Yeah, she's got this

First week (aka 2 half days) done in PK4!

Sophie's Speaking!

Ok, maybe not full sentences yet. But today, she is 20 months old and we thought it was a good time to list her words. She is also really keeping up with the sign language. We have her teachers to thank for that since neither of us really know what she's trying to tell us. Here are some of her favorite words.:

Mama (obviously)
Dada
Dor-duh
Ceeee (Cece)
No
YUM! (Always pronounced with the exclamation point)
Mo-ah (more)
Byeee (bye-bye - this has evolved from bay-bay to bobby to byeee. I kind of liked bay-bay)
Mines (aka MINE)
Baaaa (the sound a sheep makes)
Cruckcruckrcruck (the sound a duck makes)
WOW (this is my absolute favorite, it is how she says Moo when pointing at a cow)

Sophie's Last Day as a Butterfly

She's off to the Ladybug room in another week (after a horrible annual tradition at this "new" baby camp, where they close the center for a week to do training and all the parents are left to say, "but I didn't want to take a vacation this week?!"). Here is Ms. Toccara's final report:

"It has been a pleasure working with Sophie. We have been the best of friends since day one of her being in my care. Sophie has come a long way."

Six close-ups of Georgia

Because you know you want them.

 I see this face a lot. A LOT.

Watermelon!

Since the new house is my new theme - and basically the only thing I want to talk about or think about - here we are enjoying our first watermelon in the NEW HOUSE!

 Sophie just really seems to like it better here.

 G, too.

 Um, her eyes look bluer here as well.

 You should come visit. Just sayin.

Scarf Party!

Everyone was very happy when mommy unearthed the scarf stash at the new house.

 Georgia wanted to show Sophie how it's done.

Sophie and Nate the Great

We are so happy Sophie and Nate have each other. Being the littles to Abby and Georgia's bigs is tough sometimes.

 Luckily they have their own special bond.

 Where Sophie follows him, and he kind of ignores her.

 Georgia and Abby (for some reason not pictured?) did this puzzle.

 Later, Nate showed Sophie that all of her attention was not falling on deaf ears.

 "But wait, where are you going?"

 Oh, maybe another girl has his heart?

 Sibling rivalry already?

After the Storm

A few more from when LilyS's family stopped by to charge cell phones and do laundry after that wicked awful storm. The girls went straight to the dress-up box.

 Notice G's sequined glove? How could you not?

Grandpa and Sophie!

Grandma and Grandpa's heroic visit in June (as in, right after we moved, right when daddy was off galavanting with his college buddies) was too busy to include many photos. Here's proof that Grandpa was here!

 There's a resemblance, no?

The New Mouse House

With our relocation, the Mouse House has a new look.

 G couldn't be happier with the new space.

 Sophie still doesn't quite know what she's supposed to be doing. Something about cheese?

Odds and ends at the old house

I'm just cleaning out the files here. Some of these were too cute to forget about.

It's so rare to get G to smile and actually look toward the camera at the same time. Too bad I don't know how to fix Sophie's squint using photoshop or something.

 But here's a cute one of my baby and her baby!

Seated Sophie

Right before we moved, Sophie was suddenly all into sitting on this little stool. She would move it around the house, laughing to herself, and then sit down and give me this self-satisfied little smile. Quite a character.

PS3 Graduation Day!

Ok, so that was nearly two months ago, but in my defense, we moved our entire house the very next day after this, so um, really, keep your complaints to yourself. I just downloaded 239 pictures since early June, I plan to get to all the blog-worthy ones asap. Here are the girls before Georgia's big performance at the school assembly.

 A diva, for sure.

 Mommy got here eeeearly!

 She's yawning. It wouldn't be the first time that morning, unfortunately. She's sitting between Mea and Samuel. Chloe's the one smiling right at me!

 Georgia was chosen to sing a song in Spanish on the stage, here she is heading to her place. Sadly, the videos of her actually singing were apparently so long that the camera couldn't hold them, and they transferred to the computer as 1 second blips instead of real videos. Technology fail.

This video did come through - a performance of all the PS3s and PK4s.

 Here she is, getting a kiss from Ms. Vasquez, the Spanish teacher, once it was all over.

 Notice how G and Chloe repositioned themselves next to one another after the big show? Oh and can you see Dion's totally cute green sweater on the right?

 Afterparty!

Miss Jones, what an amazing year! We miss you already. We were so lucky to have you as G's first school teacher!