AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEN!

Sophia loves doing Shabbat at her school every Friday, it might have something to do with eating lots of challah or with yelling "AMEN!!" louder than all the other kids at the end of the bread and "wine" prayer!

Spring Break at the beach

For Sophia's Spring Break, we went on a family trip to Santa Rosa Beach. The weather was a little cool in the mornings, so we'd go down to the beach late morning until lunch time. Sophia loved to play in the sand with her buckets. She had fun transferring water from the big bucket to the small bucket and then pouring it back in. She also liked to stand up in the bucket and make cakes in the sand and then squishing them.

Playing with Mommy at the beach


Hugs for Aunt Jenn


Happy to be at the beach!


Playing soccer with Aunt Jenn and Chase


Laying out


Standing in the bucket


Playing in the pool at the beach


Beach curls


Pouring water into the buckets


Reading to Daddy


Big girl in her chair


Hanging out with Pop


At lunch time we'd go up to eat and then head back to the pool before nap time. Sophia loves to do humpty dumpty on the wall and have Daddy throw her up in the air. She also learned how to jump off the wall standing up.

Humpty Dumpty


Swimming under water


Jumping off the wall


Flying through the air


Swimming in her floaties


After her naps we would play at the condo and then go out for dinner or Daddy would cook for us. Sophia loved being the center of attention!

The family


Wearing her Dora jewelry


Being so silly


View from our condo


Coloring with Daddy

Hanging around the house

Here are a few pictures from the last month of Sophia hanging out around the house. She is constantly moving and always keeping us entertained!

Wearing Daddy's shirt


Making muffins with Mommy


Swinging with Daddy


Watching Dora before bed


Sharing Daddy's ice cream sandwich


Sophia's latest trick. I'm such a proud Mommy!


Posing for the camera (This was not staged!)

Aquarium and Petting Zoo

These pictures are from about a month ago, but I'm just now getting around to posting them.

Our trip to the aquarium with Colin:

Colin and Sophia checking out the fish


Sophia loved standing and looking through the big window


Hi Mr. Fish!

There was a scuba diver in the tank that scared Sophia, but she finally got brave enough to go check out the fish.

Farmer Sue came to Sophia's school and brought some animals from her farm! It was a day that Sophia doesn't go to school, so we were invited to bring our kids to see the animals. Sophia loved it and was not scared at all!

Touching a baby chick

Petting a sheep

Holding a bunny with her teacher Ms. Julie

Brushing the horse


Hugs for her boyfriend Joshua

Sophia loves babies

Sophia loves babies. Not just likes them, but truly loves them. Anytime we see a baby, she has to stop and look and talk to them. She wants to give them hugs and kisses, share her food and drink, give them their pacifier, and feed them their bottle. So we know she will be thrilled when she understands the news that she is going to be a BIG SISTER!!!

Baby Molinari #2 is coming in early October 2011!

Peek a boo!

I see you!

Getting practice

Hurray! I'm going to be a big sister!

Swim Lessons

Sophia has been taking swim lessons for the past month and she absolutely loves it! She has so much fun playing in the water and is going to have a blast when we go to the beach. When we get in the pool, first she floats around on a noodle.



Next we sing our hello song and a few other songs to get them used to the water. She then sits on a raft to practice her balance and to strengthen her middle.



Next we practice floating on her back.



Then we do Humpty Dumpty and jump off the wall. This is Sophia's favorite.





After jumping in, she tries to climb back out of the pool.



Finally, she practices swimming under the water from Mommy to the teacher and then back. She's been doing a great job of not drinking the water.