I hate fireworks, especially when I have a 2 year old sleeping.   ok, this week has went down very well. We went to the school playground and or swimming almost every day.She likes to put on her little sunglasses and wear them around outside, it's pretty cute!

 I took Soph to the Children's Museum also. We have craft time for about an hour each night before bed. She likes me to roll out Play Doh flat so she can use my cookie cutters to make shapes! We have made paintings and all kinds of cute stuff!  She is very imaginative! 

Soph is getting good at dressing herself and putting her shoes on by herself. She sits on her little potty alot.  She likes that she can tear her own little toilet paper squares off the roll and says...goodbye poopie when she flushes.  it is so funny. she got a new hello kitty toothbrush and hello kitty bubblegum toothpaste, so about 4 times a day she decides to get her little step stool out and get her little dixi cup and brush away!  I get summoned to the bathroom to a little voice saying brush brush  let's go! That's my cue to get her little supplies from her bathroom cabinet.

Every other week at the library we have been going to a toddler class where they sit at little tables and little chairs together and work on projects, art type things and they get to stand up and show "the class" their creations. Soph, of course works the room and has to show everyone individually.  We signed her up for the summer reading program there where she gets points on a punch card for the books we read to her, so every couple days I take her there and she carries her books and little punch card up to the table. Then depending on the amount of books she gets to pick a little prize. This time is was one of those koosh balls with a frog body. She calls it a squishy. She has this little Elmo tote she brings every where with all her little things in it..baby bottles, crayons, squishy, extra paci, her juice, some paper, sunglasss and whatever else she picks that day. Its funny as we are walking out the door she has her shades on and her tote over her shoulder....just like me! I have pictures but they are taking forever to up load, so check back.

I am in the process of catching up my blog after weeks of neglect. It is a good thing I keep a written calendar of events to review. This afternoon while David and Sophie napped I went over to see my best friend Amy.  I go over there at least once a week, sometimes twice to have some girl time. We went to get manicures and have lunch. This has been a weekly event. We also headed over to the mall to look for some shoes for her because she has like 3 weddings to go to this month. I picked her out 3 pairs. They were super cute. I hope she gets tired of them after one wear so I can have them. We both have the same shoe size. She buys stuff and decides she doesn't want it and doesn't want to hassle w returning it, so I reap the rewards!  I have accumulated LOTS of stuff lately from shoes to Clinique to Iced tea maker, books she bought duplicates of. 

When I got home we went to Five Guys to eat dinner.  I just had a craving for a little mushroom cheeseburger!  Soph loves their fries. She wanted to see the doggies at Petsmart. So we walked next door and she pulled me by the hand through the store hunting down doggies to see and the kitties in their cages. She likes looking at the fish and turtles. Fish...ok, but turtles?  They don't really move. She likes him. After she made her rounds in the pet store I asked her if she wanted to go swimming.  She said yes mommie, let's go swimming, this way! (to the car)  She kept saying grandpa, I guess she thought we were going swimming at his house. We walked to the pool and she was looking for him :(   She still had fun though. We swam for about an hour or so, then it was about time for her bath and bedtime t.v. show. She likes to watch Kipper the dog and Caillou on PBS which comes on as part of the night time sprout  good night show with Nina and Star. Stay tuned for pictures.  I am trying to get this blog up to date since it has been a little stressful and tiring here since Sophs ordeal. I really just wanted to zone out after she goes to bed.  i am feeling much better these days though

Children's Museum

Yesterday I picked up my cousin Jo to go with us to the Children's Museum. We had so much fun. Jo is really good with Soph, and Soph really likes her! She was a great help keeping Soph engaged in all of the exhibits. We went to Playscape first. Soph enjoyed showing Jo all of her favorite things there. Then we had lunch. After that we went to see Bob the Builder and ran into Soph's little friend Mellanie and her mom Angie from Gymboree. We got to see her new baby boy Joey.

