Butterflies and New Rochelle, oh my!

Sophie was very busy last week (4/18 - 4/25). First, she got to go to one of her favorite places, the Butterfly Place and watch lots of "futterflies" fly around. It was very hot and humid in the Butterfly Place, so she decided enough was enough after 10 minutes, even though she really, really liked the futterflies. Afterwards, she got to watch some local elementary school kids place soccer. She really liked that and looks forward to her future as a soccer player.

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From 2 year 2 month

The following day, Mommy and Sophie drove down to New Rochelle all by themselves! They spent lots of time with Grams, Aunt Allison and Cousin Naomi. They had lots of fun having playdates, going to a chinese/japanese restaurant, attending a gym class and going to a music class. What Sophie liked best, though, was hugging her Naomi. She also really liked that Mommy gave up on trying to get her to sleep in the crib and let Sophie sleep with her instead. Mommy still has bruises from all the kicking, especially on her arms for some weird reason.



The following Saturday, Sophie and Daddy went to a really awesome Sheep Shearing festival in Waltham, MA. They got to see doggies practice herding sheep, lots of sheep "baaing", Sophie got to pet a llama, and all sorts of cool stuff. When Mommy came home from teaching college that day, she was surprised to find a very sleepy Sophie who did not want to wake-up until 6pm from her nap (started at 2-ish)!!!

fun with mommy and other things

This past week started off great! Mommy had a day off for work, so she tried to take Sophie to the aquarium. After the GPS failed to get Mommy to the aquarium and Mommy was tired of driving around Boston in the same circles, Mommy and Sophie instead went to the zoo! Sophie had a great time! She saw lots of llamas (which Daddy hates), flamingos (which we're pretty sure Daddy hates), Hawks (Daddy definitely hates) and then also jaguars, coyotes, mountain lions and monkeys! Sophie especially liked climbing up and down some stairs to see the jaguar better. She met another little girl, named Abby, who also really liked the stairs.

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checking out the sleepy jaguar

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Sophie practicing to be a paleontologist

After the zoo, Mommy and Sophie went to Friendly's. Sophie was super good, waiting in-line for a table for 20 minutes and then letting Mommy sit with her while she colored. She greatly enjoyed eating lots of french fries and refusing all other food.

Unfortunately, later that night, Sophie developed a fever and spent the rest of the week ill. But, she got to see lots of her Papa, who came over to take care of Sophie while Mommy and Daddy had to go to work. She now asks for Papa or Gam-pah constantly.

Sophie is excited about the coming week though. She is going down to NY to see Aunt Allison, Cousin Naomi and Grams. She may even see Uncle Alan. It will be mostly a girls weekend though since Daddy has to stay up in Chelmsford with all the animals. Sophie is hoping to buy some shoes and do other girlie things...

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kila in her element

Here we see the rare feline sub-species, Felis domesticus colorus, in a rare live capture photograph. How this beautiful creature of the domestic household manages to purchase crayons and coloring books as well as placing them ontop of a toddler's coloring table remains a mystery....