Today was Sophia's first day of preschool and she absolutely loved it! We've been talking about going to school a lot lately so she was fully prepared this morning. She proudly put on her new backpack and carried her lunch box out to the car. In the car I told her what I had packed in her lunch (a peanut butter & jelly sandwich, a cheese stick, carrots, a small pack of cookies and juice) and reviewed what her day would entail.
When we arrived at school (in the pouring rain) she got a little shy for just a moment and asked me if she could have a sip of her juice. After that she walked right into her classroom and didn't look back. Her two teachers knew we were at the beach last weekend and I could hear them immediately ask her about her vacation. I peeked in just to see if she was OK and she was so I left. I circled the parking lot a few times to get a glimpse inside the window, but couldn't see anything.
Aubrey and I spent the morning shopping for clothes for both girls. I think we're fully stocked for fall now.
I arrived back at the school with Aubrey and Lamby ten minutes early to pick her up. I ran into Ms. Lisa, her teacher, in the hallway and she told me that Sophia had a great day. She went on to say that Sophia seemed to really enjoy herself and told her all about her little dog. (Sophia tells EVERYONE we run into that we have a dog. In fact, she thinks Sadie and Scratch, Tony's dog, are both ours!)
When I got to her classroom door Ms. Dawn, her other teacher, sent her right out to me. She ran into my arms and said SO GOOD TO SEE YOU MOMMY! COME SEE! and she grabbed my hand and pulled me into the room so that I could see the flower toy she was playing with all morning.
The theme of the day was Good Night Moon. I'm guessing they read the book and then did some "moon" projects. I gathered her art projects and headed out to the car. As we were walking out she said BYE to a lady in the hallway that I'm assuming was her computer teacher. How adorable!! Outside she loudly proclaimed I HAVE LEARNING!
I hung her artwork on the frig when we got home and looked in her lunch box. She must have been too excited to eat at school because the only thing missing was the cheese stick. She gobbled the rest of her lunch down while watching some tv and then she told me she really wants to go back to BIBLE SCHOOL. Ha ha ha.
.....our little girl is growing up....
That's what Sophia says all day long. It can be any variation from "Come see, Mommy" to "MOMMAYYYYYYYYY, I need you!" 
We all went to Aubrey's 4-month well baby checkup this morning. Sophia and Dad left the room before Aubrey got her shots. She did extremely well with this round and barely even cried. I gave her some Tylenol before so I think that really helped. 
We needed a weekend of nothing and we certainly had it. Will spent the day outside on Saturday cleaning up the yard and putting away Sophia's summer toys. I spent most of the day in Aubrey's bedroom trying to actually turn it into her nursery. I'm almost done putting all of her clothes away into my latest and "greatest" organization method. 
Sophia picked up her first runny nose cold from all the new exposure to germs at preschool. It's cute to hear her talk all stuffed up. I'm loading her with liquids, vitamin C and hand washings. Believe me, it hasn't slowed her down one iota. 
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WOW! We had a fantastic time. As you can see we had a big group - including 5 kids (Aubrey and 1-yr old Morgan are missing from the big group picture above), 12 adults and 1 absolutely gorgeous almost 16-yr old!
From Left to Right: Sophia(2), Aubrey(3.5 months), Riley(2 next week) Cole(4), Morgan(1). Riley and Cole are brother and sister. Morgan's mom, my cousin Lindsey, announced that she's pregnant again and due in April. That was fun news to get!
Aubrey really enjoys tummy time these days! I can tell she's getting frustrated about not being able to move. She wants to get up and go. She enjoys "standing" and shows her gummy grin when she's up on her feet.
Today was Sophia's first day of preschool and she absolutely loved it! We've been talking about going to school a lot lately so she was fully prepared this morning. She proudly put on her new backpack and carried her lunch box out to the car. In the car I told her what I had packed in her lunch (a peanut butter & jelly sandwich, a cheese stick, carrots, a small pack of cookies and juice) and reviewed what her day would entail. 
Aubrey and I spent the morning shopping for clothes for both girls. I think we're fully stocked for fall now. 
The theme of the day was Good Night Moon. I'm guessing they read the book and then did some "moon" projects. I gathered her art projects and headed out to the car. As we were walking out she said BYE to a lady in the hallway that I'm assuming was her computer teacher. How adorable!! Outside she loudly proclaimed I HAVE LEARNING! 
Sophia loves stacking blocks now. She's quite good at it too. I think she enjoys knocking them over and making a big mess a bit more than building them up, but who can blame her?
The night before we left for our trip our family was invited to Addie's house for dinner. Haley's family was there and so was another Mom/daughter combo. 
Last week we had a play date with Haley at the McArther Center Mall in Norfolk. It's such a great mall and has a wonderful play area next to the food court. The play area has lots of fun, soft rubber things to climb on including an enormous plate with a hot dog, chips and cupcake on it, a "spilled" soda complete with ice cubes scattered on the floor around it, and a big piece of watermelon. 
Ok, so maybe Sophia and Aubrey look alike. In fact, they couldn't be more alike....or more different and I find it fascinating! 
Aubrey is following in Sophia's footsteps -- er -- Will's footsteps. She's grown an impressive 3 inches in the last month. Last week I measured her at 26 inches...which puts her off the chart for her age (see below). She weighs 14 pounds (90-95%). She's now wearing 6-9 months clothes - just for the length. 
