Jackie!

For the past 2 weeks, we've had the pleasure of having swim classes with Sophia's cousin, Jack....a.k.a. Jackie (Sophia's nickname for him). It's been fun to watch them in the water together. They get along GREAT! 

Although, Jackie is in a whole different league when it comes to swimming.

Sophia tries to keep up. She does a really good job of giving him a run for his money but gets distracted/too excited when she figures out it's a race and stops using her skills. 

Tomorrow's the last day of swim class for the summer. 

Happy Belated 4th of July!

Happy belated 4th of July!

We did something different this year and went to our friend Dina and Marcus's house for dinner. Marcus made some spectacular barbecue.

They have a GREAT backyard. They have tons of yard and tons of trees. And toys that Sophia immediately wanted to play with.

They also had sidewalk chalk! Score for Sophia! She loves drawing!

But she really loved this little car.

But eventually decided she had to let her inner artist come out. 

And Katie was right there to collaborate with her. Future crafting team on Craft Wars??? I think so!

They also had this fun sprinkler that shoots balls out the top of it.

I imagine Katie saying "Come on Sophia! It's fun!".

"Really, Sophia, I mean really fun!"

Sophia was feeling a little shy and really in need of some sugar. So she had dessert instead.

Even Jack wanted in on part of the action!

"Come on Sophia! I promise!! It's really, REALLY fun!"

Sophia finally got in on the sprinkler action, by having her dad go with her. 

And yes! They have matching bathing suits! Who doesn't shop at Target for their swimwear?

And the adults just enjoyed watching! 

Sophia FINALLY got into the kiddie swimming pool they had. Why it took so long, I have no idea. But I guess once she felt more comfortable, she wanted to do more.

"Gotta make sure all my clips are still in place."

And then Sophia had her 2nd round of desserts.

And was very tired of my camera....or me? Or maybe she thought I was gonna take some of her dessert?

While we were waiting for it to get dark outside, Sophia played in Katie's kitchen.

Her and Jack pretended to eat cake.

And then it was fireworks time! So we loaded up the cars and headed to Dina and Marcus's secret location to watch the Hurst fireworks. But unfortunately, the word has gotten out about their secret spot and we had to park a little down the street. But no biggie. It was a short walk and we had a front row seat for the fireworks. Don't ask me where, cause I'll never tell!

Kelly, Dina's sister, brought these fun, glow in the dark bracelet/necklaces. Which as you all know, Sophia loves a good accessory and the more the better.

We had fun waiting for the fireworks to start.

And Katie had fun trying out Sophia's Princess chair. Such a cutie!

Then the fireworks began.

The Hurst fireworks were spectacular! They did a fabulous job! Everyone had a great time! Especially Sophia. She wanted to go back to Dina and Marcus's house afterwards....apparently she had no idea it was 10 p.m. and a school night. :) 

Thanks for a fabulous 4th!

Summer Fun!!!!

On Monday, Russell went to play golf with Uncle Brice and surprised Sophia by bringing Uncle Brice home for dinner. We tried one of the low salt recipes from one of the cookbooks I bought. Chicken Cacciatore....yummy! Everyone thought it was delish!

After dinner, we played dress up!

I got to be a princess (Aunt Cynthia is in N. Carolina visiting her family).

Then on Tuesday, we got to have a date night. Sophia spent the night at Nana and Paw-Paw's house. We went to Mi Cocina's. It was super yummy. After that, we came home and watched the latest Mission Impossible movie on Netflix, with the surround sound on!!!!

And the best part is, I got to sleep in until 10:15. I haven't done that in forever!!!! Thanks Nana and Paw-Paw for a relaxing date night!

Turning 4

Part of turning 4, other than the shots, hearing test, eye test, is the dental check up. Sophia has been a little apprhensive on prior visits. But this time she even did x-rays! She let them clean her teeth and do a flouride treatment.

And the best part was NO CAVITITIES!!! 

Yee haw!!!!!

Later that night, Sophia broke out her stick horse from her Uncle B and Aunt C and her hat from Nana and Paw-Paw.....some eletitrcal junk from her dad and she's a cowgirl!!!!!

This girl cracks me! On a side note, she was a champ at her 4 year check up with Dr. R. She got 3 shots. She cried but recovered quickly. She weighed in at 41.5 pounds and 42.5 inches in height. She's in the 95 percentile in height!