Go Orange!
(it just so happens it's also her favorite color)
11 years ago
20090315
It doesn't get more Irish than this?
For St. Patrick's Day celebrations this year, we took in the festivities at Chicago's Irish American Heritage Center with friends Kim & Ella. Its an impressive facility in Chicago's Mayfair neighborhood and they hosted a pretty amazing party complete with Irish dancing, music, food and drink. Sophie was particularly captivated by the dancing. Having a few moves of her own, and enjoying Celtic music, she sat through most of the performances without any problem. Here are some of her views of the event:
Though we had a lot of fun, all was not perfect. I think that after four hours of this, and a little too much live music, Sophie decided it was time to go. She let us know by throwing one of the most exuberant meltdowns I've seen from her. This is the first time she's done this in front of a HUGE crowd of people, so you can imagine the looks and comments we got. All in all, it was a great weekend though. The weather was beautiful and we enjoyed a lot of activities around town. 
20090307
Meeting Southpaw
We were wondering if the excitement that has built up this week about seeing Southpaw at a local Pottery Barn Kids was going to be a let down. Was Sophie going to enjoy seeing this big green stuffed mascot from her favorite baseball team or was this a disaster waiting to happen?
Sophie got all decked out, complete with jersey, hat, Southpaw doll, and even her Obama pin, and we headed to the store. It started off a little shaky but Sophie quickly warmed up, played a baseball throw game with Southpaw, let him autograph her doll, and get this...
...She even gave him a big hug. I was completely blown away. She was close to speechless at the end of her experience. Her only remark was, "how come Southpaw didn't say anything?"
All in all, it was great experience. My hat goes off to the person that was in the Southpaw costume and to the folks at Pottery Barn. They did a fantastic job at coaxing Sophie out of her shell and this was no small feat. 
Sophie got all decked out, complete with jersey, hat, Southpaw doll, and even her Obama pin, and we headed to the store. It started off a little shaky but Sophie quickly warmed up, played a baseball throw game with Southpaw, let him autograph her doll, and get this......She even gave him a big hug. I was completely blown away. She was close to speechless at the end of her experience. Her only remark was, "how come Southpaw didn't say anything?"All in all, it was great experience. My hat goes off to the person that was in the Southpaw costume and to the folks at Pottery Barn. They did a fantastic job at coaxing Sophie out of her shell and this was no small feat.
20090302
Busy Weekend
It started on Friday morning, when we met Julie, Kevin, Brynn, and Nathan at O'Hare as they were arriving back from China. Sophie went all out, coloring, glittering, and putting stickers on a sign for them. It was a nice reunion, of sorts, as several families that traveled with us to China were also there to greet them.
Saturday morning was spent with some students at Northwestern where Sophie learned how to make dumplings. They have a program called China Cares that does work for orphans as well as cultural events here in Chicago. Sophie also did some coloring and a lot of running around.
And taking a lot of photos. 
At the end of a long day, Sophie and I relaxed with some reading. 
Saturday morning was spent with some students at Northwestern where Sophie learned how to make dumplings. They have a program called China Cares that does work for orphans as well as cultural events here in Chicago. Sophie also did some coloring and a lot of running around.
And taking a lot of photos. At the end of a long day, Sophie and I relaxed with some reading. 20090215
Cooking & Dancing With Sophie & Ella
Ileana and Kim had a meeting to go to yesterday afternoon so I got to spend the day with Sophie and Ella. We decided to make a chocolate chip cake. Sophie and Ella took turns measuring ingredients and stirring. 
After several requests for "more sugar", I decided that a heavy dusting was enough. The cake came out pretty good. While I made dinner, the girls occupied themselves with some coloring. They drew a nice picture of a caterpillar, machine, and dolphin. Then decided to dance all over it.
It was a nice afternoon and the highlight was the girls dancing to a mixture of Celtic music and music played on the Valentines that we got for Sophie. Its always funny watching these too in action.
Sophie had a pretty long night on Saturday night so she was quickly tired out and decided to fall asleep on the chair. You would think that an absence of a dance partner would have slowed down Ella. Not a chance. She kept going, Sophie or no Sophie. 
After several requests for "more sugar", I decided that a heavy dusting was enough. The cake came out pretty good. While I made dinner, the girls occupied themselves with some coloring. They drew a nice picture of a caterpillar, machine, and dolphin. Then decided to dance all over it. It was a nice afternoon and the highlight was the girls dancing to a mixture of Celtic music and music played on the Valentines that we got for Sophie. Its always funny watching these too in action.
Sophie had a pretty long night on Saturday night so she was quickly tired out and decided to fall asleep on the chair. You would think that an absence of a dance partner would have slowed down Ella. Not a chance. She kept going, Sophie or no Sophie.
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