Saturday, October 30, 2010

Happy Birthday Sophie!

Sophie loves Dora, so of course we celebrated her birthday with a Dora the Explorer party! She had so much fun. On the way to the party, Sophie told me that she was going to hug all of her friends. Sure enough, as each guest arrived, Sophie would drop what she was doing and sprint to her friend, giving them a huge bear hug! It was so cute!

Other highlights were:
The beautiful cake Jo Ann decorated
Matt playing the role of Swiper - the kids loved saying "Swiper, no swiping!" and Matt said his line, "Aww man!" very convincingly
Emmy playing the role of "La Bruja" and scaring the kids away
Sophie suddenly walking away in the middle of gift opening and announcing, "I'm done."
The look on the kids' faces when they realized they were going on an adventure and they even had a backpack to help them on their way!

I can't believe our little Sophie is 3. Her enthusiasm and delight in things are contagious. We all love her so much!



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Sunday, October 24, 2010

sundee nite

My mom often spells 'night' like that and my dad sometimes replaces the "Day" in Sunday with a "dee."

Sometimes when we were kids we would complain in the car, "I'm thirsty!" and my dad would quickly reply, "I'm Fridee! Let's go out on Saturdee and have a Sundee!" This was often followed by more moans and groans from the back of the van. Just a little snippet from my childhood.

During my busy days and weeks, I find myself thinking of things to post about on my blog. But when I find time to sit and do it, I forget. So here I am, ready to post, and my mind is thinking about how I need to clean my room and how I'd really like to go help myself to another piece of chocolate cake.

If you ever need to bring a nice dessert somewhere, and you don't have time to make one, consider Trader Joes' Chocolate Ganache Torte. It is delicious. It is in the frozen section. It is even better with a dollop of freshly whipped cream.

I will now end my post with a few pics of what we've been up to lately:



Sophie is at the peak dress-up age right now. This is a very normal outfit for her. I even let her wear it in public because she was so pleased with herself.



So happy in matching PJs! The weather has been more fall-like this week and the kids have enjoyed snuggling up in cozy warm clothes!



Ryan continues to be the sweetest baby ever! I LOVE him!!!



Emmy practicing her grin for picture day. I showed her my dorky kindergarten picture which gave her a great laugh, and then she enthusiastically practiced all kinds of smiles.



Sophie is not happy to be taking a nap . . . but she is now sleeping in a big girl bed! I think this was her last time in her much-loved crib.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Emmy's Prayer

Thank you that Ryan was happy with me today when I holded him. Please help Ryan to sleep better. Please help me and Sophie to not have any bad dreams, not even one. Please help me not to think bad things. Please help me and Sophie not to be stolen.