Birthday party at My Gym

Last weekend we celebrated Sophia's birthday (our last celebration of many!) with all of her friends at My Gym. We chose a bunny theme for her party since she is obsessed with her lovey, Hop, and all other things bunny.



Sophia's absolute favorite thing to do these days is jump on the trampoline. She probably spent 75% of her time at the party jumping!

My little jumping bean


There are so many activities for the kids to do at My Gym. Sophia had fun jumping on the trampoline, playing in the balls, doing her warm up during circle time, riding the roller coaster, and many more fun activities!

Singing the welcome song and warming up


Jumping in the balls


Swinging from a trapeze


In one of the special swings


Swinging with her friends
Olivia, Alex, Sophia, and Lily


After playing for a while, everyone gathered around to sing to Sophia and she got to take a special wagon ride around the room. We also attempted to get a group picture of all of the kids, but only managed to get about half of them to sit together.

Riding in the wagon


Holding up her legs because she didn't like the feel of the pom poms


Group photo
Front row: Colin, Brady, Davis, Sophia, Joshua, Olivia
Back row: Lily, Lacey, Chloe


Cake time was of course Sophia's favorite part of the party. We sang happy birthday to Sophia, she helped blow out the candles, and then everyone had some birthday cake, bunny crackers, juice and fruit. After a little more play time, it was time to go home! Everyone got a bunny cookie to take home with them.

The bunny cake


Helping sing to herself


All the kids eating cake


Jumping a little more with Nana


Cookie party favors


When we got home, Sophia was so excited to open all of her presents. She is a pro at unwrapping gifts now, and wanted to play with each toy as soon as it was unwrapped. Now, every time she sees a present, she thinks it's for her!

Opening gifts


Another one!


Snack time with Daddy


We had a great time at Sophia's 2nd birthday party! Thanks to everyone for celebrating with us!

"I'm two!"

Wow, what a wonderful two years it has been. Every day Sophia does something to amaze me. And every day I think how lucky I am to have such a beautiful, funny, smart, silly, loving daughter.

My silly girl

When you ask Sophia how old she is, she can proudly tell you "I'm two!". She has a great vocabulary and is starting to make 4-5 word sentences. She can count to 12 in english and 10 in italian. She understands everything Daddy says to her in italian, and can often answer him back in italian. Sophia knows most of her colors, but sometimes mixes up orange and yellow, as well as red and blue. She loves that her baby brother is in Mommy's tummy, and likes to talk to him and give him kisses before bed every night. When we tell her to tell him goodnight, she gets a big smile on her face because she is going to be silly. What started out as telling him to "eat" (yes, she is Daddy's child) has turned into telling him to "Eat pie today" every night.

Eating cake

Sophia has become a very picky eater lately. One meal she will do amazing and the next meal she will only eat one thing from her plate. But she definitely has some bizarre tastes! What child other than mine doesn't like fresh mozzerella but will eat a whole can of sardines?!? Sophia loves school and her friends, and loves giving people hugs and kisses. She is obsessed with bubbles and can blow them by herself, but has a tantrum when we can't go outside to blow them. She loves singing songs, especially Shabbat music, and every time we get in the car says "Sophia's music please!" over and over until we turn it on. At least she's polite! Every time we go on the highway, Sophia looks for trucks and tells me what color they are. Her favorite is white...probably because there are so many of them.

Messy eater


Sharing with her friend Ava


Hugs!

Blowing bubbles by herself

She has become very independent, always telling us "Sophia do it". She likes to help pull up her pants and thinks she can put her own diaper on. She also insists on buckling her car seat, bike buckle, and booster seat at the table every time. Sophia has gone potty a handful of times, but is now scared to actually go. She knows when she needs to go and will tell me "no pee pee floor" and then "it's ok" when she starts to go in her diaper. She can finally jump, at least on the trampoline. It is now her favorite thing to do. We are still working on jumping on the floor though.

Going for a ride

"Unlocked it!"

Sophia can now sit through a tv show, and her favorite is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She likes to help sing the opening song, and will try to answer their questions they ask. I love watching her do the hot dog dance at the end every time.

2 year stats:

Height: 36 inches- 94%

Weight: 30 lbs- 85%

Head: 47 cm- 37%

Happy Birthday to you!

This was Sophia's morning birthday song. She was rather excited about it!

Birthday at camp

The day after Sophia's birthday, Mommy and Daddy brought donuts into camp for her and her friends. Everyone sang Happy Birthday and ate lots of donut holes. When they were done, we went to the activity room and got to watch Sophia play with all of her friends!

Happy Birthday to You!


Sitting with her friends


Eating her yummy donuts


Riding a bike in the activity room


Showing Mommy how she goes on the slide

Sophia is 2!

Sophia is 2 years old! We had a super busy, fun day on Sophia's birthday. She woke up happy as usual, chatting to Hop in her crib.



Giving Hop kisses


After breakfast, I gave her her gifts from Mommy and Daddy. She was so excited to sit at her new table and play with the cool appliances! Her favorite was the coffee pot.






Then we met Nana and Aunt Jenn at the mall. This mall has a kids play area that was so much fun! They also have a Disney store and Sophia got a Minnie Mouse as big as she is!





Finally came the real reason we came to this mall...The American Girl store! Sophia enjoyed checking out all of the dolls and accessories, and Nana even got her a Bitty Baby to take home! We then had lunch in the bistro with her new doll. Everyone sang happy birthday to Sophia after lunch, and she sang along with them. She even blew out her own candle!

Pushing around the baby doll


Loving her new baby!


Helping baby take a sip


Now it's Sophia's turn!


Helping sing Happy Birthday to herself


Chowing down


After lunch, we went upstairs to the carousel and Sophia chose a horse to ride. She had so much fun, and cried when the ride was over and it was time to get off.



That night Nana, Pop, Aunt Jenn and Chase came over to play and have pizza and cake.

Opening her gift from Aunt Jenn


Singing to herself


Loving the attention!


Blowing out the candles


We are looking forward to Sophia's party with her friends this weekend!

18 month class pictures

School ended a few weeks ago, and Sophia has been having lots of Mommy time and play dates! We're having a lot of fun together, but she misses school, her friends, and her teachers. She can't wait for camp to start next week so she can play with everyone again!

18 month class picture

At the end of the school year, the teachers make a collage for each student to take home. They take pictures throughout the year, and you can really see how much they've grown and changed! Here is Sophia, starting out in Mother's Morning Out and not even walking! She then moved up to the 18 month class and started to play with friends, do a lot of art, and play on the playground.