tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87912913621730941962024-03-19T06:21:26.878-05:00The Sonia ShowErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.comBlogger508125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-37781748443869779882014-10-09T16:13:00.000-05:002014-10-09T16:13:48.956-05:00Chewbacca Mystery ReaderSonia's daddy came to Lakeside today to be the Mystery Reader.... dressed as Chewbacca!! First, all three of the kindergarten classes gathered in an empty classroom.<br />
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Mrs. Keith quieted the kids down by saying "One, two, three, eyes on me!" The kids obediently responded "One, two, eyes on you!" Impressive.<br />
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"Wait, did you hear something? Do you think our mystery reader is in the... bathroom?!?!"<br />
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"Maybe if we knock on the door, the mystery reader will come out."<br />
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"Chewbacca! What are you doing here?"<br />
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"AARGHGHUUGHGHAAARRRAAGHGHRRAAHHGGRRR" (which means "Hi, kids!" in Wookiee, of course)<br />
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"My goodness! So, kindergarten... Whose mom or dad do you think is in this Chewbacca costume?"<br />
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A few kids ventured guesses. Sonia wisely kept her mouth shut. She's kind of hidden behind the little girl in the red & white dress in the front row.<br />
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Reese, of course, had to stand up and yell out that she could tell it was a dad from the shoes. The kids holding their hands over their ears were pretending that the Wookiee roar had hurt their ears.<br />
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Mrs. Keith told the kids to put their hand on their head if they thought their dad was the person in the Chewbacca costume. Hilariously, a lot of kids thought it might be their dad!<br />
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Unmasked!!!<br />
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"There's my daughter!" The look of unbridled glee on Sonia's face is awesome.<br />
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"All right, now Sonia's daddy is going to read us <u>Dragons Love Tacos</u>. Put on your listening ears!"<br />
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The kids listened with rapt attention. Notice the one little boy doing the sign of the longhorn.... They puff out their cheeks, put one finger over their lips, and do the longhorn sign with their other hand when it's time to be quiet. I think he forgot he was still doing the quiet signal because he was so into the story. The kids laughed in all the appropriate places. Mrs. Keith told me that she thinks Andrew is a fantastic reader!<br />
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"All right, now-- do you think this story is fiction or non-fiction?" He reminded them what fiction and non-fiction are, and still about half of the kids yelled out "NON-FICTION"! Kindergartners are hilarious. After seeing how adorable Andrew was with all the kids, Mrs. Keith told him she'd hire him as a substitute teacher any day.<br />
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Andrew posed with just Sonia's class. While getting into position, a bunch of the kids petted him and felt the furry costume.<br />
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BEST DADDY EVER!!!!<br />
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(So sorry that a few of the pictures were blurry!)ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-26014425429082585572014-08-25T08:40:00.000-05:002014-08-25T08:40:13.311-05:00First day of kindergarten!I can't believe how grown up The Great Sosini is!! First day of kindergarten at Lakeside Elementary School in Coppell, Texas.<br />
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Isn't that pencil skirt hilarious? As you can tell, our sweet baboo is really, really excited about kindergarten.<br />
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Daddy and his mini-me:<br />
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Sonia and her unshowered mommy.... I was just about to walk 6/10ths of a mile there and back (1.2 miles total) in nasty humidity. Shortly after this picture was taken, I changed into shorts. It's not a good sign if you're sweating while just taking pictures.<br />
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As soon as we walked in the building, we ran into one of Sonia's favorite people in the whole world, our neighbor, Aidan. She is in fourth grade but is SO sweet to her little kindergarten buddy. She and her mom were handing apple-shaped cake pops out to teachers and administrators. That is hardcore!<br />
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Once we got in the classroom, it was time to unpack her backpack.<br />
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Mrs. Keith is her teacher! It's amazing to think that Sonia will graduate high school in 2027. Only 13 more years of hard work....<br />
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Backpacks get stashed in their cubbies.<br />
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Looks like she's about 45 inches right now (with shoes on, anyway). I wonder how tall she'll be on the last day of school!<br />
