Three years of Syd.

A birthday Toast with Syd's favorite little friend Jane.

Our Syd is Three. at 7:17am today he turned three. I love to remember this day and the awe that surrounded his birth. I still remember the heavenly feeling in the room during labor and after he was born. Oh how we love love love him. He is a wonderful loving boy. He is so gentle and caring of Lyon " HIS BABY". He seems to mostly put the baby before his needs which shocked me. If I am in the middle of playing with Syd he will yell " HURRY mum... go feed the baby." Since Lyon came he has really turned into a big boy. He is a little bit rougher and tougher but still not too tough. He calls elephants "robots" and he is

traumatized for weeks after he loses a toy, constantly saying he really misses it.

I wish I was better at writing down the funny things he says and does - he is full of them. Here are some things to remember from this age. oh and if anyone is wondering. We have changed the Spelling of his name. from i to Y.... among other reasons, it looks better with Hyldahl.You still rule our world Syd.

FAVORITES

color: pink

toys: bike, tool set, itouch, wooden blocks, mini remote helicopter, fire engine, rescue trains

food: ice cream, cheese cake

People other than family: Jane, Meren and Eliza Sorber. Chloe, Stella, and Fred La Riviere

movies:callou, surfs up, charlie and the chocolate facotry, cars, ponyo

THINGS HE CAN DO:

360's off the couch.

ride a bike with out training wheels

put his baby brother to sleep by bouncing him in the hammock.

rock climb

abc's

hold his pee for many many hours

can't count too well

we will try skiing agian and skating this winter

BEST Syd Qoutes:

"you the best little mummy:

"i love you so much. i hope nothing ever happens to you"

while I'm feeding the baby he runs out of the room yelling behind him. "save some milkies for me mum!!"

"i need some quiet"

"I really missed my little brother when he was in your tummy"

" look mum, an abstract train" it really was an abstract train he built with lego trains

"Syd, did you push any kids in nursery today?"
"yes"
"who did you push?"
"like, all of them"

When I sing "mom, you're kind of freaking me
out"

"dangit!"

THINGS we hope he will grow out of one day!!:

He yells STOP to people passing by in the street.

if strangers to to him he makes a brushing movement on his face with his hands " brushing there words off". He is not very social unless you are in his house.

if someone comments on the baby and how cute the baby is.. he yells " NO.. MY BABY"

If he gets in big crowds of kids... like at music concerts he bounces around like a maniac like he is in a mosh pit or something and pushes kids around like crazy.

traumatic things:

he knocked his front teeth pretty badly

countries he has visited:

australia

bali

costa rica

canada

LOVES TO:

hear story's from our childhood

jump off the couch yelling "infinity and beyond"

go to target walmart and the mall. basically any shop

make his brother smile

hug his brother.

log a lot of park time

go to gymnastics class

go to the YMCA

go to nursury

play rescue games

play chasies

sing bingo

pretend he is a kangaroo named ponyo

take long baths

fix things with his tools

give family hugs

eat a cliff bar before going to bed

talk to his fish named ponyo

A hug from a few days ago. He always asks if he can hug his brother. Syd makes Lyon so happy too. I will have to try and get some video of them without Lyon getting so distracted from the camera

abi gave him a mullet

first time holding his brother
hot summer day

This picture is from when he knocked his teeth badly from a bike crash. his two front teeth are loose still. one VERY loose. this was very traumatic for he and I between visits to the dentist and Oral Surgeon. He was scheduled to have them pulled but i felt bad about it and cancelled. the next day I had the baby, and we have kept them in since. H
lining up for the race
sweet janefirst bike race, was ticked he did not get a medal
swimming in the river
cruising at 2.5 years
loves this train
cape cod
darren's motorbike
4 wheeling trip

tool kit

first weeks with Lyon

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first climbing trip
i found him asleep on the floor one day after i put a wash on upstairs

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About a month ago, Sid and I went to the bike shop in Greenfield and happened upon this sweet little bike for $10. Sid originally told me that he didn't like it and that he wanted a pink one. I figured i'd get it anyway and if he wouldn't ride it, I could sell it for more than $10. When we got it home, Sid decided he wanted to ride it. Having been on a balance bike for a few months, he had the balance thing down, but didn't quite know how to turn the pedals over. I held his feet on the pedals and turned them over for him for about a minute, then he just took off on his own. Brilliant! Here he is about a month ago at the park riding his "pedal bike" with me. He would be about 2 years 9 months old. I'm so proud!

fresh start - the boys and I

it has been so long. but i am coming back. i doubt anyone reads this anymore, but sadly it is my only form of journal writing. so i need to for myself. so many great things are happening with the kids that i am afraid i will forget. today syd (yes we are changing the spelling) said. "mum, dad ruined my life" "why syd" "because he wouldn't take the day off work and go swimming with me"

more to come, and a birth story.. but not right now, i am holding lyon and typing with one hand.

fighter jet

while drying sid off after a bath Rob asked sid last night what little boy's had that little girls did not have.
Sid's answer: Fighter jet... schwoooooooooo


Oh... is that what it is called.




this is the band jamming.

and then there were four

2 years old

Today is Sid's birthday. He's turning 2 today. If you ask him, however, he insists that he's turning"five." We tell him not to rush things and to hold on to childhood as long as possible. I vaguely remember adults telling me this very thing when I was a kid. Of course, I didn't understand what they meant - until now. I'm digressing.

So, being the diligent, 21st century parents that we are, we decided

that Sid deserved nothing less than a "theme party." This was our first attempt at organizing such an extravaganza - actually I take that back.....we made a feeble attempt last year that ultimately resulted in a bizzare healthy cake that no one really liked, a weird mix of snacks that you don't usually see at a party that were on sale and maybe out date and the mysterious disappearance of our coconut flour which we found a year later. I think that we (I use the term "we" very loosely - what I really

mean is Rowe) pulled off a doozy this year. I present the evidence below.

The Decorations:

The Cake: If you haven't figured it out already, the theme was Sid's favorite book "the hungry caterpillar"

The Games: pin the feet on the caterpillar and a pinata that was supposed to look like a cacoon but more resembled a large orange egg (it broke just about as easy as an egg too- much to the pleasure of the children). The only problem was that when it broke, the candy didn't come spilling out. Rowe had to stand on the chair and dump it out. I guess we need to work on our pinata building skills.

The presents: Sid got a piggy bank. We have gotten tired of fishing coins out of the CD/DVD slot on our computer and in our car. In fact, I think there is still a quarter in the slot of our car stereo, but amazingly it seems to still work fine. We're hoping that the piggy bank will serve to satisfy his strange fetish of wanting to put skinny items in small slots.

All up, I think we actually pulled off a pretty good party. At the very least, Sid was pretty happy. Or maybe he's just smiling because he's the only kid at the party whose parents would allow such a highly curated mullet

sid's epic life