Sophie Walks! Really, Really Walks!

And she did it for the first time at school...so we feel like horrible parents. But she walked and walked and walked today, as if she's been doing it for years. Miss Toccara was nice enough to email me the video this afternoon. We're calling it, she can walk at 17 months, go Sophie!

Sophie slides

Realizing most of the recent photos have been of G, despite the name of this blog...here Sophie is learning how to ride a slide, though she prefers to climb up instead of sliding down.

Will it Float?

So it's science fair time at G's school. I will spare you my diatribe (if you are interested, I'm happy to rant about this offline), but suffice it to say, the school gave us a packet of info (same packet for all grades - PS3-4th grade) and a giant poster board and then sent us on our way. We have a deadline and absolutely no guidance beyond the packet of random papers. So we did what Hoosiers do when faced with uncertainty, we thought, "What would David Letterman do?"

Thus, WILL IT FLOAT became our science fair project. 

We worked on a chart of float v. no float.

She's holding a plastic frog. 

We kept track of the results and will put it all on the posterboard...sometime.

To the Firehouse!

Georgia's class took yet another field trip last week and this time mommy had no more excuses was totally excited to go along! We walked in the heat and humidity to the firehouse, a place not known for its A/C either. Madelyn and Georgia were my buddies for the walk. They complained the entire time! No lie, except when they were asking me to tell them princess stories...

The firehouse tour was really good, actually. The whole point was for the kids to see that the firemen (there was one woman who came in as we were leaving) are really nice people, even when they put on their scary gear. They explained that if you see them in your bedroom when there's a fire, you shouldn't be afraid or hide under your bed, you should say hi and get out of the house. Makes a lot of sense.

G and Madelyn.

Showing off the stickers they received at the end.

Later, it was snack time in the grass.

Dance Class Videos

Dance Class Recital

Here we are again with dance class recital pictures. This was her second round this year, but we are taking the summer off, so these will be the last of G in the pink leotard for a while.

She was very happy we were in the room!

They showed off some great stretching skills.

Here she waits for her turn to do the routine.

After a job well done, stickers!

Michael Bear and Blue Beary were happy to observe as well!

Again with the Shades