Family Links

My friend Megan was asking me the other day how I found out about activities for Sophia to do. Mostly I just go online and google whatever I'm interested in but sometimes I find out from other moms. So I thought I would post some of my favorites. Let me know if any of you know of something I'm missing out on. :)

http://www.tinytunesmusictime.com/
Tiny Tunes Music Time. This is the class I take Sophia to.

http://www.uncle-bob.com/
This is a pumpkin patch in Newnan. They have hayrides, puppet shows, animals that the kids can pet and feed and of course pumpkins. :) It is only open to the public on certain days so check the website out.

http://www.dausettrails.com/
I haven't actually been here but my MOMS Club went and said they had a good time. They said to take plenty of bug spray though.

http://www.localkidfun.com/
I've found some fun local things to take Sophia to on this website.

http://www.shoptheavenue.com/
The Avenue Shopping area in Peachtree City. They sometimes do fun events like the Trick or Treating we took Sophia too. Just go to their calendar and it will list everything coming up.

http://www.peachtree-city.org/index.asp?NID=125
Peachtree City Library. Click on Children Services and it will give you a list of story times depending on your childs age.

http://www.senoia.com/
Even Senoia has things going on! :) The Christmas parade is Dec. 6th this year. The parade starts at 5 and they usually have other things kids can do. They had an awesome memorial day celebration this year. That is where Sophia got to ride the ponies.

http://www.thepotterypatio.net/
The Pottery Patio in Sharpsburg GA. Paint your own pottery kind of place. :)

http://www.stonemountainpark.com/
Stone Mountain always has some kind of event going on. The weekend we took Sophia to the pumpkin patch they were also having a Celtic Festival. :)

That is it for now... I have a few more but can't seem to find the links for them at the moment. Take Care!

Happy Halloween!! Muh haha!!

Sophia and I had a great day on Friday. It started out with her going to her Tiny Tunes class. Since her class is on a Friday and Halloween landed on a Friday this year her teacher let the kids dress up in their costumes. It was so much fun getting to see what all the kids would be for Halloween. The class was fun as usual and Sophia participated a lot. It is amazing to see Sophia now in that class as opposed to when we first started. She participates so much more and really knows the music now. She still runs around a lot but will do all the motions to the songs. She even likes to help put things away. :)

After class we came home and had lunch. Carly and baby Andrew came and visted us for a bit. We were making plans for later that night. Carly, Robert and Andrew came with us this year to go trick or treating in the neighborhood.

Later that night we all joined up and the fun began we went to several house but not all of them. We still stuck to house where we knew people would want to see Sophia and if anyone was sitting outside we would go visit them as well. Sophia had a great time and has really got this trick or treat thing down pat. She should really by now. :) She can't say trick or treat yet but she knows how to open doors. :) We would go up to houses and I would tell her to knock on the door while I rang the door bell. She would just turn the door knob and try to walk in. :) Everyone was very sweet to her and several people had little bags already made up for her. Mrs. Stewart across the street out did herself. She gave Sophia a Halloween card, stickers, and some glow in the dark bracelets. After all that Sophia stood there with her face down. I think she was pouting a little because she didn't think she was going to get any candy. When she saw the chocolate though she perked up. :) The night continued on like that and I let Sophia stay up a little later so she could see the other trick or treaters. She didn't know what to think about seeing all the kids dressed up.

Saturday night we went out to dinner with Robert, Carly and Andrew to Carrabbas. We were celebrating Robert's 25th birthday. Sophia did really well they gave her crayons and a kids menu so that kept her occuppied for most of dinner. I also brought along these placemat things that stick to the table and she can color on that as well. :) After dinner we went to Rita's they serve custard and shaved ice. You know you go somewhere to much when your child recognizes the parking lot. Sophia started yelling YAY!! YAY!!! when we pulled up. :) She doesn't care anything about the food but they have a big gated area where she can run and play and that is what she likes the most. Well October is over and now it is time to start thinking about Thanksgiving and Christmas. This year has flown by!

Sophia on her way to Wanda and Kent Stewart's house..look at that smile she knows what it coming. :) They spoil her. :)

Trick or Treat Ms. Sheri!


Looking for something to eat.

Robert with Andrew and Phil with Sophia.

