Two weeks

I've got two weeks of catching up to do. Last week we found ourselves in Mars, PA for my grandfather's funeral. Not really wanting to do the 9+ hour trip again in one day, we stopped off at Grancy and Big Daddy's house on the way home.

The week before that was spring break for Sophia so she didn't have school and boy did we test each other that week! We have a standing Mommy and Me thing on Monday mornings and Sophia has dance class in the afternoons so our time on Mondays is pretty much accounted for each week. On Tuesday morning we headed over to the Aquarium for their Toddler Tuesday program. The letter of the day was R, but the animal they brought out to meet and touch was a skunk. When the handler asked all the kids to line up in order to pet the skunk Sophia jumped right to the front of the line and stood beside the kids that were already in line (that's her in the blue striped shirt).

We spent a few hours at the Aquarium and then headed home. We strolled the 1/3 mile walk from one building to the other. Well, I stroller, Sophia sprinted. I swear she pushed every single button on every single display and played with everything. Lilly (this is how we are going to shorten Lillian...sorry for any confusion) loved looking at everything too. It was a fantastic day.

Here's a few shots of Lilly playing on Wednesday.


By Thursday Sophia was completely and utterly disgusted with every toy she owns and didn't want to do anything except watch tv! Unacceptable! Plus I couldn't take one more episode of Curious George so went to Target to kill an hour or so. (If this post is too long just skip the next two paragraphs).

We have a Target routine that goes something like this: Sophia gets to touch the big, stone, red balls outside in the front of the store then she gets to walk through the automagic door. We sometimes have a return to take care of and then we hit the dollar bins. She always finds a few things and we put them in the cart, but by the time we get to the checkout lane I've gathered up Sophia's junk purchases and I hand them back to the cashier.

She likes to ride in the cart while I do my shopping, but when she senses the toys are close by she demands to get out and rushes over to investigate everything on the shelves. She plays with all the baby toys and pushes every button. Recently she's been gravitating toward the laptop type toys and toys with globes. She hugs all the stuffed animals, plays with the baby doll station they have (I think this is because it has a fake sink and water hose). Anyway.....you get the point. Each isle has something unique to offer. She usually wants to bring home an animal, but she has enough stuffed things that she doesn't play with anymore.

This particular trip was especially worthwhile because I found a Curious George board game for age 3. She's really getting into age-appropriate board games as she approaches age 3 in just two weeks and two days. It's so cute. She loves Curious George and even remembers that I used him last year for her 2nd birthday at My Gym (which has a monkey theme too).

Friday is just a blur! I have no idea how I made it through the week with two kids at home full time and Will working late every night, but I did it.

On Saturday morning we had a play date with Haley and Carlie at the play ground and Lilly got her first dose of sun. Turns out that even though I had sunscreen on her face and her body, her face still got lots of color. Her body, however, did not. Wonder if that means she's going to be part of the fair family?

OK, I hate to cut this short, but I've already spent one hour on this post and I need a break.

To be continued...