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This very lucky girl got to go to Disney for her birthday, thanks to her Nana and PapPaP.  From the hundreds of pictures I have, here are just two…
Sophie and Ariel (the joke she’s telling her we will never know)

Jasmine, Aladin & Sophie

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This year we celebrated Sophie’s birthday in the same venue we did last year – Philly InMovement – a kids gym.
Rachael and Sophie

Sophie blowing out her candles, next to Claire. 
Sophie’s “big” present this year was gum! She wasn’t allowed to chew it until she was 5 and she got a big pack of bubble gum in her birthday bag. 

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This winter Dave took Sophie to Spring Mountain (more of a hill) to try skiing. She got the hang of it pretty quickly, with Dad as a guide, and enjoyed 2 days this winter skiing down the mountain.
Sophie Skiis 
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One of the best things about the new house is the sledding hill in the back! Sophie’s friend Drew came over during one of the first big snow falls and took full advantage. 
Sophie and Drew

Top of the hill

Sophie and Drew

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Our happy girl Lauren turned 2 at the end of December. Before the Christmas break her class had a birthday celebration in her honor. 
The birthday girl

The Montessori Globe circle (2 times around the candle to represent her years of life). 

The birthday girl
The cousins (Lauren sans pants)
Ariana came up to Philly to celebrate her first and Lauren’s second birthday. 

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This year we got a Christmas tree for our house – the first in the new house – but spend actual Christmas in Virginia. Here’s a shot of the girls decorating the tree.  Many ornaments, very low. 

The girls in a loving Christmas moment. Perhaps they were moved by the prospect of presents… 

The cousins Christmas morning. Poor Ariana was sick and very unhappy. 

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We went back to the stables that we went to last year to see Santa and his horse. This year however, Lauren was not having any of it. She insisted on being as far away from the man as possible…. and Im pretty sure she’s totally unaware of the horse right behind her. Maybe next year, when she realizes he’s associated with presents she will be a little more accommodating. Sophie asked him for a doll house this year… we will see if her wish is granted…

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In November Dave had his annual sales meeting in Marco Island, Florida, so we decided to make a little family vacation of it and went down a few days early. We stayed in a beautiful resort and for most of the trip the weather was lovely – in the 80s (while Philly was having their first cold snap).

The happy sisters

We took a nature hike through a national park. We were on the lookout for alligators, but unfortunately never saw one. Lots of birds and other little critters though.

If only we could walk on the beach in November every year! 
Turns out one of my good friends who moved to Florida a few years ago lived just 30 minutes from where we were staying. We were able to get together and I met her son, Myles, for the first time. Here are Lauren and Myles after a marathon day in the pool. 
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This year the girls were none other than Elsa and Anna from Frozen. Sophie desperately wanted to be Elsa, and poor Lauren was Anna be default. They were not alone. It seemed as if every 3rd little girl we passed was one of the two. The Thursday before Halloween we went to Narberth, the town next to ours, and walked in their Halloween parade. It was very cute. Here the girls are before the big trek…

And the on Halloween we went back to our old neighborhood and met up with some neighbors, including Claire Nestler, the bumblebee…

And of course Claire Marvin, another Elsa. Claire and Sophie had slightly different takes on Elsas hair… 

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This weekend Dave’s sailing buddy Joe and his long-time girlfriend  Kat, got married at Parvin State Park in New Jersey. It was a beautiful, low-key, outdoor wedding. Dave was in the wedding and his parents were there too.

Joe and his groomsmen, waiting for the bride

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 Sophie and Lauren were living it up on the dance floor the entire party. Sophie got some extra special time with the bride, who spun her around until neither one could stand straight. 
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