Daddy and Sophia! My mom said she looks like me in this picture. I think it is the eyes..the more she smiles the more they disappear...just like mine. :)

Trick or Treat in Senoia

Wednesday of last week I took Sophia Trick or Treating in downtown Senoia. My friend Kandis and her little girl Reagan met us so we could trick or treat together. We had a good time the girls were a little whiny but they did better once we got going. The library was organizing this event and they did a great job. When we got there they were letting the kids color pumpkin pictures and then letting them stick them on brown paper bags to use when we went trick or treating. Sophia didn't want anything to do with the brown bag and got very upset anytime I tried to paste her pumpkin onto it. :) She just wanted to color the pumpkin and luckily I had brought her trick or treat pumpkin anyway. After the coloring was done one of the ladies read a halloween story and then we were off trick or treating. We went to several stores in town and they were all very generous. :) Phil got some good candy! After we were done everyone went back to the library and they had juice and halloween cookies for the kids. Sophia was starving by this time it was 11:30 so she wanted to eat everthing in sight. I got her home and made her lunch and she was much happier after that. She is pretty good when she is tired and uncomfortable but don't mess with her when she is hungry. She turns into a little beasty! :) Here are a few pics from that day.
Sophia and Reagan eating their cookies. Sophia was a 50's girl and Reagan was a lion ROAR!!


Sophia doing her favorite thing...coloring.


Okay I just thought this was to funny!!! This is after trick or treating. She was starving(note the cookie crumbs), cold(runny nose), and aggrevated I wouldn't open any more candy. :) Haha!

Avenue Trick or Treating

Okay if you can't tell I'm catching up on missed posts from the past month! I'm a slacker and I'm blaming it on being sick AGAIN! We can't seem to get better I get sick, Phil gets sick, Sophia get some wierd bug, I get sick round and round we go. :) Luckily we were all feeling good yesterday and had a great time. The sun finally decided to come out and play after staying hidden all day Friday. We went for a walk into town to check out the new construction going on and to get a bit of exercise and then we stopped by the park on the way home so Sophia could play. It was gloomy and rainy all day Friday so I made sure to take an old towel with me to the park so I could wipe down the slides for her. There is just so much water a towel can hold though! :) Sophia also wanted to go down all the stairs on her bottom and down the slides I hadn't wiped off so she still came home looking like she had wet her pants. It was okay though I just changed her fed her and put her in the bed for a nap also known as mommy's free time. YAY! :)
When she woke up Phil and I took her to the Avenue in Peachtree City to go Trick or Treating. If your not from around here the Avenue is a big outdoor shopping area. The kids get to go around from store to store and the employees hand out candy. There was also face painting, free balloons, and pictures you could have taken. Sophia really enjoyed it and liked getting to see all the other kids. She would say Hi Ya!! as we walked by. :) She got a little bit of candy that daddy promptly ate for her. We did let her have the sucker she got though so we aren't that mean. :) We went grocery shopping afterwards and then came home and fed her dinner from the BRAT menu again. :)
We went to church this morning and heard an awesome sermon from Bo and a great lesson from Thomas Cagle. Sophia did great in her class and I didn't get buzzed once. :) She also stayed in the nursery without a fuss and Suzette and Debbie said that she was their little helper. She undoubtly closed doors for them, gave them high fives, and played well with the other babies. :) I'm also in the process of planning her second birthday!!! I can't believe it wasn't I just doing this?! This year has flown by! It is going to be a Winnie the Pooh Party this year because she is obsessed with him. I was going to have it at the park because she is just as obsessed with the park..I kid you not the child must dream of the park because she wakes up in the morning asking to go. :) Thank goodness we live so close to it. Here are a few pics I hope you all have had a good weekend. We are going Trick or Treating in downtown Senoia on Wed. at 10:30 am if anyone wants to come. We are meeting at the Library. So I should have a few pics from that and then the big day is on Friday! Muh haha! :)

Picture of Sophia doing her new favorite thing Coloring!! I actually got a pretty good smile too. :

This is what we do when we run out of candy...wear the pumpkin on our head. :)

Eating her delicious sucker.

Searching for something yummy!

My cute baby girl!

MOMS Club Halloween Party/Sick Again!!

