Game Night Tuesdays

Tuesday nights are our designated family game nights!! Well...everyone minus Sidney. We all eat dinner together and then we put Sidney to bed and play board games with Kennidy, Linda and Steven. BOARD games. Not the Wii (which is played all other available times). We told the kids we'd play BOARD games with them. It helped that they got LOTS of board games for Christmas. Our current family favorite is "Toss Your Cookies." Sorry no pics, yet...maybe next Tuesday night!!

Bump, Set, Spike

Kennidy's first volleyball tournament of this year's club season was Saturday. Her team won 2 of the 3 matches they played. As usual, Kennidy gave 110%.

Defense

Her height puts her at the net







Rancho's 13-1's....go RVVC!

Stay tuned for updates throughout the season................

New Do

Sidney has officially BARELY enough hair now to make her look somewhat like Bam Bam.


She looks thrilled, huh?!


This is Sidney's "I don't know" gesture. Kinda looks like she is saying, "Waz up?"

Rain Rain Go Away

It's been raining ALL week here in So Cal, but Thursday afternoon we got a break in the downpour so I decided to run to the grocery store and grab some things I needed. I took Sidney with me as Remberto was sleeping. It was actually sunny outside when we walked into Albertsons, but it was NOT sunny when we walked out. In fact, it was POURING! The sky opened up and unleashed on Ontario at exactly the moment I needed to get to my car.
A nice lady offered me her umbrella so I could try to get Sidney to the car somewhat dry (because I am a bad mom and didn't bring an umbrella with me). So...I walked to my car, pushing the shopping cart and holding an umbrella over Sidney best I could. The rain was coming down sideways now and my jeans were soaked from the waist down. When I got to the car I had to set the umbrella down so I could throw Sid into her carseat. I set it into the shopping cart (with the bags of food that were filled with water at this point). I managed to get Sidney into her carseat and shut the car door only to find out that my borrowed unbrella had blown away and was still blowing across the parking lot. A nice man drove up next to me and told me he would go get the umbrella and as he drove off to do so, the lady who owns the umbrella drove up to collect her item. By this point I am soaked from head to toe and it is still pouring. Now, another man runs up to me (wearing a suit and tie and getting soaked) and asks me, "did you get the baby into the car ok?" I told him yes and thanked him and he ran off as the nice man who chased down the umbrella pulls up and hands it to me. I then hand it to the lady who let me borrow it and everyone drove off and left me standing next to my car.....drenched. I just started laughing, hysterically, as I got into the car and drove home.


I took this picture on my cell phone the second I got into the car after the ordeal. Can you tell I am soaked?

Wouldn't ya know it....when we pulled into the garage, the sun came out again!!

Now here's the best part...I was telling everyone my story during dinner and when I finished, Steven asks me, "did the man who ran up to you to ask if Sidney was in the car have spikey hair?" I couldn't help but laugh at the off the wall question.

Storytime!!

Wednesday mornings Sidney and I go to the Ontario library for Tiny Tots storytime. We even braved the rain to go this week! We hear stories and sing songs and at the end we get to play with toys!!!! Who knew you could play in a library?!?!? Here are a few pics from our Wednesdays.


Choosing her seat


Not paying attention


Took Isaac's block


My own block, Mommy


Can we go home, Mom?

Torrential Tuesday

Who says it doesn't rain in California?

This is a compilation of videos I made yesterday during the rainiest times of the day. Please excuse the commentary. In fact, turn your volume off. :)

P.S.--My favorite part happens at 3:20 into the video.

Better Safe Than Sorry

Last night as I was getting Sidney ready for bed I noticed that she had a red pinpoint rash on her torso, back and neck that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. I knew I had not seen it there until now. My first thought was that it could have something to do with the fact that she is cutting 3 molars right now and I have read that sometimes teething can cause a rash. So...I didn't think too much about it and just put her to bed as usual. After two hours of trying to get her to sleep, I started getting really concerned. She was just more uncomfortable and cranky than usual. Remberto was at work so I decided to call Sid's pediatrician who told me to go to the ER ASAP as she wanted to rule out meningitis. MENINGITIS! (Guess the way I was describing the rash and the fact that Sidney was more irritable than usual was more cause for concern than I thought). So Remberto came home from work to be with Kennidy, Linda and Steven who were sleeping and off we went to the ER.

In the end, we spent from 11pm-2am (Tuesday morning) in the ER and were told that her rash was in fact a classic allergic drug reaction. Doc assumes it can most likely be attributed to the Motrin Sidney has been taking for her teething as Tylenol is much less likely to cause an allergic reaction.


In the ER


Can't see the rash too clearly here...but...it's there

So no more Motrin for Sidney. She is doing much better today. Just happy we ruled out MENINGITIS!!!

Wild Kingdom

Today Sidney and I found our favorite place on earth....Wild Kingdom in Chino Hills!!! It is a huge warehouse-type building full of large inflatable bouncers and slides. Every Thursday morning is open playtime for little ones only. Being that all older kids are in school, the littler ones can have free roam of the bouncers and slides without getting trampled on by the older kids. She was a bit apprehensive at first, but once we looked around a bit and tried things out we both had an incredible time!!

They even have birdies to see!

Her favorite slide is that big one behind her. We must have gone down that thing together 6 times! It was hard getting up it, though

She loved tumbling inside that alligator

This thing was called a roller coaster and it was so cool. She was scared at first but after trying it once it was hard to get her to do something else until we found...........

A slide just her size!!

At the bottom of the slide

Slide again, please!!

