Bath time fun

We thought it would be fun to paint in the bath.  I got our mini cupcake pan and filled it with colored shaving cream.  They weren't sure what to do at first, but they got the hang of it. 

cute handprints

It made the bath water really blue and pretty, they loved it.

Daddy Daughter Date

Dave took Sophie to Toy Story on Ice.  As an early birthday present, and one on one time with Dad.  She was SO excited, and I (being an annoying wife) told Dave a bajillion times to take a lot of pictures for me.  Alas, he came home picture-less, so these are the only ones I have to share.  

She had a great time, got a new bullseye toy...and asks me if she can go on another date.  :)  

Play time

We've been hanging out with my Aunt and Uncle A LOT lately.  And the girls have noticed.  They'll ask why Jenni and Corey here during the week.  I think they think that Jenni and Corey semi live with us!  It's cute.  Sophie was especially sad one morning when they were gone.  Anyway...they just love playing with Corey, and this particular time they decided to smother him.  Soph went straight for the head.  So naturally I had to take a picture.  We love having them over so much, and the girls especially love it.    

February in Utah...who knew?

Thankfully it has been really nice this winter.  We have had a few storms, but overall VERY mild.  In fact, it has been pretty nice lately, nice enough that we have been going to the park.  In February.  In Utah!  Sophie of course is in her pajama's.  But at least she is dressed. 

She LOVES climbing on this, and it totally freaks out!

But she's my little monkey.

We had a picnic....

And before I knew it, they were down at the beach.  True to her nature, Sophie stripped, ALL the way.  She usually at least keeps her underwear on.  Not this time.  Thankfully we were the only one's at the beach!  So I caved and let them run around in the underwear....

Castles

Aubree is my castle builder.  They are amazing.  Multi-leveled, filled with different toys, squinkies, accessories, etc...and every day there's something new.  She LOVES showing us and explaining everything to us.  I should have taken pictures before now.  I want to document them for her.  Here is one of her simple castles.  All the occupants were put away, but I thought I'd snap a few shots to start off her collection.  

This is the "fairy park".  Only fairy's with wings are allowed in.

This is the "check in" where they sign up and can drop off their animals.

This is the animal park.  Where all the animals of fairy's can be "baby sat" and have fun playing, while the fairies have fun.

Pretty cute, right? 

Im a big girl now

We're going to Florida in May.  Disney World, Universal (for Harry Potter land) and then Cocoa Beach.  We are EXCITED!!!  It dawned on me that I want our family to be more travel friendly.  Which mostly revolves around Sophie.  So we have made some major changes.  First....no more crib.  I want her "bed trained" and since her crib converts, we didn't have to buy any furniture.  :)  

She made sure we kept her animal pouch.  She was very concerned about it.

And of course a place for Doggy bear and Casey.

She loves her new bed.

The second major change is diapers.  We decided we were done, and she needs to learn ASAP.  That's the main thing I want accomplished for traveling.  So we potty trained her!  It actually was quite easy.  It's amazing what waiting until they're ready will do.  This was our third attempt and I guess the third time is a charm!  We kept it simple and easy.  Two tiny treats every time she pees (pez, and these tiny reeses cups I found at the dollar store) , and a squinkie for every time she poops!  Within the first week she only had three accidents.  We're now into the second week with no accidents.  We've even done parties, errands, and outings.  AWESOME!!!! I still put a diaper on at nap and night.  But I figure between now and May we will be completely trained.  YES!!!

Fish sitting

We fish sat for our neighbors while they were away at Disney Land.  Not quite a fair trade!  But come May, it'll be our turn. :) We had the fish set up so the girls could see it easily.  NOT a good idea.  I found a few squinkies floating in there, and a headless polly taking a plunge.  Needless to say, it was moved to a more appropriate place.