Today I got up early to prepare for our day. Which consisted of getting out the door by 9 so I could go work out. It was a trying morning. Sophie likes to run from me now when it is time to put on shoes and coat, or diaper changes, or anything in general I want her to do, She is an independent child. So once we finally got out the door, I was tired. I droped her off at the child care there at the gym. She cried the whole time, but when I went to get her she was fine and wanted to stay and play. She just needed to be reassured that this place was ok! So we stayed and played for awhile. She found a little girl to run around with. I was actilg silly trying to make Soph sure that ths is a fun place to be, so 3 other kids gathered round to see what I was up to. That poor sitter they had there had her hands full. So at least I kept 4 of them busy for half an hour. We went back home in time for lunch. She went to take a nap after that. We got our copy of Your Baby can Read! today. So I will start that. The first video they watch every day for 2 months, then on to the second. There are five total. I got it brand new on the internet for super cheap instead of buying it from the actual website where they charde $200. Right. I got it for a cool $28 ,and it got here in 3 days! Even if it is stupid, it will be another video to have in throught the day in the background. I have to mix it up since I can quote entire episodes from her Dvd's now.

Monday

Today we went over to the Carmel Library to drop off some books. Soph had Gymboree open gym tonight. She chose to spend most of her time there in the lobby or "helping" Miss Eileen in the office. We spent most of the day before that running errands, going to he grocery store and Target.

Winter Wonderland

So let's see. What have we been doing? Friday My dad came over to help me out. I have had the worst luck ever! We had a winter storm and it blew a large tree piece on my house, then after Gymboree class last night,my ture went flat. So he came over to fix things. One new tire and one branch removed! Go EKD!!!
He hung around until Sophs Gymboree Winter Wonderland party at 6. Sophie had a fabulous time as usual. She played and laughed and popped the bubbles. She decorated a snoman for us to take home made out of paper plated. They gave out juice and a cookie, which she enjoyed. She sat next to her little friend Melanie. Her mom said she was at another table till she saw her over here and she picked up and sat next to Soph the whole time. They chatted alot. It was pretty cute.

Needs break

Hello. I need a break. I need sleep. My back/neck hurts so bad I feel like puking. I would like to go to the store by myself. I would like to take a nap. I want real food. Please help.

Today we went Christmas tree shopping. We weren't sure if we wanted to go with real or fake this year, only because of small hands plucking ornaments off the tree. I was going to just get a little Charlie Brown tree, but Target was too high, and Home Depot didn't have any trees at all! They did have real ones, so we put it on the top of the car, I swear we looked like the Griswolds. After Home Depot we went over to Five Guys and had some dinner. Sophie discovered ketchup a few days ago, so she decided that she needed to dip each bite before eating. It was petty cute, she did a good job. After that we went home and put the tree up. Sophie bept saying Boo, because when we went into a store around Halloween, she saw the Halloween decorations all lit up and I told her it was for Halloween, Boooo, So now she says boo, and all decoration that light up. She helped decorate the tree.

Today during the day we did absolutely nothing. Just watched Sesame Street, Big big world and Dragon Tales. Then had lunch and naps. I did my domestic duties while toot was napping. We decided to go to Gymboree on Thursday nights now, which is much better than Saturday mornings. The atmosphere seemed more relaxed. Sophie had a blast. All the kids there were pretty nice. She actually participated and paid attention to all the class activities. Probably since it is not as chaotic as Saturdays are. She even did the parachute and popping bubbles part. I was pretty pleased. We lie Miss Melissa the teacher there, she is so nice. I stayed after for like a half hour just chatting with her whilst Soph ate her Nutrigrain bar in the lobby. I was having her help me pick out a few things for Soph for Christmas. They are having a sale there, and I got a ball, a puzzle and a color pad for 15.00. I basically got one thing free. So that was nice. When we came home, Soph had a bath, since she got hold of a peppermint while I was looking at Gymboree, she was dismantling the diaper bag and found it, and dripped pink baby drool all over her new white shirt. Luckilly it came out in the wash, which I did right when we got home.