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No tears were shed from either of us at drop off. We're tough cookies.<br />
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I hope you have a wonderful year in kindergarten, Sonia! ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-8320271885243914742013-12-12T19:31:00.003-06:002013-12-12T19:31:59.223-06:00Sonia versus Santa, round 5Another successful year! Sosini thinks lap-sitting is not for her, and I can't really blame her. Once again, we went to Bass Pro Shops for our Santa picture, and once again, we loved the whole experience!<br />
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<br />ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-43890888351854445212013-10-16T15:23:00.002-05:002013-10-16T15:23:48.518-05:00Preschool Pictures!I kinda wish I had remembered to get Sonia's bangs cut before picture day, but oh well.... <br />
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It almost looks like she's wearing lip gloss, but I think she had just been running around and playing right before the picture was taken. I love that the picture background is the playground at the preschool!! Adorable.<br />
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The teacher on the left is Sonia's beloved Mrs. O, and the teacher on the right is the aide, Mrs. Tomchek, whom Sonia also adores. I seriously love this picture-- the kid to the left of Sonia is crossing his eyes, the little boy in the front row all the way on the left looks asleep, the boy second from the right in the front row apparently has a migraine, the boy standing on the far right is studying his toes.... Classic. Fabulous. Preschool.<br />
<br />ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-74372355469018777422013-09-04T12:32:00.000-05:002013-09-04T12:41:01.904-05:00First Day of 4's Preschool!First day of school.... Sonia got all gussied up in her gorgeous first-day-of-school outfit (courtesy of Grandma JoJo-- thank you!!!) and happily posed by her daddy's crops (peppers, basil, and parsley).<br>
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Sonia marched right into class after I took this picture (I had to call her back to give me a smooch).... Such a difference from last year! She had a rough time at drop-off last year for the majority of the year. I hope this easy drop-off behavior lasts!!ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-45087455101245720602013-09-02T20:14:00.000-05:002013-09-02T20:14:00.263-05:00Summer 2013I haven't been all that great at updating this blog lately (all of my extra energy goes into crocheting and blogging has taken a serious backseat!), so here's a mega-post filled with snippets of activities Sonia has done this summer.<br />
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Palling around with BFF Sami (If you look closely, you can see the owie on Sonia's bottom lip-- she took a header into a nightstand while horsing around the night before. OUCH!!):<br />
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Fishing at the <a href="http://www.obtpd.org/lvnc/index.php" target="_blank">Lakeview Nature Center</a> with Emma and Ike while I was at work (This summer, I started a part-time job doing the books for a tiny architecture firm-- it's about 8 hours a month!):<br />
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Seriously, Emma is the coolest babysitter EVER!!<br />
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Destroying the basement with her BFF, Ike:<br />
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(Why was the coffee table upside-down? WHY?!?)<br />
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Snuggling with her godfather, Gonzo (he and godmother Emily came to hang out with us over the 4th of July weekend):<br />
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Being a really brave girl and doing the zip line at <a href="http://www.foxvalleyparkdistrict.org/?q=node/2" target="_blank">Blackberry Farm</a> about 100 times:<br />
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Having a complete blast at our third annual neighborhood picnic (well, 4-5 families in our neighborhood, anyway).... Here are the moms:<br />
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Here are the dads (and one kid who crashed the picture):<br />
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Here are some of the kids (there was no way we could get them all together for a group picture!):<br />
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Riding the carousel at Brookfield Zoo:<br />
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Being a complete nutter butter at <a href="http://www.villageoflisle.org/home/index.asp?page=435" target="_blank">Dragonfly Landing Park</a>:<br />
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Loving her playgroup friends (holy cow, she has known some of them for almost 4 years now!!):<br />
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Having a lovely time with my Aunt Kim and cousins, Abbey & Cady Lane, when they came through town on their way to drop off Abbey for her junior year at Indiana University:<br />
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Going to her very first baseball game! We saw the <a href="http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t446" target="_blank">Kane County Cougars</a> and she got this awesome foam cougar paw (which she calls a "monster claw"):<br />
