Engine in Lancaster County.  First we went over to Grandma's to sleep over so we had a shorter drive to see Thomas in the morning.  Playing at Grandma's house was great fun.  After a good nights rest it was time to see...

We waited our turn in line and then got on Thomas for our train ride.  Momma and Daddy are happy to report that I was much happier this year.  We sat in the coach train for our ride.

Even Sierra seemed to like the trip!  She did a great job pointing out things to Grandma and Daddy as the train went by them.

After our ride it was time to get our picture with Thomas.  We had to wait a bit but it was worth it!

Afterwards Momma wanted to take some more pictures of Sierra and I with the other trains.  And though SiSi would sit on the tracks I told Momma it wasn't a good idea and was not willing to get in the pictures.  Momma couldn't argue with me at that point, because I know the rules...  =+)

Happy Pre-Thanksgiving!

Week 45 - MIA

Momma was missing in action this week since she had to go to India for work.  So we don't have any pictures to share, but we do have some news.  Sierra seems to save her big new scary skill development for while Momma is away.  She is pretty smart that way...

So the big news is that this week Sierra figured out how to climb up the 3 foot tall ladder to the basement slide, sit down, go down the slide and climb out of the ball pit all on her own!

My little sister is FIERCE!

Sierra Week 44 - Fun in Box

We didn't have much planned for this weekend, but that didn't stop us from finding new ways to have fun!  First we repurposed Momma's book box for a little sibling fun.  Are we just too cute or what?

Sierra spent a little bit of time this weekend working on her targeting skills.  I'm happy to say that no fingers were hurt during the taking of this picture!

This weekend Momma introduced me to her iPhone.  Maybe a strategic error on her part, given how much I already like the phone.  Now that I know it comes with games there is no stopping me!   (Momma can't figure out why the picture won't rotate for her...)

I hope you had a great time playing with your family this weekend too!

Week 43 - Happy Halloween '10

This year was a landmark year for Halloween and me.  We warmed up to Halloween with the annual pumpkin carving.  Momma and I picked the faces and Daddy did the knife work.

The new part, was that Sierra and I did the pumpkin cleaning.  Can you guess the differences in our personalities by the pictures below?

After all of the fun work it was time to dress up and go trick or treating.  This year I picked my own costume and decided to be Buzz Lightyear.  Momma picked Tinker Bell for Sierra since it was the only costume she could find without a hood.  Momma must have put at least three layers of "warmth" under the costumes.  So if the camera puts on 10 pounds, Momma must have added another 20 to us!

Before we went out trick or treating Daddy lit the pumpkins.  Momma took another couple of pictures of me with the pumpkins.  Daddy did such a great job carving them for us.  A note to all of those who saw the bumpy pumpkins this year and thought you should get one next year.  Daddy says they are really tough to cut.  Power tools only!

Once the pumpkins were lit it was time to head out trick or treating.  Sierra and I visited about 8 houses in our neighborhood.  We saw lots of friends from the park.  I'm still working on my "trick or treat", but I was a rock star with "thank you".  Who knew people would give you candy just for being cute and polite?

We hope you all had a Happy Halloween and that you had your own Tinker Bell lighting your way!

Week 43 - Sierra Shares our Meal

My little sister hit a new milestone this weekend.  For the first time, she ate the same dinner that Daddy, Momma and I ate.  You might think this means that we stepped our meals down a bit to make this happen.  But that just isn't the way.  Sierra is now a certified steak loving, potato eating little girl.

She ate everything up that Momma and Daddy gave her.  She even asked for seconds on the steak.  Is she a Foy or what?!

 Si-Si loved Daddy's cooking so much that she ended the meal with a high-five to Daddy!

So next time you are visiting, keep an eye on you plate, because its all Sierra food now!

Week 42 - Happy Birthday to ME!

Talk about a great weekend!  This week everyone came over to our house to celebrate my 3rd birthday.  Uncle Sean and Devon even drove all the way down for the party from MA.  It was great fun having them as house guests.  On the big day, Momma and I decked out the house in my Diego theme.  Before we knew it the guests were arriving!

We warmed up our appetites with some outdoor fun!  It was so nice that everyone came outside to play.  There was baseball, soccer, slides and more.  I impressed everyone with my ability to connect the bat to the ball!  Momma even caught a snap shot of it.

Devon had lots of fun too on the slides in my playhouse.

After a yummy lunch of baked ziti made by Daddy, it was onto the main event.... CAKE!  Thanks Nanny and Bobby for my Diego cake!

I loved every last bite!

 After cake we all gathered around and I did my best to open all of my presents.  I felt so lucky to have so many fun new things to play with!  A special thanks to everyone for EVERYTHING!  I've put them all to great use.

 Sierra's favorite was my upgraded 4x4 Tractor from Nanny and Bobby.  Look out world, Si-Si is already starting to figure out how to drive my old Jeep!

 I feel so lucky that I was able to spend my 3rd birthday with all my family and friends.  Here's wishing that next year will be as great as this one was!

Sierra Week 41 - When Momma Knows Its Time to Come Home

Sierra Week 40 - Irish Eyes

The light this weekend had Momma grabbing her camera more than normal.  So you can guess how much that was!  But it did result in the first picture that Momma has taken of Sierra Tazz and I where all of our faces could be seen at the same time.  Tazz's eyes sparkle Irish in this picture!  Must have been because of the squirrel she heard.

Tazz's eyes weren't the only ones to impress Momma this weekend.  Look whose blue eyes were shinning in the guest room.  We always knew that Sierra had beautiful blue eyes!

Not to be out done by my little sister, Momma captured my eyes in action!

 

And because Momma couldn't resist, here are our "awe..." moments of the weekend...

Sweet dreams everyone!

Sierra Week 39 - Walking!

Its official, Momma came home from India and Sierra put on her walking shoes!  Take a peak at this video and see what all the excitement is about!

We also headed out to the pumpkin store to find our Halloween pumpkins for this year.
Both Sierra and I had fun playing at the garden center.

We also had some fun with the stomp rockets.  Each in our own way of course!

No one was safe from Momma's camera today.  Even Tazz had to smile pretty!

We hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather as much as we are!

Hugs to everyone!