Dora

Sophia started her 4-week long art class today at the Botanical Garden. The program is offered through the national art education program, Abrakadoodle. The theme is "Butterflies" in honor of the new exhibit, Flutter Fantasy. (We checked it out about 2 weeks ago and I think some of my photos rival those on the Flutter Fantasy page.)

Sophia seemed to enjoy herself in the class and although her painting didn't really resemble a butterfly at all she was smiling when I arrived to pick her up at 4:30. While she was in class Lilly and I went on a walk through the Garden. It was so nice just to spend time alone with her. I finally stumbled upon Baker's Overlook, where Will and I got married. I've been trying to remember how to get back to the overlook for almost 5 years (yep, we'll be married 5 years next month).

Anyway, when I picked her up the teacher was handing out the completed artwork and she addressed Sophia as Dora. I cracked up and told Ms. Sharlene that her name is Sophia. All the moms that stayed in the classroom during class were laughing so hard at "Dora" because that's seriously what they thought her name was.

She's been playing Dora and Boots with Will for a few weeks. Sophia is Dora and Will is Boots and they pretend to explore and overcome obstacles! She's funny. Today while we were at Target, Sophia's favorite store, I bought her a Dora nightgown. She wore it to bed tonight and told me that she was beautiful. Of course, she was!