Sledding!

Sophie got to take up a new sport last week after we got about 6 or 7 inches of snow - sledding! I had gone to ToysRus and bought her a sled that I figured I would save for Xmas, but since it snowed, we decided to break it out. And since it is 2 days from Xmas, 49 degrees & raining, that was probably a good decision. She totally loved going down our pathetic "hill" in the park by our house. Since the Midwest is totally flat, there are really no good sledding hills to speak of. But this overweight, out of shape Mom has no complaints since I probably would have had a heart attack chasing her down a big hill, then pulling her back up to chase her back down again. Thankfully Daddy & I took turns dragging her back up to the top. This hill was just perfect and each time she hit the bottom she said "again please Mommy".
Enjoy the pics!

Happy Channukah!

So even though we had bronchitis (again!) this week, we managed to recover quite quickly, and in time to light the Menorah for the start of the holiday. Sophie is very into lighting the candles this year. And ate 4 latkes! Next year we will work on the Hebrew. Happy Holidays!

Vacation at Disney '07

This year's expedition to Disney was a lot of fun. This is the first year that Sophie recognized the characters. She was practically spastic when she saw Donald Duck and went just as crazy for "Bruno" (this is that she calls Pluto because she can't quite pronounce his name).
Needless to say, after a full day - with no nap, Sophie was asleep before we even left the Park.

Sophie hits the beach!

Sophie got to see the ocean for the first time over this vacation and she loved it! We trekked over to the West Coast of Florida to Venice and went to Caspersen Beach. It was great! We collected Shark's teeth & sea shells and watched a lot of birds eat sardines. We didn't think it would be warm enough for bathing suits, but we could have done it since it ended up being 80 & sunny that day. Next time we will plan better. Enjoy the pics! Oh, and note Sophie is becoming a budding photographer, see the picture of her puppy!

A picture is worth 1000 words: Thanksgiving was unbelievable