Idaho Falls Trip

Last week Sophie and I went on a little adventure. Jason and Erin went on a work resort trip to Colorado and I got to go watch their girlies for them. We rode the shuttle out to Pocatello which was really nice because I just got to hang out with Sophie rather than worrying about her in the back seat all alone. Then Erin and the girls picked us up there. 

My goal was to keep everyone happy by staying busy, keep the house moderately clean, and not kill any of their animals. I'm pleased to report I succeeded in all of those things. Hannah had a rough time when they first left and on the day they were coming home, but being older makes you more aware of what's going on, so that's understandable. The first day after Jason and Erin left I whisked everyone off to the library. It happened to be story time when we got there so we participated in that and a little craft after. All the girls got some books for the week and I almost lost Sophie for the first time, but we all survived. The girls have a million cute little friends who were almost more excited to see Sophie than they were. Sophie had a love/hate relationship with all of them. They tended to swarm her and scream "Hi Sophie!" to the point she would cry and run back to me. But she also loved following them around and doing cute things for them. (Like "Super Sophie!" complete with a cape and superhero arms and her plethora of animal noises)

 One night we had friends over to watch Frozen. It was definitely the most adorable time I've ever watched that movie with all of them dancing and singing at the top of their lungs. We ended up at the Splash Park in Rexburg two days in a row because everyone had so much fun (and it killed a bunch of time and they had free lunch!). The second day we rode the carousel, which completely freaked Sophie out. Saturday we went to Ammon Days which was fun, but probably the most stressful thing I did all week. Everyone participated in everything, won tons of prizes, and ate buckets of junk food. Sophie tried cotton candy for the first time and loved it. Sunday we went to sacrament meeting and waited for mom and dad to come home. The week went by surprisingly fast and we all had a great time.

I "made" the girls go to Cocoa Bean with me. I'm so mean.

Greatest Cart Contraption Ever

She looked too darn cute for church. They all did.

A Talent Show for Sophie: 

My favorite parts of the week:

• Playing with just Sophie and Kira. Watching the two of them is great fun. 
• Listening to Kira talk to herself.
• Making paper dolls with just Hannah. 
• Bella's incessant silliness that always makes Sophie smile. 
• Sophie's endless supply of friends.
• Listening to the girls talk to their parent's on the phone. Their conversations are the best. 
• Dressing up four little girls (five if you include myself) for church. 
• Playing at the splash park.
• Somehow getting all of us free meals 3x's.

Random Sophie Getting Into Trouble Photo

Sophie's Foxy Hair

 In reading past posts, I find that whenever I update about Sophie I tend to comment on her hair. Who knows if I would do this if she were a boy, but it sounds like I am constantly concerned with the state of her hair. I have to chuckle when I read about her "fantastic hair" at six months old which was nothing more than patchy fuzz. I guess it's all relative to the hair should could have, which could be none. Anyways, I love this kid's hair. Her brown locks are giving way to bright blonde roots and in the summer sun it creates an array of color (reds, blondes, and browns) and highlights people pay good money for. I decided it resembles the tail of a fox. We get lots of comments, which mean nothing to Sophie, but make us proud parents. Silly, I know, but she's beautiful.

Sophie is officially eighteen months now, hooray! I dressed her up cute to take pictures, but she was a bit of a grump that day (more teeth I suspect). She's quite the active thing so taking pictures require a team which I had none. So I got pictures of her playing with my phone and some silly bath tub smiles. 

Things our little mini person likes to say:

Hi, Bye

Go, go!

Shooooes!

Momma, Dadda

Boom! (Accompanied with a high five)

Thank you, Please (She's extremely polite)

and

a whole zoo full of animal noises, everything from a crocodile, elephant, gorilla, to a chick, sheep, and most recently a rooster--which is to die for cute. I think she knows more noises than words. She loves the outdoors more than anything and is learning how to get properly dirty in the process. 

Watching clips of Frozen on YouTube

She loves bike rides

Catching her in the act of the notorious toilet paper pull

In other news, our house is awesome. I got called into the nursery at church. I have mixed emotions because I love nursery and of course, I love playing with Sophie, but she's been doing so well in there independently. I love peeking through the window and watching her have so much fun. I love that she has time to play without me and with her little friends. The class is small, only five little girls, so we will have lots of fun. Also, I've started freelance writing for dirt cheap. So if my posts sound weird then I'm still in article mode. It's not loads of money, but it's fun to research and write on a variety of topics. I have a 100% success rate thus far which makes me feel like I'm pretty amazing.