Artwork

School is almost over and Sophie is excited for kindergarten. She went to her roundup two weeks ago and met the teachers although we won't know until fall which one it will be. She said she had to cut out an apple, write her name on the back, tell them the capital letters when shown to her, and listen to a story. Her writing is really coming along well as you can see in the following pictures.

She is also interested in what things say. She will ask how to spell things and sounds out the word when we help her along. She is very curious in knowing what words mean when we read stories at bedtime if it is one she doesn't recognize. Which is good practice for us as well. Things aren't as easy to explain as one might think.

Gymnastics Class

So although Sophie refused to do the warm up part of gymnastics the whole 8 weeks of class, even though bribed, she really did enjoy it. She says her favorite is the bars and the balance beam. Every patio border she now sees is a beam to practice on. We are taking a break due to our vacation but she says she wants to take it again. Here are some pictures from her last class.

Tub Time

The bath is a favorite pastime in our house for the two munchkins. Avery has graduated to a seat and Sophie loves to help him get clean.

Cheerios

This morning Avery woke up early! We were sitting on the couch with Sophie as she ate her cheerios WITHOUT milk watching Charlie and Lola (one of the coolest cartoons in my opinion).
I decided to give Avery a cheerio just to see how he handled it. He does have his two bottom teeth and the top left one just popped through last night! He loved them, he chewed the first one no problem, then the second, then the third, then he tried grabbing a whole handful out of Sophie's bowl. She thought it was hilarious. I guess he has another food to add to his repetoire of "real food".

The right place at the right time!

So Sophie, Avery, and I were taking a walk, enjoying the beautiful weather up to Biggby otherwise known as Beaners Coffee shop to visit Jeremy at work. No, he didn't get a new job, he works from there Mondays and Thursdays since our basement isn't finished yet with an office.

To make a long story short, one of our neighbors who we haven't seen since last fall came out to say hi, wow he's getting big, and so on and so forth. Then she asked, "Hey do you guys want a climber? You can have it for free, come take a look. So we followed her out to the backyard and this is what we ended up with! Sophie was so excited to have something to play with in the yard. She told her friends all about it at school today. Very exciting and it didn't cost us a penny, even better!

More Detroit Zoo pics

Crawling on the hippo


Posing on the stump

Mommy and two kiddos

Sophie the prairie dog

A long day at the zoo.

A fun day at the Detroit Zoo

Venturing out to the zoo with some salt and vinegar chips for a snack.

Changing the diaper just when we thought we were ready to go!

Ahhhh...checking out the peacock.

Beautiful

Posing on the hippo.