Thanksgiving 2010

This year we spent Thanksgiving with the Rothberg/Molinari family in Vermont and Connecticut. Our first day in Vermont we hung around the house with Uncle Michael's family and Nonna and Nonno. It was cold outside, so Sophia bundled up before going for a walk.

Nice and warm


Running around


This is fun!


Kisses


Riding the tractor


The next day was Thanksgiving Day. We all drove to Connecticut to Chamard Vineyards (Uncle Jonathan's vineyard) for a nice lunch with all of the family.

Having appetizers before the meal


The huge table for 40 people


The table starting to fill up


Daddy, Mommy, and Sophia


Sophia and cousin Max eating lunch


Cheese!


After Thanksgiving, we drove back to Vermont to spend a few more days there relaxing and hanging out with the family. Sophia had a great Thanksgiving and so much fun hanging out with all of her aunts, uncles and cousins!

Roasting marshmallows with Mommy


Mmmm...delicious s'mores!


Do you think I liked it??


Snuggling with Tante Judi


Happy baby in the morning


Bath time!


Catching bubbles


Breakfast with Daddy and some of the cousins


Snow!


Justin, Judi, Daddy, Andrew and Sophia

The Children's Museum

A few weeks ago, Jason and I took Sophia to The Children's Museum. She had a blast exploring and running all over the place. Her favorite thing to do was sit on the tractor and say "beep beep". She also played with balls and gears, played musical instruments, went on the slide, and played with pretend food in the shopping area.

Beep beep!


Pulling the gears off the wall


Turning the wheel and watching the balls go up


Sophia loves the slide!


Playing the drums


Making music on the piano


Going shopping

Messy hair and pigtails

One morning of each weekend Daddy gets up with Sophia and takes her to the farmer's market. This means that he gets her dressed and ready to go by himself. I've gotten up quite a few times to find mismatched outfits and messy hair, but he tries! Here is Sophia's hairdo from last weekend:





A couple weeks ago I decided to try giving Sophia pigtails. It's pretty hard for me to do because it requires her sitting still for about 3 or 4 minutes. Since there's no way that will happen, it ends up taking even longer to get it done. But when I do manage to get them in, she looks so cute! For some reason she looks a lot older with pigtails.

More Cheeeeeeese

Sophia says cheeeeeese and answers some questions:

Halloween weekend

We had a busy and exciting Halloween weekend this year! On Saturday, one of our neighbors threw a party for a bunch of her friends. We, along with a bunch of their friends and other neighbors, went over to their house for lunch and to play. They rented a jumpy for the party which was a big hit. At first Sophia didn't want to go in it, but after Jason took her in for a little bit she was having a great time. We even went back later that night to jump some more before it was gone.

Munching on some ice


Sophia and Mommy


Going for a ride


Playing in the jumpy


Sunday was Halloween! Sophia knew what a busy and exciting night she had ahead of her, so she was anxious to take a nap so she would be well rested. Late in the afternoon a bunch of her friends and their parents came over to our house to play. The kids ran around and played with toys and then we had a delicious pot luck dinner. After dinner, we dressed the kids in their costumes and got ready to trick or treat! Sophia got the hang of it pretty quickly! She wouldn't say trick or treat, but she understood that she should take a piece of candy and put it in her basket. It was a little hard to understand that she couldn't take it back out and eat it though! Sophia's favorite decoration was a big blown up cat in someone's yard. She kept staring at it and saying "meow." I finally got her to leave the cat and she let go of my hand and tried to run back to see it again!

Napping during lunch


Dr. Sophia makes house calls!


All of the kids: Olivia, Sophia, Brady R, Brady B, Lacey


Going up to the first house


Blown up cat


Trick or treat!


Ready for some more candy


Wagon ride to the next house


Sophia hugging her bff Olivia

Olivia hugging Sophia


We had such a fun Halloween and can't wait to do it again next year!

Say cheeeeeeeese!

Sophia makes some hilarious faces...such as these she sometimes makes when she sees a camera, and says "cheeeeese"