Sunday evening, we had a second birthday party for Sophia. This time it was a kids-only party (and their mommy’s) at the Children’s Museum in Saratoga. The kids really enjoyed exploring museum, crafts (necklaces and tambourines) and pizza. All of the kids (and parents) really enjoyed the cake-pops that Nana made.
Today is Sophia’s 3rd birthday. In the morning, she went to dance school then to IHOP with Danielle for breakfast. When Sophia told the waitress it was her birthday, a few of the staff sang “Happy Birthday” and gave her a hot-fudge sundae (yes, for breakfast). Saturday evening, both families came over to celebrate.
Pay close attention to the last two photos. Sophia is so tiny, she is wearing the elbow pads on her knees.
Today is Rocky’s 72nd birthday. He came over last weekend for dinner. We made Lasagne Bolognese with Spinach and Danielle made a cake. Sophia loves celebrating birthdays, especially when it gets to be the time to blow out the candles.
Monday was Sophia’s 3-yr checkup. She is now 34 1/4 inches tall and weighs 25 lbs. So since last year, she has grown 2 1/2 inches taller and gained 3 lbs. The other exciting news is that she is pretty much potty-trained. This week we are even ditching the diapers while Sophia is at daycare.
Last Saturday was Sophia’s first dance class. She was pretty stiff during the class, you could tell she was pretty nervous. Once class was over, she came out of the classroom very proud of herself.
I know, we have not updated the site for a while. Sophia was sick all of last week and most of this week. Not too many photo opportunities when your child “growls” at you when you look in her direction. Tomorrow Sophia attends her first dance class, I am hoping Danielle will get a few photos. Next Saturday is Sophia’s birthday (she will be turning 3).
Over the weekend, despite my objections, Danielle took Sophia for a haircut. From the photos below, you can see that she had 4 inches taken off the back. The top photo shows Sophia new “lady bug” earrings.
One of the gifts Sophia received for Christmas was a Build-A-Bear. She was a little scared when we arrived. The machine they use to stuff the bear is quite loud. She ended up selecting a ballerina outfit for her bear. As you can see below, the bear has been added to the collection of stuff animals Sophia sleeps with.
Yes, Sophia is still opening Christmas presents. On Saturday, Nana brought over a couple of presents from our generous relatives in England for Sophia to open.
We started the first of the year with some outdoor fun. We took Sophia and Teddy out for some sleigh riding. We only ran into a couple of problems, Teddy did not get his walk yet today and was pulling like an ox, almost killing Daddy a couple of times. Sophia after watching Mommy go flying down the hill decided there was no way she was getting on that sleigh.