Today we went over to Mary Bryan Elementary to play on the playground there. Soph had a good time scooping things into her little bucket. After that we went over to Ritters to get a delicious ice cream treat. Picutres are uploading...slowly. Stay tuned for those

Today I had the delight of going grocery shopping by myself. It was so nice to just be able to actually stop to look at my options instead of just doing a drive by and grabbing the first thing that resembles what I need. We spent alot of time organizing Tooties play room. I re-arranged her room so there appear to be more space. I wanted to put her toddler bed in it's rightful place. I put up her tree and owl decals on the wall and organized all her little outfits by color. We ate dinner about 5:30. We had the always delicious spaghetti. Soph had spag also and buttery corn niblets and toast. I made no-bake cookies while Soph and daddy watched Kipper.  She says it all British too like they do.  Mommieeee Kippah!  Watch Kippah! and Kippers friend the scotty dog is names Tiger (Tigah). It's pretty funny to hear her say it both ways. We didn't go anywhere today because David is still being a big baby about his upset tummy....which he has had for 3 days. I am pretty sure if he can keep down a greasy McDonald's Fish sandwich, large fries and whatever else he got, he is just fine. I think it had something to do with my list of things I wanted to get done around here. Soph had her bath with her added demand of brushing her teeth while in the tub. She has be get out her little baby doll hand mirror to hold up while she brushes. She brushes then smiles at herself in the mirror, then brushes and so on. Her nightly bath/brush ritual is pretty extensive. She is the cleanest toddler I know! She smelled delightful tonight with her new mango hair shampoo and her very berry body wash. We had a little tea party before bed. Soph got to sample a cookie with her milk. She placed pieces of it on her little saucers and handed David and I each a cup and little plate and poured out tea. Then she got out the little sugar bowel and scooped some sugar in our tea. She is such a good little hostess! She read through her elmo potty book and off to bed.

Playground fun

Lately before dinner we have been going over to Bunker Hill school to let Soph play on the playground there. She has a great time. We bring along her little bucket and shovel so she can scoop up the wood chips on the playground. She walked all around in the grass and picked flowers. She likes to crawl through the tubes. Then we came home and had a delicious pizza. Soph as usual had her bubble bath followed by several episodes of Kipper the dog and a few books. She went through her vatious flash card decks a couple of times then it was bed time.

Today we went to the Children's Museum. We had a great time. We went to the Playscape first. Soph spent most of the time building and playing in the sand box. She also played in the kitchen there with a couple of other kids making sandwiches and putting pieces of play fruit on plates. She stopped by Egypt to feed the burro. at noon we went to the cafeteria to eat the lunch we brought. Soph is really into cottage cheese now. We got home and it was nap time. She must have been tired from all the running around at the museum because she slept for almost 4 hours right up until dinner. She had nuggies mac and cheese bannas and peas. After that we had some craft time. She painted another picture and we cut out shapes and glued them to construction paper. She played at her kitchen while I was cleaning up after dinner. After some reading time she said daddy splish splash, which means she wants a bath. I sing her splish splash I was takin a bath song as she scrubs her little self. She likes to wash her own hair with her special shampoo. Then she got her jammies on and got her step stool out so she could stand at the sink to brush her teeth. This child is a teeth brushin fool! She gets the bottoms really good, but still needs "hep" with the top. She hands me the brush and says "hep mommie" and says ahhhhh and laughs and opens her mouth so i can do the tops. Then I say cheeseburger and she does her cheesy nose wrinkling grin so I can do the fronts. Then she has to have one more pass (and more toothpaste) to finish up. This is her nightly bath/teeth brushing ritual. It is pretty funny.

After all that we read about a dozen books whild she was winding down and she watched Kipper the dog and Caillou. Tomorrow is library day.

Mothers Day/Jonahs Birthday

Well I have not posted a thing for over a month. There have been alot of things going on around here that have simply drained me. I have not really felt like uploading pictures and fighting with my computer to speed up!. I will be backlogging posts as I can! Jonah celebrated his 2nd birthday today on Mother's day. He had a Toy Story themed party. Sophie and Maren enjoyed pushing each other around in the go go car. For Mothers Day. Sophie got me a Mickey Mouse card that she picked out all by herself. Inside was her handprint! She also got me a Mickey Mouse cup and a pretty flower!

Sunny Day

Today we spent the afternoon and evening with Grandpa. We had lunch. We got out my old trike and let toot get on. She couldn't quite reach the pedals so dad hooked a strap and we took her all around his neighborhood. She loved it. She ran all around his yard and played with some balls kicking them around. Then we went out to dinner where Soph took charge of a bowl of cottage cheese! We had a long and busy day outside today!

Today at Grandpa's house

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