Well I thought this was going to be a horrible weekend because it didn't get started off to great! Sophia woke up screaming Friday morning and this is very unusual she usually just call for me "MAMA"! :) I went in and got her and took her temp but she didn't have a fever. She just wanted to be held and rocked. We were suppose to go to the MOMS Club Halloween party and then that night to the Jesus Lamb's Fall Festival at church. Well I gave her some IBProfin in case she was teething or had a sore throat. I ended up taking her to the MOMS Club Party anyway figuring it was something little like that. She had a good time and the ladies did a great job with the party. I could tell Sophia still wasn't feeling well though she wasn't quite herself. If you know Sophia you know that she is full of energy and LOVES to run run run! Well at this party she just kind of walked around and checked everything out in fact her favorite part was a piano that was in the room. :) She sat at the piano for most of the party. We ended up leaving after an hour and went home and thank goodness! As soon as I got home I realized what was wrong with her. She had a very upset stomach!! I won't go into any details but will say that I changed three diapers within half an hour and that continued on from about 12 noon to 4:30!! Not much fun for mommy or Sophia. :( Needless to say we didn't go to the Jesus Lamb's Party. Instead we stayed home and ate dinner from the BRAT diet. Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, and Toast.

On a happier note it seems to have only been a 24 hour thing because she was back to normal the next day. Here are some pics from Friday enjoy! :)

Sophia in her costume-50's girl. She is also eating a cookie that looking back she probably shouldn't have had. Also knowing what I know now that fiber one cereal and watermelon she had for breakfast wasn't such a good idea either. :)

Rocky and Sandra Dee playing the piano. :)

I think we might have a musician.

She looks so grown in this picture.

Stone Mountain and Playing Outside!

Stone Mountain is having a pumpkin Festival this month to celebrate fall and Halloween. So last Saturday we went with our friends the Burches to check it out. I think Sophia had a good time of course her favorite thing was all of the pumpkins. I think she tried to pick up all of them at least once!! My favorite thing was getting to see her wear the candy corn dress I made for her. I think it would have worked out fine as a dress but as it turned out it was a little cool that day so I put the leggings on her anyway. It turned out really cute and she looked like a doll in it! I think I have a little tom boy on my hands though because she was fine when I but the turtle neck shirt on her and she was fine when I put the leggings on her but you would have thought I had spanked her when I put the actual dress on. She started pouting and at one point threw herself down on the bed. I couldn't help but laugh. :) She got over it pretty quick though and left the bows alone. She did manage to pull the ribbon out of her hair before I got any pictures though.

Sophia took a nap on the way home from Stone Mountain so when we did get home we had some fun family time together. She ran around outside in the backyard and played in her coupe car and rode on her red push car for a little while. I was trying to get a really good fall picture of her but that didn't really happen. It is almost impossible to get a good picture these days! Her favorite thing that afternoon was playing in her sand and water table. She was putting the sand into the water and the water in the sand and by the end there was a huge mess on our patio but she was having soooo much fun doing it. :) It was just some really nice family time and the weather was beautiful! I was able to watch Sophia and Phil playing outside while I cooked dinner and the windows and doors were open. I love fall! We've already made two pecan pies and one pumpkin pie! Here are a few pics enjoy!

What mess?! I'm not sure if you can see exactly how wet and sandy she is but we had to strip her down outside. :)

This is Sophia's new joy! Picking up dirt, straw, wood chips anything that is on the ground.

Cute picture of Sophia and Phil.


LOVED the pumpkins!

Just after taking this she ran off! Wiggly Toddlers!

Park Day

Last Wednesday I met my friend Kandis and her little girl Reagan at the Newnan Utilities Park. We got together so the girls could play and so Kandis and I could catch up. We haven't seen each other in awhile with her traveling and me being sick all the time. :) The girls had a good time Sophia made me go down a slide with her that was soooo wet! I got to the bottom and stood up and it looked like I had peed my pants. :) The girls played for about two hours and then they had lunch or I should say Reagan had lunch and Sophia stole some of it. I was going to pack Sophia a lunch but I couldn't find anything to put it in cooler wise...so I thought we could just make it home in time. That wasn't the case and luckily Reagan didn't have a problem sharing. :) Here are some pics from the park. :)

Reagan eating lunch and Sophia have a bite too! This is the best picture I could get of the two of them together. Toddlers are so wiggley!

Sophia crawling through a wooden tube.

Sophia and Reagan playing with some really neat bells.

Sophia wanting to climb in the castle with Reagan. :)