Brown Eyed Baby

I overheard Georgia telling her new babysitter that "mommy got one like her and daddy got me!" True, true.

She still has just six teeth - four on top, two on bottom. It's the right combo for eating anything her sister eats.

She just started at sign language class at school. It takes place every week and daddy can even stop in to be there with her. Not sure about the logic of starting sign language just as she's really supposed to be starting to talk, but it's an activity.

The Mouse House

Georgia had been having a few rough days at school. Her name was "in the circle" on the board a few days in a row, meaning she wasn't using "nice hands" or listening to her teachers. We connected the dots to it being about her not feeling like she was getting much attention at home. Sophie was just starting to show signs of being interested in walking, plus she was about to go into the hospital to have tubes put in her ears. We decided to reorganize some of our at home procedures - basically having daddy take over some more of Sophie's care, and mommy making more "special time" with Georgia. Then I had a stroke of genius: the Mouse House.

We built a tent house in our living room and dubbed it the Mouse House. Georgia became Mouse Mouse (from a favorite book of ours) and I was Mommy Mouse. We named Sophie, "Bumble Mouse" and daddy was "The Cheese Man."

Things immediately got better at school and now she's been named the classroom "Superstar" for the last two weeks.

We read books in the Mouse House. I've had to give up my dreams of a clean living room, but it's really helping everyone's morale, so I'm ok with it.

Sophie particularly enjoys the tunnel entryway.

Popcorn Addicts

The afterschool ritual seems to be popcorn and tutus.

As long as G's bowl is bigger than Sophie's, we're all good.

Leap Day

It was kind of just another day...Sophie celebrated with a yogurt facial.

"Baby Aidan" Comes for Lunch

He's not exactly a baby anymore (turning 2 this weekend!), but we still call him Baby Aidan around our house. Three goofballs sitting in a row.

BBQ Lunch

One of our recent Sophie-Daddy-Mommy lunch dates was to a new BBQ place downtown where you actually order your meal by its weight. Daddy was thrilled. Sophie was showing off her ultra-cool coat from Aunt Kelley & Uncle Chris. We had to work really hard to keep all the mac and cheese off of it.

Playroom with Sophie

For a few Fridays in a row we've been able to meet daddy for lunch and then take advantage of the cool museum near his office. Sophie was excited to have the room to herself at the start.

In and out of the house - again and again and again. At this point she wasn't able to come down the steps by herself. I think we've conquered that milestone currently.

So much to do!