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School starts in 4 days.... Goodbye summer, hello school year! This year, Sonia will be taking gymnastics at the Downers Grove rec center and jazz dance at the Lisle Park District. Stories and pictures to come.....ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-61134588713788390992013-08-31T20:00:00.000-05:002013-08-31T20:00:00.488-05:00Glamping with DaddyAnother Genius Daddy moment: taking our daughter camping on the deck outside our house. Sonia has been dying to go camping ever since she found out it meant sleeping in a tent (boy, do little kids love tents!!). So, Genius Daddy bought a tent and the adventure began.<br />
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Andrew chose a 6-man tent so he could fit our queen-sized air mattress inside. <br />
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Because they're camping just a few inches from the house AND sleeping in comfort, I am referring to the exercise as "glamping" (glamorous camping).<br />
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So that the rain cover didn't completely cut off the air supply (it's pretty humid and in the high 70's, which results in a steamy tent within minutes unless it's vented properly), Andrew tied it to the posts on the deck railing.<br />
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Sonia is IN LOVE with the tent!<br />
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Maniacal camping grin!<br />
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We'll see how it goes.... Andrew just put Sonia down to bed (it's 8pm) and he's going to sit outside and read until he's sleepy enough to go to bed himself. Me? I'm going downstairs soon to watch Project Runway and enjoy the comfort of air conditioning and a nice couch.ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-75803295821114092322013-07-31T19:58:00.000-05:002013-07-31T19:59:20.647-05:00Genius DaddySonia and Andrew love to "play" golf together. A couple of years ago, I bought Sonia a plastic set of golf clubs out of the Dollar Spot at Target, and she's been in love with them ever since. Andrew has played mini golf with Sonia twice now, and they had so much fun that he went out and bought her a real putter (kid-sized, obviously). At least once a week, I find the two of them downstairs in the basement, putting golf balls (plastic ones and real ones). But, Andrew confided in me, it drives him nuts that Sonia will only play for 5 minutes at a time. She has the attention span of a typical four-year-old, that's for sure.<br />
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Sonia also loves Angry Birds and Angry Birds Star Wars. She's been amassing a small army of Angry Birds pencil toppers for the past 8 months. How does a Genius Daddy like Andrew get Sonia to play golf with him for longer than 5 minutes? Combine golf and Angry Birds Star Wars.<br />
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Sonia and Andrew took a bunch of the bad guys (such as the Stormtrooper Piggy and Jabba the Hut Piggy above) and set each one on top of a <a href="http://www.chenillekraft.com/catalog/product/gorillablocks-66-block-set/" target="_blank">gorilla block</a> (cool lightweight lego-type blocks that Sonia and Andrew also love to play with). They then placed all the piggies in a line.<br />
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Then, they putted golf balls at the gorilla blocks and considered it a success if they were able to knock the piggies off of the blocks.<br />
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Notice the tail end of Margie cat in the bottom left-hand corner of this picture.... She loves her best friend, Sonia.<br />
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They played this funny game for 20 minutes! That's an eon in little kid time.<br />
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Oh, Andrew. You are awesome.<br />
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For the second class, we tried Ye Olde Bribery as a way to at least encourage her to try participating. Lunch at Jason's Deli and a tiny little plastic Star Wars C-3PO toy were promised to our would-be soccer player if she would try hard and follow the coaches' directions. It worked!! Sonia is now the proud owner of C-3PO and a full belly of Jason's Deli pizza and ice cream.<br />
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Of course our little girl who typically has virtually no interest in princesses (I'll be honest, it's probably due to the fact that I have no interest in princesses, either) has decided that this headband-turned-tiara that I crocheted for her is one of her favorite accessories. She and I have now decided it's her magic soccer tiara that helps her work hard in soccer class.<br />
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She did the best in the beginning of class when they played "Simon Says" and interacted with their soccer balls in different ways. Simon says sit on your ball!<br />
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Note that A) she is following directions and B) does not have her daddy with her for moral support. Hurray!!!<br />
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Whenever the soccer coaches asked the kids to all assemble at a part of the room, it took Sonia forever to get her ball over there because she was determined not to use her hands. Also, she got a little shy every time they switched activities. Transitions are hard!<br />
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She lagged behind playing a "Mother, May I"-style game called "Mr. Fox, What Time Is It?", but she was still participating really well!<br />
