How we've kept busy

Built tents

Made crazy faces

Played some ski-ball

Ate a cupcake with, you guessed it, blue frosting

and discovered the joy of play-dough.

Also, apparently, didn't wear shirts too often. Thankfully, that's just for the two-year olds in the house.

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I have no pictures, but here's some recent going-on's around here:

*We switched phone/cable companies. When the guy came to install he had the worst case of BO I've ever been around. That's saying a lot for someone who used to work at Limited Actions docket every week. His stench stuck around all day, even with scentsy burners going strong all day. Gross.

*I've discovered that whenever Curtis is out of town for work, I always spend too much at Target and eat out too much.

*Sophia's started recognizing some letters. I'm impressed. She also likes to spell her name and count to twenty. Tonight, she was walking around saying "one, two, buckle my shoe; three, four, shut the door; five, six, pick up sticks; seven, eight, lay them straight; nine, ten, a big fat hen."

*We had a ton of snow and ice and had to miss the celebration of my mom's 65th birthday with six of her eight siblings. Lame.

*Curtis and I had not one, but two date nights out in a matter of a few days. That is unheard of around here and it was GREAT. One of those nights we saw Just Go With It. I haven't laughed so much and so hard in a long time. Go see it.

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This little girl's going to be a



coming in September!

Right now

1. Sophia loves to say, "I get it!" after she asks for something.

2. She wants to play hide & seek, always hides under her bed, and in a twist of the traditional game, when you come to get her, she is coming to get YOU.

3. She likes to pretend to read books, and more often than not, the people in the book are telling each other "no" about something. Art reflecting life? I think so!

4. She likes to tell her babies, "Don't cry baby. Shhh. Don't cry."

5. She likes to slide in the house. We don't have a slide, so she spreads her slick sleeping bag out on the floor, runs on to it, and slides standing up.

6. Her favorite book right now is the Berenstein Bears Get the Gimmies.

7. When we go to the store and I pressure Curtis to get something, Sophia chimes in with "Get it, Get it!" Two to one. Gotta love it. (Esp. ironic when you consider her favorite book is all about not getting things.)

8. She loves movies. A LOT.

9. She likes to tell anyone around to "Sit down" or "Stand up" Just a little bossy.

10. She played in the snow for the first time in her life a couple of weekends ago. She did a great face-plant into the snow. I figured it would be the end of playing outside, but she just brushed it off and wanted to play more. Tough stuff.

Christmas

We were all thoroughly spoiled with gifts, time with family, and treats from friends and neighbors.

Te-Has

We (just Curtis & me) took a little trip down south. It was warm (see the palm trees!) and we got to sleep uninterupted by a certain two-year old(yay for small things!) While there we purchased this beauty:

Just kidding about the car, but doesn't Curtis look good next to it!

Birthday #2

Well, we knew it was going to happen, but it still seemed to come all too soon. Sophia celebrated her second birthday. We made sure she got to enjoy it. Activities included going swimming at the YMCA where we went down the big slide at least 5 or 6 times and picking Curtis up early from work so we could go see Tangled. Sophia loved it all and we actually stayed the entire movie at the theater! Quite an accomplishment for this little girl. It was a great day to spend together, celebrating as a family.

Thanks for the balloons Grandma & Grandpa!

Ripping into presents--she was really great at that this year!

Cheesin' it up with her princesses!