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GIRL!!!!

ELMO!!!!

We took Sophie to the Sesame Street Presents: The Body in Hollywood this past weekend. The exhibit was hands on and Sophie loved to play with all the different learning stations; washing your hands, brushing teeth, Elmo's World, etc. However, when she saw the "real" Elmo, she was beyond herself with excitement!!

Rock Stars!

Paige and Sophie coloring.
Slowly turning into Zombies as bedtime arrives.
Sarah and Hilary busting some serious moves to the legends of rock.
Wow, I don't think this photo needs any explanation.........

Dinner with our friends Clay, Hilary and their little girl Paige turned into a Rock Star night. After Sophie and Paige went to bed, we brought out Guitar Hero and introduced Hilary and Clay to this fun, competitive and somewhat ridiculous game!

Loves Her Daddy

Easter

So fancy in her pretty Easter dress. She loved wearing the hat and holding her purse.

Sophie and Isabelle
Sophie checking out her Easter basket from Auntie Anne and Uncle Josh. The bubbles and bunny ears were a huge hit!
The characters on Sesame Street are dearly loved by Miss Sophie. Ed drew Sophie this card and put it in her Easter basket. I thought this card was pretty awesome!

Paige Days

Sophie has spent the last four days with her friend Paige enjoying so many fun events. From two Easter egg hunts, egg decorating, dinner and dress-up and music class; these girls have had a blast with each other and are becoming such good friends. Paige is so sweet and the girls play so great together.The girls trying out the "Big Girl" bed at Pottery Barn Kids.

Sophie and Paige looking through their Easter bags at the Manhattan Beach mall Easter egg hunt.
Playing dress up at Paige's house (my camera sort of bit the dust and most of the pictures from this night didn't come out, bummer!)
The girls looked HILARIOUS in their dress up clothes.
Easter Egg hunting in Redondo Beach. The 15 egg per child limit did not deter these girls from trying to fill up their baskets.
Decorating Easter eggs at Paige's house. A relatively calm and uneventful event. (ok so maybe their were 4 adults presents)

Easter Egg Decorating

Ed teaching Sophie had to dip the eggs.
Sophie's special "S" egg.

The finished product! Ed drew Elmo on the green egg, which turned out to look more like Oscar then Elmo.

We introduced Sophie to the tradition of decorating hard boiled eggs at Easter time. She thought it was so much fun! I think her favorite part was taking the egg and dropping it into the dye (probable not my favorite part). She thought the eggs were so "pitty" (pretty).

I love trying out new and old traditions with Sophie. It's so fun to see her get excited about trying something new. Her excitement and laughter is contagious.

A Change of Scenery

Sophie has had a fever most of the week, which means we have been homebound! So, for a change of scenery we headed to Hermosa Beach to chase doggies and swing on the swings. We are so blessed to live so close to the beach!