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Now it's time to practice a new skill-- MONSTER KICKS! That's what Coach Mike calls a big kick you do to get the ball in the goal. First, use baby kicks to get the ball close to the goal. Next, trap it.<br />
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Sonia played in her two-on-two game just about as well as her mommy plays sports.... Watching and wondering how in the world all the other kids know how to just get in there and play. Ohhhhh, Sonia.<br />
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Now, everyone put their hand on the soccer ball and yell, "I LOVE SOCCER!"<br />
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I'm so proud of Sonia.... She still doesn't do as well in organized activities with male leaders as she does with female leaders, but Andrew assures me that she did a billion times better than last week. About 10 minutes into class, he leaned over and whispered to me that she had already smiled more in this class than she did in the entire 45 minute class last week. Good girl!!ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-62195326653688644872013-05-27T07:51:00.001-05:002013-05-27T07:51:22.718-05:00ZEM, 5 years later5 years ago today, I held my stillborn son in my arms. We never found out why Zach left us, but we loved him then and we love him still. "Happy" birthday, Zachary Evan Malahowski. Sonia, I apologize for the ridiculous number of hugs and kisses you're going to receive today.ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-45006529722811939042013-05-26T21:15:00.000-05:002013-05-26T21:15:24.599-05:00More pictures of the tiny dancerLike her mommy, Sonia's not too much of a girly-girl.... but we both enjoy wearing fancy dresses every once in a while! I love looking at these pictures of my little tap-dancing ballerina.<br />
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When we walked out of the house to take some pictures and then leave for the recital, Sonia Balogna hopped on her bike before we could stop her. Luckily, no little girls got any grease from bike chains on any pairs of tights!<br />
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My new favorite picture of me and my daughter!<br />
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At this point in the posing, our little dancer was getting a bit silly. At least her grandparents look fabulous!<br />
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Silly kid!<br />
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Please ignore the fact that Sonia is trying to extract my bra strap.... Ohhhhhhhh, Sonia!<br />
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She even kept dancing after her buddy, Cameron, tripped on his WAY too long pants and spent the rest of the song in the fetal position.<br />
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We didn't get any pictures of the ballet routine, but she nailed that one, too (as much as a newly-minted four-year-old can nail a dance routine). We also have no video because my Flip video camera decided to die right then and there. ARGH!!!!<br />
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Then came the dance recital two days later. We weren't allowed to take pictures and videos there (in order to sell more DVDs, of course, and supposedly our flashes would distract the dancers). When Sonia's class came out on stage for their tap routine (to the music "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid), Sonia took one look at the packed audience (after using her hands to make little glasses to look through so she could shade her eyes from the stage lights-- HA!!) and got very still. She stood stock still as the rest of her class danced their hearts out (even Cameron, who had his pants fixed, luckily). Near the end of the song, she started crying, but she made it through until the curtain closed. Andrew, my parents, and I were out in the audience partially giggling and partially feeling like our hearts were breaking for our scared little girl.<br />
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I felt horrible, but unless a dancer has a tragedy, the parents are not allowed backstage. We sat through a bunch of other classes' dances (LOVE the adult tap students!!! awesome!!!), wondering how Sonia's ballet routine would go. When Pre-Ballet 1 & 2 took the stage once again, Sonia repeated her glasses routine, but she was smiling this time. She did about half of the dance and seemed happy throughout the entire song ("The Work Song" from Cinderella). Then, when all the dancers took the stage at the end of the show to do a hilarious routine to "I Like to Move It" (or whatever it's called), Sonia managed to tear her attention away from watching the older dancers (she especially liked the purple-outfitted girls, she told me later) to do a few of the moves.<br />
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So, all in all, not a disaster (no potty accidents! no screaming tantrum! no injuries!).... But Sonia definitely had a rough introduction to performing. We'll see if she wants to continue to dance when classes start up again this fall. I'd love it-- she seems to have a blast during the rehearsals, and she recovered from the shock of seeing so many people staring at her and did great the rest of the recital-- but I will never force her to do some organized activity that she doesn't want to do.<br />
