Halloween

Sophie was a little lamb this year for halloween. I was afraid that she wouldn't want to dress up, but I didn't have any problems getting her to wear the costume. Our friends Kirsty, Hamish and Will came over to trick or treat with us. Will was a very cute little scarecrow. Sophie and Will had the greatest time. We bought a wagon for them to ride around in and I think that they mostly just liked climbing in and out of the wagon. Sophie loved running up to everyone's door and getting candy. She was very polite and would always say thank you (we've been working on manners -saying please and thank you) when she got a piece of candy. After we let the kids trick or treat we came home to some of the best chili Jason has ever made! It was the perfect thing to warm you up on a cool night.

The Pumpkin Patch

We took Sophie to Wales West Railway to the pumpkin patch to ride the train. At first she was a little scared of the train, but luckily we sat there a while waiting for everyone to get on and by the time we left she was over being scared. We rode the train to the pumpkin patch and when we got there we had to go through a little haunted house to get to the pumpkins. Sophie had a good time picking up the little pumpkins and carrying them around. Once we picked out our pumpkins we got to go inside and decorate them. That was Sophie's favorite part. On the way back she wasn't scared of the train and really enjoyed the ride. The conductor let all the kids blow the whistle once we returned to the station, but Sophie was scared of the whistle so we skipped that part and went to get our juice and cookies.

It has been a while.....

Jason repainted the shutters on the front of our house. They look great now. We have had the paint all summer, but every time Jason was off it was raining or we had something else going on. Sophie really enjoyed relaxing and watching Jason paint. We took her papasan chair outside for her to sit in. It totally changed the look of our house.

We have been working on sitting on the potty. Sophie said her baby had to go "shoo shoo", so we had let her sit on the potty. We got the same results we would have if it had been Sophie sitting there....nothing.
The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout.....

Our little hip hop diva

This is a picture of some of the kids in Sophie's playgroup. We went to the pier in Fairhope to play on the beach, feed the ducks and then have a picnic. The kids had the greatest time. They really enjoyed feeding the ducks, but the seagulls took over very quickly once they realized we had food.

.....More Sophie

Sophie is OBSESSED with Dora. This is a cute picture of Miss Hollywood watching Dora with her Dora doll, Dora purse and covered up with her Dora blanket. She starts asking for Dora as soon as she gets out of bed in the mornings. Sophie has been trying me lately by throwing little tantrums. She has been sitting in the corner because of it. She does pretty well and will sit there until she stops crying. At school they call it sitting in the thinking chair. Now if she starts whining and crying to get her way I ask her if she needs to sit the the corner and she will look at me with very sad eyes and say "nooooo." That will usually make her stop without having to actually go to the corner. Looking at her sitting there makes me feel sorry for her, but I stay strong. She has to learn that you don't always get your way and throwing a fit is definately not the way to go!

Sophie is playing with the foam packing that came in the box with my new laptop that she and Jason gave me for my birthday. I thought she looked like she was skating when she had the foam on her feet.

Jason & Sophie Dancing with the Stars

Jason & Sophie watched Dancing with the Stars Monday night. She absolutely loved it! She loves music and dancing, so this was definately her thing. Jason was sitting on the couch and she would go grab his hand to pull him up to dance with her. Oh, it would melt your heart. It was the sweetest thing I have ever seen.


Not only can she dance, but she can sing too! Sophie was born to perform and she even has the ending to her songs down perfect. Ta Da!!!

Geaux Tigers!

Sophie, Jason and I watched the LSU/Auburn game Saturday Night. Jason taught Sophie to say Geaux Tigers and Touchdown. She had a lot of fun running around saying go! go! go! It was really funny to watch her mimic Jason when he would get a little emotional (yelling at the tv and dancing around) about what was happening in the game.

Birthdays.......Another Year Has Come and Gone Gone

My birthday was this past Tuesday. I really don't feel like I am as old as I am. I think that running after a 2 year old keeps you young, but you definitely get worn out quicker. Sophie seems to have boundless energy these days (except for preschool days when she comes home worn out)! Anyway, Jason had to work on my birthday so we celebrated on Sunday. He and Sophie surprised me with a new laptop.....it's just what I've always wanted. Then he really surprised me by going to eat mexican food for dinner. For those of you who know, I love mexican food and Jason HATES mexican food. He was a good sport though and even said that his dinner was good. I really enjoyed it because we don't go very often and the food was really good. I have to say I had a really great birthday this year!