The Many Looks of Sydney

LOOK! I'M A MOOSE!

NO! I'M A KANGAROO!

MAYBE I JUST LIKE DINOSAURS!

ACTUALLY, I JUST NEED A TAN.

I have to say that of all of my children, Sydney is the one that we are just never sure what we're going to get. We have learned to think of this in a positive light. The alternative involves sedatives and counseling. (for us, of course) The one thing, and the ONLY thing that we can count on for sure with Syd, is that the first chance she gets when she walks through the door, she will take her clothes off except for her panties. I am grateful that home is the only place she does this now, since as a toddler she wanted to strip everywhere. At friend's houses, McDonalds, and even the men's room at Chuck E. Cheese. It has not always been convenient, but at least people can say now that they have seen her with clothes on. I can only hope that the progress we've made to get her to keep her clothes on will continue so that she doesn't find herself working in the only profession where this could be acceptable. In His name we pray...

Just a note- These pictures have been taken over the course of the last year, and somehow she has generated all of these looks with no outside provocation. I'm still not sure how she got my pasta utensils tied to her head, and really, I'm fine with not knowing. And the kangaroo thing happened just the other day. I asked her to get Bambi out of her freakin' panties and she says, "I can't! I'm a kangaroo!" Makes perfect sense. A kangaroo with a fawn. All righty then!