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Oh, Sonia. You are such a cutey. It makes me smile and giggle to look back at these pictures. What a cuckoo bird!!ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-92029612766198543252013-05-13T07:14:00.001-05:002013-05-20T17:38:40.788-05:00Our Four-Year-Old GoofballHappy birthday to our Sonia Balogna!! We love you so much!<br />
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One of my favorite parts of our visit yesterday was watching the African spurred tortoise working hard in his exercise yard.... He was zooming around, not even stopping to munch any of the dandelions in the grass. Because his chosen path included a sweep of the perimeter we got to see this handsome dude up close and personal.<br />
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<br />ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-75853105653152868042013-05-02T11:03:00.000-05:002013-05-02T15:53:39.696-05:00DaffodilsThis, my friends, is why I love living in Lisle, Illinois, 3 1/2 miles away from our favorite place on earth, the Morton Arboretum.<br />
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<br />ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-58733378393725250182013-04-28T17:15:00.002-05:002013-04-28T17:15:46.014-05:00Brand-New Bike!As a late Christmas present and early birthday present, Sonia just got her very first two-wheeler! She picked out the bike and the helmet herself. (FYI-- it was pajama day at preschool that morning, so that's why she's wearing pajamas during the daytime.)<br />
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<br />ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-61121162620857881242013-04-04T17:36:00.000-05:002013-04-04T17:36:10.105-05:00General idiocyI have not been blogging much during 2013 for two big reasons:<br />
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1) The creative part of my brain that I had previously been using for blogging has been completely consumed by crocheting. I signed up for Pinterest during Christmas time, saw the ridiculous amount of awesome free patterns that have been posted on the Internet during the last 4 years (since I crocheted last), and I haven't been able to put down my crochet hooks since.<br />
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2) We got an iPad right before Thanksgiving, and now I use that almost exclusively. When I attempted to create a blog post on the Blogger website using the iPad, I discovered that the iPad does not have the functionality required to do so. It's much more comfy to sit on the couch with the iPad in my lap than sit in a cold chair in front of the desktop computer (which is in the den, far away from the rest of the action in our house), so I was having a hard time finding the desire to blog.<br />
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Suddenly, it occurred to me.... there must be a Blogger app! Yep. There is. A free one. I can now blog from the iPad! Hurray!! So here I am, ready to catch up on blogging about Sonia's activities.<br />
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Bowling with our playgroup!<br />
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Running around screwy-louie with the Schank kids! Love the jazz hands....<br />
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Getting schooled in the art of drumming by Grace Schank:<br />
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Chicago auto show! No, they don't let people sit in this race car....<br />
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I miss my Mini!!!<br />
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Hanging out with one of her 3 sets of great-grandparents (Meem & Pop, aka Peg & Pat/Scotty/Don)<br />
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This picture of Sosini schnuggling her great-grandpa makes me weepy.<br />
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She also got to see her "Greatest" Aunt Janet for the first time since the summer of 2010! (My mom and dad visited, too, but somehow I failed to get any good pictures of Sonia with them. Not that this picture is all that great of Aunt Janet-- you can't even really see her face! I think I was too busy crocheting to take as many pictures as I should have.)<br />
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ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-74293271999996466942013-01-24T20:20:00.001-06:002013-01-24T20:20:40.981-06:00Highlights from Christmas 2012I'm almost caught up.... I promise....<br />
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We spent a lovely Christmas in Detroit at Niki, Corey, Charlotte, and Peter's new house. Grandma JoJo and Grandpa Spike arrived not long after we did, and the fun commenced. Despite the fact that Sonia was attacked by a mild tummy bug that night (can we PLEASE travel somewhere without my child choosing that time to get sick?!), we had a great time.<br />
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Batman and <a href="http://andrewanderinm.blogspot.com/2012/10/halloween-2012-catwoman.html" target="_blank">Catwoman</a> made many appearances during our visit:<br />
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Grandma JoJo is the new lead reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh!<br />
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Aunt Niki made an old Notre Dame football t-shirt into some comfy pajama pants for Sonia! Niki is a sewing goddess.<br />
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Sonia absolutely loves snuggling with Uncle Corey!!<br />
