Stylin'

More Summer Pics

 She LOVES catching rain water from the drain pipe into this metal bowl. Even on sunny days, she'll sit there, asking for water to come out. :)

Also - news in our household - Marzell has become an indoor-outdoor cat!! It was awesome and we have wondered why we waited 6 years to let him out! However, after being left out (though we tried to call him in!) overnight in a thunderstorm w rain and being chased the next day by loose neighborhood dogs, he refuses to venture back out. And those incidents were about a month ago...so the whole outdoor thing lasted about 3 weeks max. Bummer since it was nice to see him enjoying the fresh air. Oh, and he would hardly leave our yard - so nice! He would just lounge on the porch, walk around the yard, contemplate how to get up our trees to the squirrels... maybe he will gather the courage one day to go back out.

And we're back....

after several weeks on blog hiatus, I am back and will pick up with life where it is now....

This is homemade sidewalk paint...aka cream of tartar, water, and food coloring (thank you Pinterest). Amazing how simple it was to do but how long it entertained Sophia outside!

 She decided to venture from painting the porch to her hair, legs, belly....then why not give it a taste?

 She loves going over and picking cherry tomatoes right off the vine from the garden. This is my old garden and though I didn't plant anything in it, it still had a few "volunteer" plants come up from last year.

Summer Fun!

Maria!

While in St. Augustine, MARIA came to visit for an overnight! It was sooooo fun! From an evening on the beach with wine & cheezits, playing in the sand with Sophia, girls' lunch at Colombia Restaurant, walking around downtown St. Augustine (which is beautiful)....we had a blast.
Thank you Maria for making the drive up to see us!!!! love you!

FL - fun in the sun

 breakfast with Mimi on the patio

 headed to the BEACH!

 Having fun with "Pa"! 

 Fun in the pool with Daddy & Pops!

 Story time before bed

'Night, 'night!

Florida Beach Trip - Eric's Bday

We spent a week down in St. Augustine with Eric's parents at the beach. It was so fun and again, Sophia LOVED everything about it - the pool, the sand, the waves! 

We celebrated Eric's birthday (big 3-0) and got to visit with lots of family we don't see very often! 

 Sophia with her Great-Grandpa Parrett "Pa"!

 Uncle Pepe & Aunt Sandy being silly and having fun

 Aunt Kari letting Sophia have some of her chapstick. This girl LOVES putting on chapstick!!

 Family picture! Wishing Donnie had been there with us!

 Silly photo - somehow over half ended up doing "bunny ears"

 4 generation pic

Happy Birthday my Love!

Climber

Sophia has learned to climb! She especially likes the wooden box by our door that stores my piano books and collects our recycling waiting to be brought outside. She can reach the light switch when standing which is of course so fun to turn on and off. She now climbs on chairs, couches, stools, benches, coffee tables, whatever she can hoist a leg up onto. It is a little scary! but glad she is exploring the world around her and gaining confidence.

Here is the progression of her getting up there.

 Here she goes!

 "Uh....I'm not sure after all. Mom, do I need help?" this is her concerned look which needs a little reassurance than she can do it.

 Oh yeah, I remember now...

 Does everyone see what I did?? I am standing up on the box!!

So proud of herself. What a cutie.