Tuesday, May 24, 2011

bad mommy!

So, I am a bad mommy because I have been derelict in my duties towards blogging about my children's lives.  So, here's what has been missed.

On March 27th, Sophie celebrated her fourth birthday party at Plaster Fun Time.  She invited her entire pre-school class plus some extra friends.  Most of her classmates came as did most of her additional friends.  They had a fantastic time painting pottery, eating chicken fingers and pizza and eating her gorgeous Tinker Belle birthday cake (bless you Hannaford for making yummy, beautiful cakes!).

During that weekend, Sophie also had a visit from her Pittsburgh relatives.  She was especially excited to see Mara again.  Mara even stayed over for a sleep-over and the girls spent the next day at the New England aquarium and then off to the movies to see "Gnomeo and Juliet" in 3D.  They enjoyed the movie but were underwhelmed by the 3D option.

In April, both Sophie and Penny had their physicals.  Sophie had her 4 year check-up where her height was mis-measured.  Argh!  So, we re-measured her at home and found her to be 41.75 inches tall!  She's getting so big!  Penny's 6 month check-up occurred in this time frame.  She was 75th percentile for her weight, height and head circumference, making her a perfectly proportioned girl!

During April vacation, Mommy, Daddy, Sophie and Penny went down to NY for a few days and celebrated Grams' 60th birthday with the Stewart/Dann family.  We also celebrated the first night of Passover with Mommy's Aunt Laura and Uncle Frank.  Unfortunately, passover is a long holiday and we had to leave due to baby crankiness.  This suited Sophie who takes after Daddy and does not appreciate NY Jewish food delicacies that often make Mommy extremely happy....and thus a swift trip to McDonald's was made on the way back to Grams' and Gramps' house to fill up Daddy and Sophie's bellies.  Also during this visit, Naomi and Sophie had their first sleep-over and spent the following day at the mall with Mommy, Dadd and Penny since we had a car malfunction that ended our plans to go to the AMNH to see the dinosaurs.  Sophie and Naomi had a great time anyway, in part, because they got to go to build-a-bear workshop.

In other news, since her 6 month check-up, Penny has now developed the ability to say "Mama" (as of May 21) and use it appropriately (as in, "Mama, I want you to pick me up or change my diaper or feed me!").  She has also developed a backwards army crawl (as of May 22), which can only mean forward walking sometime soon!

Since time is short, I will add a secondary picture blog to this entry soon!