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The kids loved having the picnic table upstairs to play on all day long.<br />
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Charlotte and Sonia got all gussied up to go with Corey and Andrew to see a Christmas pageant put on by the local Catholic church.<br />
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During the afternoon on Christmas Eve, enough snow fell that we decided we needed to bundle up and go romp around outside.<br />
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Connie Dog LOVES the snow! She galloped around for a really long time while we all took turns pulling the kids on sleds.<br />
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After we came back inside to get warm, the kids changed into their special Christmas jammies that Grandma JoJo gave them.<br />
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Corey read "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"....<br />
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Whoa-- look what Santa brought Peter: his very own work bench!<br />
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Santa brought Charlotte a bike!<br />
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Santa brought Sonia a new tee-ball set and some stuffed Muppets!<br />
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Andrew and Corey decided to give Sonia a double-smack (in the grand tradition of the Evans twins).<br /><br />
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We were only missing my brother, Jordan, in this family picture.... And speaking of missing, we desperately wished he could have been there with us! <br />
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Merry late Christmas to everyone!ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-75111959262583917652013-01-14T16:49:00.004-06:002013-01-14T16:49:45.956-06:00Sonia and The Pigeon (a follow-up)So, I have THE coolest uncle in the world. Not only is he one of the amazing cartoonists behind the two best comic strips in the entire world, <a href="http://babyblues.com/" target="_blank">Baby Blues</a> and <a href="http://zitscomics.com/" target="_blank">Zits</a>, but Jerry Scott (my uncle) also happens to be friends with Mo Willems, the genius behind the <a href="http://www.pigeonpresents.com/books.aspx" target="_blank">Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, Elephant & Piggy, and Cat the Cat books</a> (among others!!). I did not know of this friendship until Christmas day, when my mom took a picture of Sonia and Charlotte working on their Pigeon activity books and casually mentioned that she was going to e-mail it to Uncle Jerry to see if he thought Mo would get a kick out of it.<br />
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It was a very Mo Willems Christmas for The Great Sosini. She received the Pigeon activity book, an Elephant & Piggy book, and one of Mo's newest books, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs. Then, she obsessed over the Pigeon book for 10 straight days. I, of course, chronicled this obsession in a blog post (as I am inclined to do), and e-mailed the link to Uncle Jerry to see if he might want to pass it along to Mo. Today, we received this in the mail:<br />
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Somebody pinch me. There was a time in my life that I might have been starstruck by an autograph from a famous actor or musician. But now, as a mother who loves watching her daughter get so much joy out of books, the autograph (and sweet message from) a famous children's book author/illustrator/magician has completely knocked my socks off. Thank you for making my <strike>day</strike> <strike>month</strike> year, Mo!!!<br />
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And, in case you forgot, I have THE COOLEST UNCLE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much, Skunkle Jerry.... This is merely one of the millions of reasons I am glad that you are my mom's little brother.ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-66152771639773245392013-01-11T13:00:00.000-06:002013-01-11T13:00:00.667-06:00Tiny DancerDuring the last dance class of December (before a two-week winter break), parents and other interested parties were allowed in to watch our little dancers show us what they have learned so far. I took as many pictures as I could, but I (and the rest of the audience) were too busy A) dying from cute overload, and B) laughing hysterically at the goofball children to truly capture any good pictures. Miss Michelle, the instructor, has her work cut out for her attempting to whip our little cuckoo birds into shape. I can't believe how incredibly patient she is....<br />
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In the pictures I took, it's pretty typical for no two children to be doing the same thing, but the kids look pretty obedient in this one:<br />
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Sonia: "Do YOU know what we're supposed to be doing?"<br />
Cameron: "Hush-- we're pointing our toes!"<br />
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Looking good, Sonia!<br />
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Happy ballerina!<br />
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Here's a <a href="http://youtu.be/P1Fm2dQAY6Q" target="_blank">video</a> of the parts of the ballet portion of the class that made me smile the most:<br />
