This weekend we went to a family holiday party at the Union League and Santa was there. While Sophie was thrilled with all of the big blow up characters, she was less than thrilled to sit on Santas lap.
We turned Sophie’s car seat around a few weeks ago and now she’s much happier. She’s also getting better at entertaining herself. Here are two videos I took this weekend. The first is her singing her own rendition of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – click here; and in the second she’s reading outloud from a book of Eastern wisdom (so deep) – click here.
Sorry for the delay in getting these pictures up. We had a great Halloween with a whole weekend of activities. On Saturday we went to a Halloween party at the Union League and Sophie the butterfly had a great time!
This weekend we all took Friday off for a little “staycation.” Friday we went to the Camden Aquarium, Saturday pumpkin picking at Linvilla Orchards and Sunday to Morris Arboretum. What a great time all around!
Sophie had off from school today so I took her to the zoo this morning. This is the third time that she’s been and she was definitely more into it this time than the others. She knew most of the animals and the sounds they make – although she was getting the sheep and goats confused.
On September 9th Dave’s cousin Danielle and her husband Mike got married (again!). They were married by a Justice of the Peace a few years ago, but wanted to have a big wedding too.
Danielle with Kathy – what a proud aunt!
I love this picture. Sophie & Danielle sharing a special moment. 
Sophie and Shannon, Danielle & Mike’s daughter, had a blast! They ran around and danced all night. I dont’ think Sophie has gone to sleep so quickly once she was in her car seat. Here it looks like the hug might be a bit too tight…
Shannon helped show her the ropes all night
Last week Sophie started preschool at Greene Towne School. The school is about 10 blocks from our house, and one of her classmates lives down the block from us, so we’ve been walking in together. So far Sophie seems to really like it. A day of play, who wouldn’t? (although since it’s Montessori, they call it “work”.)
Here are a few shots from her first day.
It’s hard to believe Sophie is a year-and-a-half old! We took her to her 18th month check up recently and she weighs 28 lbs and is 32.5 inches tall. That puts her in the 75th percentile for height and the 95th for weight (and over 100 for head circumference – must be that big brain!).
Well, in just a few weeks Sophie will be starting preschool at Greene Towne School and that means that Candice won’t be taking care of her anymore. We’re sad to see her go, but so thankful for what a big part of Sophie’s life she’s been. We’ll miss you Candice!
Sophie recently started swim lessons. She goes to the local YMCA on Saturday mornings. At the first lesson she was a little nervous and hung on to Dave, but since then she’s been a little fish. She really loves being in the water and kicks and splashes around.
