Meet the Teacher

This week has been super busy. Between our regukar chores, I've gone back to scholl. And now Sophia is in school. At my school! She has Mrs. Hoss. We are so excited!

 

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We had meet the teacher night.

Sophia got to pick her locker.

She was born to ROAR as a Tiger.

New Beginnings

First of all, I forgot to do an entire post about Sophia getting her glasses. I didn't take very many pics because I didn't want to make her self conscious. Boy was it hard to refrain.

 

Maybe there is a 12 step program for snap happy mommas??

 

So here she is, moments after we picked up her new glasses. They are a darkish purple and Hello Kitty on the sides.

 

My mother also celebrated new beginnings, a new year (it was her birthday).

Sophia is ALWAYS front and center for gift opening or dessert time.

Happy birthday Nana!!! We wish this sweet lady a very speedy recovery from her recent (non-life threatening) surgery.

The Karate Kid

Sophia finally decided that she wanted to try Tae Kwon Do after many months of thinking about it.

 

Her instructor is Mr. Valdez an we found out about them from Atticus.

Mr. Valdez is great with the kids!

He makes it fun but at the same time being firm and no nonsense.

For Sophia's first class, Atticus and Apollo attended so that Sophia wouldn't be alone. So sweet!

 

Sophia got a special shirt that says she survived her first Tae Kwon Do class.

Sophia couldn't wait to go back. That was a Wed. Given a choice of Thurs or Fri, Sophia chose Thurs. She gets 2 days a week and we can choose from 3 days (W/Th/F).

Mr. Valdez helps them with their belts. 

Apparently her younger teacher didn't get the memo that Sophia just started when he chose her for a demo.

 

Let's give Sophia a hand!

Mr. Valdez makes it fun for sure.

But Sophia did a good job of listening and following instructions.

Success!!!!

Sophia's Improved Bedroom Space

As promised, here are the pics of Sophia's new bedroom space. Removing the bottom bunk really opened up her bedroom.

 

Movin' On Up

Guess who decided she was ready to move up to the top bunk?

Yep, you guessed it. Sophia. We decided not to take apart the bottom bed until she slept up there for several nights in a row. And she has, so Russell took it apart.

 

Pics to come of her room. As soon as I'd cleaned everything up and organized it, she started building one of her "forts".

A Big Girl Haircut

 Last week, Ms. Melanie was on vacation, so no PK for Sophia. So we were trying to come up with things to fill our week. Her going to the dentist was one of them (no cavities, teeth look great. He's actually starting to think she has enough room for her adult teeth after all).

 

Another thing Sophia wanted to do was get her haircut. She elected to go to my haircut place but since we waited until the last minute, couldn't get my girl Carlyn. But we got Rachel (I think). And the good thing was she's actually donated her hair 3 times, so she knew exactly what to do.

 

 

 

 

 

She looks so grown up I can't stand it!

 

Since we were a little too short for Locks of Love hair donation (they need at least 10 inches), we decided to donate to Pantene which also makes wigs for cancer patients (and they take an 8 inch min.). Thanks for the tip Rachel and Aunt Brandy!

Still trying to grow mine out. Got a tip from Rachel, Biotin vitamin supplement. Good for hair and nails.

 

Sophia's 5 year check up went great (except for eye sight). She weighed in at 48.25 pounds and is 46..5 inches tall. She has to see an eye specialist for her eye sight which is not very good. We already saw this coming because of her appointment early on with an eye Dr to check for glaucoma (family history). She didn't have it but he said her could see an astigmatism forming. So we expected this. Especially since both Russell and I have corrective eye wear (contacts and glasses).