Tumbling with mommy

We were both so exhausted after playing!! She even fell asleep in the car on the way home (which she never does because she hates being in a carseat). I stopped for chinese take-out on the way home and once home and after getting Sid to bed, I stuffed my face because I was starving...and then I took a nap too. Great day!!

What's One More??

The Candelario family welcomes Folger...a 3 month old Yorkie!!


This is Folger at 8 weeks old (a picture provided by his old mommy)

I have always regretted giving Maxwell ( my first Yorkie) away when I was pregnant with Sidney. So, Remberto and I made a deal: I could have another Yorkie when Sidney was potty-trained. Well....an opportunity recently presented itself and I fell in love. I know, I know...I need another responsibility like I need a hole in the head (as my dad would say), but............


Folger at 3 and a half months old (needs a haircut, but gotta finish his shots first)


Folger and Bo face off


Fun in the sun

Wii Time

Ever since we got the kids the Wii for Christmas, we have ALL had some real fun times playing together. Here are some pics.....







As you can see, we just need a bigger tv in the loft to play on!!

Smarty Pants

Sidney seems to get smarter and smarter each day. For sheer posterity I share her latest accomplishments with you.....

1. Sidney says the usual ma-ma and da-da, but just said Bo-Bo, too!! (She loves that crazy dog)
2. If she wants something, I ask her to say please first and she tries so hard and gets out: "Puh"
3. She hides things under her bed and then goes back looking for them later in the day. If you ask her to "look under" she will go into her room and look under her bed.
4. She is still getting used to the Sunday school classroom and kids. She cries when I leave. She was fine in the nursery, but ever since they moved her up to the next class, she is apprehensive
5. When I am done changing Sidney's diaper, she LOVES to throw the old diaper over the banister to the floor below....then we have to go downstairs and she will retrieve it and throw it in the trash
6. Sidney likes to lift up people's shirts and pinch their fat rolls....and she does not care if we are in public when doing this...now I just need to get rid of my roll so she leaves me alone
7. Liked dancing to the Christmas decoration animations around the house this past Christmas
8. Walks down the stairs by herself while holding onto the wall
9. Will follow mommy to the bathroom and will sit down next to the toilet while mommy goes potty (time for her own potty to get used to the technique)
10. Points at the sky when she hears an airplane and will watch it fly away...and then she waves "bye-bye"
11. Cutting her first two molars on the bottom. Poor baby (not helping the existing sleeping problem AT ALL)
12. Just yesterday I told her "I don't know where your teddy is" and she looked at me and put both her palms up in the air as if to say "I don't know". SO CUTE. I have no idea where she picked that up. Now she walks around the house doing it all day and when I ask her where something is she looks at me with palms up as if saying "I don't know, Mom"
13. Last night she waved "bye-bye" to a birdie outside and then said "bye-bye"! She actually said "bye-bye"! Kinda sounded like "ba-ba" but I knew she was meaning "bye-bye". Awesome kid.......................

Weight: 19.5 lbs, Height 30 in

Back 2 School.......Back 2 Life

Yay!! Three of my four went back to school this week after their 2 week mini-vacation for the holidays. Don't get me wrong, having everyone home together was nice (if you like the acoustics of children vibrating throughout the walls of the house). No seriously....it was nice. BUT....I welcome back to school as it gets us all back into a routine.
Kennidy's club volleyball year gets into full swing this month with her first tournament on January 23rd. Stay tuned for pics and updates on her monthly tournaments, junior qualifier, and finals that will take us through June and into July!!
Steven should be starting baseball this spring and Linda...well, Linda is still not sure what she wants to do with her afternoons. Little Sidney and I will begin going to the library weekly on Wednesday mornings for Tiny Tot Storytime. We had been on a waiting list for the class since last year, but I got a call last night that they FINALLY had a spot open up for us.
Remberto is promoting to a training officer in February and will go from working nights to working afternoons and being home to sleep when normal people do for a change!!
I will continue working from home part-time (paid) and full-time as a mommy, cook, housecleaner, driver, etc., etc. (unpaid in dollars, but priceless in reward).

A New Year

So 2010, huh?! Wow. I figured it was high time to join the cyberspace world of blogging. Bare with me throughout this endeavor as I am not the best storyteller and my humor may not be your humor...but hey...it's my blog anyway......

My name is Lyndsay. My husband, Remberto, and I have been married for 3 1/2 years. We tease each other that the first 7 years are said to be the hardest (but in all honesty we hold onto the fact that maybe this circus will get easier in 3 1/2 more years) :)

Remberto and I are raising 4 children and a bulldog. I'll start with the kids, but pay attention 'cause this can get confusing......Our oldest is Kennidy who will be 13 in March. She has been playing volleyball, seasonally, for 4 years and is currently beginning her second year on a club team. Go Rancho Valley!! Linda will turn 10 in July. She enjoys all types craft making (especially drawing) and plays soccer in the fall. Steven....poor Steven...the lone boy....will turn 9 in July. Books are to Steven as kryptonite is to Superman. But seriously...Steven is a gem in his own right. He enjoys video gaming of ANY kind and also plays soccer in the fall. On to #4.....Oh Miss Sidney Victoria...named after her grandfathers....turned one this past October. She is a smarty pants, has a beautiful smile when you get one and is always trying to keep up with her brother and sisters. Don't let me forget Bo...our 2 year old English Bulldog. As far as he is concerned, all I can say is it is true what they say about bulldogs...their farts stink REAL bad AND he may actually snore louder than my husband (why must he choose to always sleep on the floor on my side of the bed...yeah I am still talking about Bo. My husband does not ALWAYS sleep on the floor.) Hehehe...see there's my humor again.

So there you have it....our insanity in a nutshell. Check back frequently as I will try to catalog the high points of our lives.