Dinosaur Train!

Sophia loves dinosaurs! I'm not afraid to say that Sophia will play dress up and primp as much as the next girl but she also loves trucks and especially dinosaurs! So I was so excited today when I went to Target to buy a birthday present for another little girl and stumbled across these:



These dinosaurs are great and they interact with one another! They tell you facts about the type of dinosaur they are. They also roar and sing the dinosaur train song together. We spent a good half hour playing with these. :) I loved them so much I wanted to tell all of you about them as well..so go have fun and play!

The Rock Ranch

Also in July a bunch my friends and I took our kiddos to the Rock Ranch. If you have never been before I highly recommend it! It was 8 dollars to get in kids 3 and under are free. You also get to bring your own food in so you don't have to pay for food if you don't want to. There is sooo much to do there as well you really get your moneys worth. They are closed now though until the fall.

Kandis and I went last year and loved it. This year my friend Emorie was looking for something to do for her little girl Isabella's birthday and I recommended this. We had such a good time even though it was sweltering HOT that day.

It is easier to tell you about our day through the pictures. :)

Sophia, Addison and part of Kandis jumping on the jump pillow. :)

They had several educational areas where they taught the kids how to milk a cow, composting, and facts about chickens. They also would let you feed the different animals they have. The goat enclosure is my favorite they have different ramps and platforms to walk up to.

Here is the b-day girl holding a crazy looking chicken.


Sophia was in love with this donkey and I think it loved her too.


They were learning about composting...this was their favorite part..holding the worms.


These little goats were so cute!


The highlight of the day we did this twice.




They had an area called Tiny Town and it was so much fun! I wish I had taken a picture of the whole thing but basically it is a bunch of small buildings set up as a town. They had a bank, hotel, fire station, church etc. and you know the best thing?? They were all Air Conditioned!!! :) The girls had a blast running to each one and seeing what was inside.

Here they are at the hotel.


Sophia leading a song at church. :)


My personal favorite is this corn house. It doesn't sound very nice but you have got to try it out. I want one for my backyard! It was so relaxing and the girls just love playing in it...make sure you shake your shorts out when you climb out though. :)


See how pink she was..It was Hot with a capital H! I thought this was pretty cute of her though.


The last think we did was the train ride around the Ranch...we got a little breeze and cooled off.


There were several other things to do there was well such as cane pole fishing, paddle boats, little race cars the kids could peddle. Also in the Fall they have a corn maze. Here is my post from last year as well. We had a great time and will be back in the Fall!

4th of July Weekend

For the 4th of July weekend Phil, Sophia and I went down to my parents house in St. Marys to visit them. We had a great weekend visiting with them and it was nice being in my hometown as well. I don't know why but I really want Sophia to like St. Marys as much as I do. I really love the downtown area with all the historical houses and moss covered trees. It is also where Phil and I were married and really represents coastal Georgia well to me.

While we were there we took Sophia to the annual 4th of July parade. I think she had a lot of fun and was definitely on a sugar high with all the candy she caught. Also while we were there my mom opened her store The Owl's Nest so check it out if you are in the downtown St. Marys area it is really cute oh and she is also on facebook. :)


Sophia humouring me while she waits on more flying candy and beads.

The child LOVES popcorn!

While we were visiting my family we decided to take Sophia to Jekyll Island. Sophia loves the beach just about as much as she loves popcorn. She is all about jumping in the waves and playing in the sand I think she would have stayed out there until the sun went down. Ever since going she has been having "Beach Parties" at our house. :)

These are big waves for Jekyll and she thought they were great!



This makes me laugh everytime...Sophia trying to stop the waves.





We passed this sign when we were leaving and I laughed so hard I made Phil take a picture. :)

Way Back at the Beginning of July...

Way back at the beginning of July our church had their Vacation Bible School. Sophia looks forward to this every year and especially this year. They have a theme every year last year it was climbing faith moutain and the youth intern dressed up like a mountain man. She asked me all week where the mountain man was and when he was coming. To bad this year the theme was water and the intern was dressed in scuba gear. :)

We had a lot of fun and I'm always impressed at how everyone always goes all out decorating their room. They also added a jump castle and dunk tank for the last night of VBS.
Here are a few pictures from the week:
Picture of the girls waiting to jump.



Sophia concentrating hard on her fishing pole.

Scuba Steve and Sophia. :)

The girls casting their net on the other side.

Water Fun!

On Tuesday Sophia and I met up with some friends at the Carl Miller Park in Newnan. In an effort to try to keep cool and let the girls burn off some energy we took them to this great park. They have wonderful playgrounds one for younger children and then a wooden castle one for the older children to play on. They also have a great walking path around the park. But my favorite thing is what Sophia calls "the sprinklers." They have this big area where water sprays up out of the ground when you push a button. The water will stop eventually and the kids think it is fun to see who can get to the button first.

Here are a few pictures from our fun morning!

Sophia's alter ego Hollywood. :)

Alicia, Reagan and Sophia

Isn't she just the cutest thing ever!! I love little Juju!

Sophia, Juju, Izzy and Reagan in the background being a monkey. :)

This is the best group shot I could get...three out of four looking at the camera isn't bad. :)

Reagan being Jane of the Jungle. Emorie has a pergola at her house with wisteria growing up it..Reagan is swinging from the vines. :)

Back on Memorial Day

I completely forgot I had these pictures so I thought I would share them with you real quick. We had a really great Memorial Day this year. We took Sophia to downtown Senoia where they have a festival every year to celebrate. They out do themselves every year and the crowd gets bigger every year too! We walked around for a long time looking at all the different vendor booths and I took Sophia over to the kids area and let her have a pony ride and ride on a little motorized train that took you through the downtown streets. We tried to stay for the parade at 2 but to be honest we didn't even make it halfway through it. The parade was great it was just sooooo hot that we couldn't take it any longer. Poor Sophia was sitting on the ground playing with the grass she couldn't even be bothered to stand up. :(

We didn't rest long though once we got home and got a drink. Our subdivision had a block party and just about everyone from the neighborhood showed up! We had a lot of fun and got to meet a few neighbors we hadn't talked to yet. Phil was in charge of roasting a pig for the event and if you read this blog fairly regularly you know that he has done it once before and it turns out really yummy! Everyone loved it!

We were going to take Sophia to the fireworks that night but she told me at the block party that she was tired and ready to go home. She wasn't kidding either I brought her home changed her and laid her in her bed and she was down for the count!

I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day it is one of my favorite times in Senoia.

Sophia and her pig that she thought was sleeping. :)

Sophia and Razzle...This is the same horse that she rode back at Christmas...they seem to like each other. :)

At the block party...can you tell how red her face is? It was almost to hot that day.

Dad Life

So those of you who are friends with me on facebook have already seen this but I had to share it on here as well. I got the best laugh out of this video this morning!

Thanks to all the Dads for everything you do!

Dad Life from Church on the Move on Vimeo.