Girls Only!

This week Will was in Dallas for a check ride and training session, so Sophia and I were home alone. We're used to being without Daddy a few days each week, but this week we were by ourselves for one day longer than usual, so I decided to do some extra fun things for both our sakes.
We started by going to the zoo for the first time. Sophia quickly spotted the first animal: some sort of large grey bird.


Next we stopped by the primate exhibits. Sophia was a little freaked out by the orangutans, so we moved on pretty quickly to see the other monkeys. There was a smaller monkey that kept running in and out of it's little house. Sophia thought this was hilarious and would wriggle and squeal with delight every time it ran out!


It was a pretty warm afternoon, so although we both looked really hard, sometimes the animals were tucked away in the shade where we couldn't see them.
The giraffes were out, but Sophia wasn't too impressed.
And since she's a big girl now, she spent a lot of the afternoon pushing her stroller rather than riding in it.
She thought the fish were really cool, as did several other kiddos.

And last but not least, we went to the play area. Sophia has been going through a very shy stage lately, so I was proud that she ran right over to the playground without holding my hand.



And she was almost tall enough to poke her head through the cut out!
Believe it or not, our day didn't end there, but I need to go eat dinner. Stay tuned for the rest of our Girls Only fun!

Smartie Pants

Every time we try and get Sophia to show off her newest skills to our friends and family, she gets shy and just stares blankly at us. As a parent, it can be frusterating, so today while we were relaxing in the backyard, I got proof that she really does know a lot of body parts. The video is pretty dark, but hopefully you can see most of it.

In the next video, she shows off one of her newest quirks that we're not quite as proud of. She now calls everything that resembles any sort of fruit "apple." She used to say "banana" but it's now been demoted to "apple" along with the rest of the fruit!