We spent the better part of last week in PA and Northern VA. My grandfather passed away on Sunday night and we headed out of town on Tuesday morning for our 9+ hour drive to Mars, PA. The trip was pretty uneventful. Sophia watched satellite cartoon tv and Barney movies the whole way. Lilly alternated drifting off to sleep and whining for toys/entertainment to be handed to her. We dressed the girls up and took them to the viewing on Wednesday afternoon and I have to say they both acted pleasant the entire 2 hours. Many of my parents friends got to meet my two little cuties.
Sophia saw my grandfather "sleeping" in the other room and has coined the funeral home "The Sleeping Place". When I went back for the evening viewing she asked me if I was tired since I was going back to the sleeping place without her.
The funeral was on Thursday afternoon and we headed to Northern VA on Friday at noon so we didn't have time for much socializing, but I did get to hold my cousin's three-day old son. He's adorable, but so is his sister.
Ironically enough, Sophia has a "drawer" at home, at Nana's house and at Grancy's house. At home her drawer contains bouncy balls, Playdoh, stamps, and other fun things. At Nana's house there are card games, mom's old plastic Smurf figurines, scissors -- yes you read that correctly -- scissors! Well, this can't be beat. Give the girl a piece of paper and a pair of scissors and you've got yourself about 20 minutes of free time! Dangerous, but true!!! In Grancy's drawers you'll find long plastic fingernails to wear on your fingers and tickle someone and there are a slew of other fun little trinket things too. 
The weather was yucky, rainy and cold while we were in PA, but it was hot hot hot by the time we got to Grancy's house. This photo shows how Sophia spent most of her time at Grancy's on Saturday - playing in water. She also loved to get into the turtle sandbox and play in "The Quiet Room" which she was calling the basement. She loves going down there to play on the pool table. 
Lilly enjoyed her first day crawling through the grass and playing peek-a-boo with Grancy. Sophia and I got to ride the train together at Burke Lake Park and afterward she road the carousel with Grancy. The train ride was fun. I noticed tons and tons of plastic bags all over the ground. There was even one that the conductor stopped to pick up off the track. Come on people, clean up after yourselves. . . .
Anyway, we spent this week getting back into our routine and Sophia has successfully completed both mornings of school this week without incident. She's also taken two naps since we've been home. This is unheard of with her, but I think all of her grandparents wore her out and I think the vice versa is also true. I know she wears me out every day.
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