Just two weeks ago we had plenty of snow for some sledding with Lindsey, Dennis, and Sophia's cousins Jaylin and DJ! We went sledding on the new dike 10 blocks north of our house... its' the perfect sledding hill! And is some pretty handy flood protection, too :) 
Snowball fight! 
Snowball licking! 
Playing in a hole in the snow! 
I came across Sophia's old baby sling... we put her in it for fun and GUESS WHAT?! She still loves it! 
Sweet, sweet mommy-practicingGOOD FOOD!
Sophia's tastes are becoming so varied and unusual that I thought it would be fun to share some of her favorites. Her absolute favorite foods--above even the obvious ones like cake and candy-- are:
1. Homemade vegetable pot pie
2. Pesto on bread
Some other foods that she loves:
Lentils, kidney beans, black beans, tofu, edamame, brown rice, peanut butter on bananas or apples, raw fruit or vegetables dipped in applesauce (???!!!), sunflower seeds, oatmeal (with walnuts, craisins, raisin, brown sugar and maple syrup!), and salad, to name a few!
Sophia eating some homemade garlic bread... melted butter, chopped garlic and parsley slathered on a halved homemade (half wheat, half white) baguette, sprinkled with mozzarella and parmesan and baked... YUM!!! 
Sophia's #1 favorite food! Homemade vegetable pot pie! 
Salad... I make her salad with red leaf lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, sunflower seeds and balsalmic vinagrette... she eats every last bite! 
Sophia "making her own bread" 
Circus! Sophia's first cotton-candy experience! She warmed up to it VERY quickly! 
Kitty lovin' :) 
CRAFTS! CRAFTS! CRAFTS!
Sophia loves "arts and crafts" and we thought we'd share a few of our latest!
Necklaces!
Crowns! (Sophia came up with "Jelly fish!"
Sophia's art display :)
Our butterfly mobile!
Egg Carton Caterpillars!
Some more art :)
I had to take a picture of this... Sophia was trying to write a grocery list like mine. I love how she made her scribbles in lines! She was also "spelling out" words (saying "buh-buh-butter... B is for butter!" as she was writing, although obviously it's hard for her to actually write a B). She can always guess the first letter of words, and is getting better at guessing multiple consanant sounds in a word! Super exciting!
This week we've had some beautiful weather, and the flood really started ramping up. Today (Saturday) our flood is cresting at 39 ft... there's rain in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow so we're keeping our fingers crossed! We took these pics earlier this week.
This is the park that we were sledding in 2 weeks ago! See the basketball hoops around the center of the pic?!
One of the clay dikes
Normally the river runs close to the far edge of this building!
Yikes
I took this pic on Thursday... This is a house 2 blocks west of ours. The owners just left before the flood hit. :(
Sophia loves this tractor, at one of the new pumping stations a block west of our house.
We just took out her slide! She loves it!
Snuggling in her princess bed. :) I love how she sleeps with pink sheets in a princess bed and snuggles with toy cars and "Lightening McQueen" books... funny girl! I just love, love, love her personality! Each day is more interesting and lovely than the last! Which isn't to say that being a mother wasn't thrilling from the start but, well, most people know how I feel about babies :) I'm loving every minute with my big girl!
Necklaces! 
Crowns! (Sophia came up with "Jelly fish!" 
Sophia's art display :) 
Our butterfly mobile! 
Egg Carton Caterpillars! 
Some more art :) 
I had to take a picture of this... Sophia was trying to write a grocery list like mine. I love how she made her scribbles in lines! She was also "spelling out" words (saying "buh-buh-butter... B is for butter!" as she was writing, although obviously it's hard for her to actually write a B). She can always guess the first letter of words, and is getting better at guessing multiple consanant sounds in a word! Super exciting! 
This week we've had some beautiful weather, and the flood really started ramping up. Today (Saturday) our flood is cresting at 39 ft... there's rain in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow so we're keeping our fingers crossed! We took these pics earlier this week. 
This is the park that we were sledding in 2 weeks ago! See the basketball hoops around the center of the pic?! 
One of the clay dikes 
Normally the river runs close to the far edge of this building! 
Yikes 
I took this pic on Thursday... This is a house 2 blocks west of ours. The owners just left before the flood hit. :( 
Sophia loves this tractor, at one of the new pumping stations a block west of our house. 
We just took out her slide! She loves it! 
Snuggling in her princess bed. :) I love how she sleeps with pink sheets in a princess bed and snuggles with toy cars and "Lightening McQueen" books... funny girl! I just love, love, love her personality! Each day is more interesting and lovely than the last! Which isn't to say that being a mother wasn't thrilling from the start but, well, most people know how I feel about babies :) I'm loving every minute with my big girl! 
