Snow Day

 We had our first Boise snow of the winter in our new home. I totally expected a little layer of cute, fluffy snow that would melt away the next day. Nope. It's been coming down for two days. It took Daniel and hour and a half to get home yesterday and he is working from home today. Sophie went out last night for her first real snow experience. Of course, she loved it. Earlier as we were walking home from babysitting all day, she quietly looked around, confused why everything looked so different. I came home, bundled her up, and sent her back outside. She played, stomped, brushed, threw, and even ate some snow. When I finally forced her inside, it was like I crushed her spirit. She bawled and screamed and refused to take her snow gear off. We went out again today and she played with the neighbor girls. Again, another successful snow outing complete with poorly made snow angels, belly flops in the snow, and cold fingers and nose.

Family Photos

Getting these pictures was an adventure. Sophie would not sit still for anything. I expected lots of action shots. We got a workout swinging and chasing Sophie around. Even if I have a few nit-picky complaints, I love these pictures and I'm so glad we had them done. If I could I would have family photos taken every six months just to capture how much Sophie changes (we pretty much stay the same). 

A Great Grandma Visit

My Grandma Chipman came to visit us this weekend from Texas. I can't believe that she is Sophie's great-grandma, but she really is "great." We spent the weekend window shopping, eating, and walking downtown. Then we ate and shopped some more. My grandma brought Sophie some Minnie Mouse dress up jewelry and these adorable Cinderella dress up heels that light up. I need to get a picture of her in all of them. It's super adorable. She loves those shoes even if she can barely walk in heels.  My brother also came out for the weekend. It was nice to get a big dose of family fun time all in one weekend. Sophie got lots of love and attention. We were also celebrating my mom's 50th birthday which just seems crazy to me. We had fun spoiling her with gifts. My favorite was her reaction to the cooking class Spencer and I bought for her. 

Mostly I feel blessed to be related to such spectacular people. 

Happy Halloween!

I loved this Halloween. Even though yesterday Sophie and I started coming down with different illnesses, I made sure we had enough energy for tonight. Watching those little toddler legs jog up driveways and her little fist knock on each door with all the strength she could muster was the cutest thing I've ever seen. All that sweetness melted my heart over and over. She's adorable.

We never got her to say anything more than "thank you," but we will take it. 

 I made her skirt. It was my first attempt at sewing since Home Ec class. I ripped it apart and re-did it once, but it was a good project for all my emotional baggage to unload on. She loves it and twirls and says, "Minnie!" 

 I decided last minute that I want to dress up too. (I can't believe that I forgot that I love to dress up!) I wore Sophie's ears and tail from last year's costume. 

 At one house they had some spectacular decorations and someone dressed up as a creepy skeleton/zombie that crawled out of the garage to scare people. I made Sophie go give him a hug which she happily obliged. (I don't want her to be scared--just have fun!) 

Sophie's new favorite candy is suckers.