Easter is much more fun with kids!

Easter used to be one of my favorites as a kid. My grandma would plan this elaborate Easter egg hunt and would hide a golden egg. Whoever found the golden egg got the big prize, which was usually an awesome toy of some kind. I would get so excited and this year, I felt like I got to re-live some of the excitement with Sophia. She found her Easter basket and immediately put her little bunny ears on. She wouldn't take them off (as you can see) until we were done with all the fun Easter festivities.

 

We didn't do much this Easter, but we did set up a little egg hunt for her. She thought it was pretty fun to carry around the basket and put eggs in it.

 

Here is the bread we made for Easter. I was pretty happy with how it turned out because I'm not much of a baker. (Look at the pretty flowers Rich had waiting for me that morning!)
 

After church, I tried to get a good, cute picture of Sophia, but these are all I could get. And she was totally over wearing the bunny ears by, so my photo shoot didn't go as planned. Anyway, I think she still pulls off a cute little Easter girl. :)

 

 

 

March catch-up

Oh, Sophia! She becoming so independent now. She wants to do everything by herself and she will say, "do it"- which means, "I'll do it". One of the things she wants to do is undress. I love that she wants to do things on her own, but I think this is taking it a bit too far. I went to check on her before I went to bed, and saw her like this. She was sleeping so innocently, too.  Luckily, I got to her before any messes were made. :)



We had an outing with one of her best friends, Lydia. Lydia is only 4 months older than Sophia, but look at the difference in their hair! Isn't that funny! Sophia and Lydia walked through the store, holding each other's hands, and did a little shopping of their own. Sophia picked out that blue yarn. (?) The next time we went to their house, Sophia kept telling me she wanted to hold Lydia's hand and as soon as she saw her, she went right over and held her hand. So cute!

For Lydia's birthday, they were nice enough to take us to the zoo. Sophia LOVES the zoo. She is super scared of the gorilla, but that's also the only thing she really wants to see. She also loves the carosel. She usually laughs the whole time, but I think on this day, she was more interested in people watching.

She has started "helping" me with everything. She especially loves to "dump" and "stir" while I cook. This was the day before Easter and we were making bread. I love that she has flour on her head. Just like a true cook! :)

 

My mom bought her an apron that she can wear when we cook, but she kind of hates wearing it. I think if I start wearng mine more, she'll decide to wear hers.

Also in March, Rich had a birthday and we had so much fun. At lunch, Sophia and I made cookies for him and took it into his work. It was fun meeting all his co-workers and hanging out in his office.  My mom was nice enough to come down and babysit that night so we could go out. We went to dinner and a movie. Dinner was AMAZING and so peaceful without a little girl with us. The movie we saw was Lincoln. As I was sitting in the theater watching it, I kept thinking, "I'm bored". When it was over, I really started to hate it and was mad that we sat through the whole thing. I don't get what the big deal was with that movie. Despite the wasted time, it was so fun being on a real date with Rich and celebrating with him.

February Catch-Up

Some things we've been up to in February are:

We went to Barnes and Noble for a book, but Sophia went there to accessorize. She was cracking us up at how she wore those glasses (which are reading glasses and made her eyes look super big) and carried the bag around the whole time we were in the store. She did really well at putting them back when we were ready to go though. She is so fun!



I got to babysit Brooklyn while her mom was at the dentist while they were in town. Sophia loved hanging out with Brooklyn again. What cute girls!

I finally decided to let Sophia play with playdough. I've been really nervous about it because of how messy it can be. I'm imagining it being smashed in the carpet, in her clothes, and most disturbingly, in her mouth. So I made some that is safe to eat and I moved her little table into the kitchen for easy clean up. She is only interested in it for about 5 minutes at a time though.

* Side note* Do you see the island in our kitchen? Rich made that for me for Christmas. I love it and it has really changed my life. No joke. I will post better pictures of it later though. I had no idea he was going to build it for me and he designed it all himself! What a guy! :)



My ward has started doing a playgroup and it has made such a difference in our daily lives! Sophia loves getting together with her friends... and so do I! In this picture, we were at a story time at the library and then the kids played afterwards in the library's "treehouse" area. Sophia loved that story time. After each story, song, or puppet show, she would stand up and say, "AGAIN!" She was giving them "encores" for everything and I bet they were flattered! :)

I know we did more, but these are all the photos I took. Sadly, I still can't remember to take more pictures.  Oh, well!