Second Birthday Celebration!

This weekend we had a second birthday celebration for Sophie with all of her friends. We had it at The Little Treehouse in Chestnut Hill. It's basically a big tumble room where the kids can run around and just go crazy. There were about 15 kids and 25 adults and everyone had a blast.

 Claire "Bear" Marvin

 Vivian

 Liam

 Sara

 Liora

 A second birthday cake!

Soccer

Sophie had her first soccer practice this morning. It's a league for 3-4 year olds and is held at Sister Cities Park, about a 15 minute walk from our house. It took her a bit to warm up, but once she did she had a lot of fun. Her friend Vivian is also taking it, and I think it helped to have a little friend encouragement there.

Getting instruction from the coach

Learning to control the ball

Watching Vivian demonstrate her skills

Channeling Mr. Miyagi

I also took a few videos:

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First haircut and an ear mold

The top of Lauren's right ear never folded all the way down. After talking with the doctor, we decided to do something about it now, rather than wait until she's older to do something or not. So, last week she got an ear mold. It's basically a plastic piece that folds down the top of the ear, and is secured by a big glop of purple silicone. They also had to shave behind her ear, so technically she had her first haircut too. It should take about 6 weeks or so to mold into a shape like the other ear.

Happy 3rd Birthday Sophia!

Hard to believe, but Sophie turned 3 this weekend! She had a full weekend filled with celebration, starting with a birthday celebration at school. 

 She walked around the table three times with the globe and then placed it in it's holder. Her favorite teacher, Desiree, made her a special Birthday Crown that she wore all day.

Then we went to visit Doug, Vicki, Quinn and Carley for an early birthday dinner and ice cream cake on Friday night. On the way home from West Chester she told us that "Now I'm 3, so I won't pick my nose anymore." We told her how happy we were to hear that :) 

On Saturday both families came over for a brunch celebration. 

Sporting her new purple princess dress, with pink accessories. 

She got two new movies, a Bugs Life and The Little Mermaid (a personal favorite)

and a new train set...

and a new scooter! She tried it out on the street. A princess, in pink sneakers whizzing down the hill.

And we finished the day with a pink cake. Happy 3rd Birthday to our sweet little girl! 

2 Month Check-up

Lauren had her 2 month check-up this week. She weighs in at 11 3.5 lbs and is 22 1/4 inches tall. All else looks great and she's a perfect, growing little girl. Happy 2 months!