Roxie

Today Mommy brought home our new doggy, Roxie, who is supposed to be 8 months old, and is a mix of beagle and basset hound. SO far, she's awesome. Hopefully, when the cats come out of hiding, they will think so as well.

Here's some video:

Roxie's first day at our house from Tim Mir on Vimeo.

Sophie sings her ABCs

Sophie singing her ABCs from Tim Mir on Vimeo.

Sophie's burning up the dance floor

sophie dancing from Tim Mir on Vimeo.

Mommy's new car

Mommy is very exciting because Daddy went out and got her new car on Saturday. Because Mommy was sick yesterday, she didn't get to drive it until Sunday morning, but she really loves it. It looks like the big sister to her old car. So far it looks like it will work very well for our growing family; we will be picking up grandpa and grandma this afternoon for a Father's Day outing to Summer Shack in it!

update

Despite the lack of pics, Sophie has been very busy. She got to go to Evan's very exciting 4th birthday party, which included a trip to a local fire department. She got to pretend to drive the truck and even accidentally shut the garage door on several children and 2 firemen (luckily, no one got hurt).

Sophie has also started riding her tricycle, which Daddy excitedly bought her a few weeks ago. Almost everyday, she gets on her trike and has Daddy push her around the neighborhood. She got a Kettrike Air-Navigator TM Bike.

She also got a little pink helmet to wear while she rides it and a little bell she just needs to turn in order for it to ring. Hunter also is very excited by the trike since if both Mommy and Daddy are home, Hunter gets to go for a walk during all of Sophie's tricycle rides. Suffice to say, Hunter now equates the word "tricycle" with "walk"

This past week, Sophie got to see Daddy and his band (the Usual Suspects) perform at Kimball Farm's Cruise Night event. She really liked it. She danced for an entire set (nearly 45 minutes)! She also liked the cars. Unfortunately, Mommy tried to take Sophie to an animal display that was also there. And, Sophie, surprisingly, got upset. Mommy thinks it may have been something about the tent the display was in since Sophie NEVER turns down the chance to see animals! The night ended very well, with Mommy and Sophie sharing a giant butter pecan ice cream. Sophie kept saying "Mmm, yummy, is good..."

Uncle Mike graduates!

This past weekend, Sophie and Mommy and Daddy got to go to Washington, D.C. to watch Uncle Mike(s) graduate from GWU. We were all very proud of Uncle Mike(s). Since we were in D.C., we decided to do some site seeing. First, we spent Friday going to the Smithsonian Museum's Museum of American History. There, Mommy got to almost fulfill a lifelong dream (granted she only developed this dream a few hyears ago, but life long nonetheless) of meeting Stephen Colbert.

Then, Sophie got to pay hommage to one of her idols who upon seeing she reverently called in a hushed whisper "the Grouch"....

On Saturday, Mommy and Daddy made two attempts to see the White House with Sophie. The first attempt ended with a sudden trip to a coffee shop to avoid the rain. There, Sophie got to enjoy a fine breakfast of water and chocolate-glazed donut. Mommy and Daddy and Sophie eventually made it to the White House later in the afternoon...but almost didn't make it to dinner because Mommy and Daddy like walking too much and tend to loose track of time. Whoops!

Here's Mommy and Sophie with Gramps and Uncle Mike's Saturday graduation for the Carnegie school of Arts and Sciences. (There is currently a dirth of photographic evidence of Uncle Mike's Sunday overall school graduation, which was truly awesome. Since it was rainy, Sophie and Daddy checked out the Smithsonian museum of Air and Space as well as the Natural History museum - see below - Mommy went to the graduation with Grams, Gramps and Aunt Allison. It was on the National Mall, between the Capital building and the Washington monument....Mommy is officially jealous of Uncle Mike)

the usual...

Not a very exciting week at the Miranda household. We all managed to go to work/daycare and not come down with swine flu, the common cold, etc... However, because we did not know what to do this weekend, Mommy and Daddy decided to put their zoo membership to good use and check out the Stoneham zoo. Mommy did not take many pics since Sophie and Mommy were there only a few weeks ago, but she did get some nice ones of Sophie and (what Mommy estimated to be a juvenile) reindeer's rear end.