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.

From 2 year 2 month

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.

From 2 year 2 month

checking out the sleepy jaguar

From 2 year 2 month

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...

From 2 year 2 month

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....

Sophie's 2nd birthday (parte deux)

Sophie waiting for all the guests

Oh boy, guests and presents!

it was a full house that day

So, last weekend, sophie celebrated her 2nd birthday with ALL of her friends. The house was filled with lots of kids and their parents. It was a really good time had by all. Sophie spent most of it wandering frm room to room in a silent awe at the number of people in our home. She was pretty smiley and happy in the end. We were also very proud of her because she knew how to blow out her birthday cake candles (when the time came). However, Mommy and Daddy gave Sophie some help anyway.

Later in the day, Sophie also got to celebrate a beautiful baby naming. We had some friends and our families over to our home where an officiant presided over th short ceremony to give her a name. There was lots of singing and playing with cousin, Naomi.

With all the excitement, Sophie did not have a chance to open presents on her birthday, so she has been opening one or two a dad all week. She really like presents now!

Kelly Clarkson

So, Daddy and Sophie were watching some Saturday Night Live when Daddy's future ex-wife, Kelly Clarkson, appeared to sing her hit single! Daddy and Sophie love KC, so we danced along:

Yay, we're 2 (part 1)! ! !

Sophie celebrated her second birthday this Monday. She had a great day! She went to daycare where she had lots of fun with her friends. Then, Mommy came to get her and we went home and watched tv and played with our toys. Then, Daddy came home early from work and played play dough with Sophie while Mommy made dinner for everyone. Finally, Sophie got to prepare for her birthday cake. While waiting for Mama and Dada to get the cake ready, she practiced blowing out her candles. When the cake was finally ready, Sophie did a great job blowing out her candles, it only took 3 tries!

On Friday, Sophie went to the doctor for her first year appointment. She was the bravest Mama had ever seen her. She only cried once, when the doctor laid her on her back to check her tummy. She spoke with the doctor and showed the doctor on her hand how old she was. She even went "ahh" for the doctor when it was time to check in her mouth! She gave the doctor lots of high fives too. It turns out Sophie did not need any shots, but she did have to give a little blood for her iron and lead check, but she didn't even wince. What a brave girl! Afterwards, Mama got Sophie a small ice cream sundae for being so brave. This made Sophie happy.

So, at age 2, Sophie is 34.5 inchs tall, which puts her in the 65th percentile for height, she is 29.5 pounds, which puts her around 81st percentile for weight, and she has a 50.7 cm head, which was off the charts for her head. Her BMI is 17.6 percent which means she is super healthy for a 2 year-old. Yay Sophie! Mama used about.com's growth chart calculator (in case anyone is interested).

Sophie looks forward to her big birthday bash next week and to her "Yay, we're 2 (part 2)" blog entry.

Hijinks and Hamentashen

Sophie had fun today at our second Purim festival ever! She probably doesn't remember the first one so much, since she wasn't even 1, but she sure enjoyed this one. She got to consume mass quantities of hamentashen, and participate in games of chance, which she found to be addictively delightful. She one lots of tickets at the bean bag toss and the jar toss, which netted her some sweet bracelets and slinkies. She also got to see Crazy Davy the magician do a special show just for Sophie. Crazy Davy's alter ego is also the drummer in the band daddy plays in. We talked to the Rabbi for a bit, who was very excited to see Sophie as a tulip fairy. We saw some of our friends from Tot Shabbat, which was great. She also saw her babysitter Julia, who was staffing the hula hoop contest like a pro.