Happy Birthday Sophie!

We celebrated Sophie's birthday on Saturday.  We surprised her with streamers decorating her doorway when she woke up in the morning.

That morning, I asked Sophie if she was more excited about opening presents or the cake.  She said, "the cake."

She said lots of "oohs and ahhs" as she opened her presents. Sophie loves the new Disney show "Sofia the First," so we gave her a Sofia dress and tiara for her birthday. 

I also made her a Sofia the First cake.

She did a great job at blowing out the candles. Lillie offered to help and Brian was surprised that she blew them out, but we practiced earlier in the week.

Thank you to everyone for the gifts and helping us to celebrate her birthday.  She had a great day.

Questions for Sophie

Sophie is going to be 3 years old on Monday, but I asked her these questions today.

Favorite color: pink (She is wearing pink today. If she was wearing purple, her answer would be purple.)
Favorite thing to eat: rice
Favorite thing to do: play hide and go seek
Favorite place to go: playroom
Where do you want to go someday: Preschool
Favorite toy: blocks
What do you want to be when you grow up: color with my mama
Who is your best friend: Mommy
Favorite stuffed animal: Sofia the First doll
Favorite animal: Minnie Mouse
Favorite song: 5 little ducks
Favorite thing to wear: Dora shirt
Favorite book: Sesame Street look and find
Favorite show to watch: Sesame Street and Sofia the First
Favorite thing to do with Daddy: read books
Favorite thing to do with Mommy: play with my Polly’s (Polly Pockets)

Sophie's new bed

Sophie got a new twin size, big girl bed last night.  She was excited to see it in her room and she put the build a bear bed next to her bed.  When I went to check on her before I went to sleep, she had moved the build a bear bed into her own bed.

 Then I went to check on Lillie and she was sleeping with a Santa hat on.  Silly girls.

Merry Christmas

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and may 2013 be better than 2012.

Santa, repeat

Last year, Sophie cried when she sat on Santa's lap.  It was the same story this year.

 So, we all had our picture taken with Santa.

Later that afternoon we saw Santa at the nativity play.  He asked Lillie what she wanted for Christmas and she replied, "Don't you remember, I told you earlier."  Good thing Lillie wrote Santa a letter earlier in the day, so he could remember.

Recitals and Nativity

Last week, Lillie had her first Piano recital.  She played her Twinkle sequence, Jingle Bells, and Jolly Old Saint Nicholas. She had fun and she did great.

This past weekend, Lillie had a Holiday Dance recital. She had fun.

On Sunday, she was a dove in the Nativity play at church.

Wassailing

The Richland Wassailing was 2 weeks ago.  At the Wassailing Lillie petted the reindeer.  Sophie didn't want to.

After seeing the reindeer, we went to Jack and Jill Preschool to say hi to Mrs. Hoard, make a reindeer antler craft and introduce the school to Sophie.  The sand table and shape/light table were a huge hit.  After visiting the school, she is interested in visiting again.