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Before the kids traded their ballet slippers for tap shoes, they performed a routine to "Waltz of the Flowers", and as Sonia's Grandma Jenni noted upon veiwing the videos, organizing a bunch of 3/4-year-old dancers is like herding cats. Oh, my. At one point, a pair of adorable but ornery twins started head-butting like mountain goats. Here's the <a href="http://youtu.be/FCGZy0K6uv8" target="_blank">video</a>, but don't say I didn't warn you....<br />
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Sonia really likes ballet, but she LOVES tap. Must be something about making lots of noise.... As soon as she got her tap shoes buckled on, she started hamming it up.<br />
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The kids performed a little tap routine to "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".... What a bunch of nutter butters! Here's the <a href="http://youtu.be/Q92xXPf45OA" target="_blank">video</a> I took:<br />
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Sonia is having a ton of fun in her dance class, and we can't wait to see the recital in May!ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-3394582731028739772013-01-09T14:00:00.000-06:002013-01-09T15:36:43.990-06:00Sonia and the PigeonOur child just finished a 10-day long obsession with one of her Christmas presents.... During that time, she watched less TV, her scissor skills skyrocketed, her ability to write her own name improved, and she discovered that she is pretty darn good at drawing pigeons. What is this gift I'm raving about? An activity book by Mo Willems called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Pigeon-Finish-This-Activity/dp/1423133102" target="_blank">Don't Let the Pigeon Finish This Activity Book!</a>, which is related to a hilarious series of picture books about an ornery Pigeon with big dreams.<br />
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Grandma JoJo had no idea that when she gave Sonia the book, Sonia would get so into it that she practically became a pigeon herself. From December 30th through January 8th, she worked on this book for long stretches of time (sometimes an hour or more-- that's an EON when it comes to a 3.5-year-old) every single day after until she finished it yesterday. The book includes tons of activities like coloring, dot-to-dots, puzzles, writing, cutting, simple crafts, games, and general silliness. I can't believe how much fun Sonia had! </div>
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The activities are intertwined with an overall story of the Pigeon & the Duckling hanging out and being chased by the Mad Cow. Sonia loved this page, which asked you to color it while sticking your tongue out.</div>
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This page asked you to color it with your eyes closed, which we took turns doing while giggling.<br />
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One activity had you color a bunch of different sandwich components, cut them out, and then assemble a sandwich.<br />
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Sonia "wrote" a book and "published" a newspaper (made from pages removed from the book and stapled together once she drew & colored pictures and wrote/traced lots of words). After she "wrote" the book, she held a book signing and gave autographs. Seriously, what kind of activity books include these types of hilarious activities?<br />
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The creativity of this book continually amused us. What do you do after creating a paper airplane for the Pigeon to fly? Create an airport, of course. Then, play a little game which involves throwing the paper airplane and trying to get it to land on the runway.<br />
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One of the Sonia's favorite set of activities started with creating Pigeon, Duckling, Mad Cow, and Bus Driver finger puppets. We planned a puppet show (see the poster below), created a sandwich board advertising the show for Sonia to wear, created a huge map of the Pigeon's town, and performed the puppet show. Each activity leads to another, which made it hard for Sonia to want to stop doing the activities (even if she needed to go to bed!).<br />
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(Sorry the pictures of the puppet show look a bit odd-- you can see the reflection of the puppets and puppeteers in the counter top!)<br />
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I think my personal favorite activity was making a bus.... Buses are sacred in the Pigeon universe, because the very first Pigeon book that Mo Willems wrote was about the Pigeon really, really, really wanting to drive a bus (even though the bus driver instructs the audience to refuse the Pigeon this privilege). Sonia enjoyed vrooming the bus up and down the hallway.<br />
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I came up with a silly idea of cutting out old pictures of friends & family members and putting them in the bus windows.... From left to right: my preschool picture (age 4), Ike, Declan, & Kieran.<br />
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From left to right: Andrew, Sonia, Anthony, Aidan, & Sophie.<br />
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Oh, no-- look who is driving the bus!! Sonia somehow convinced the bus driver to allow her behind the wheel. Clear the sidewalks!<br />
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One of the first activities in the book teaches you how to draw the Pigeon, and then you have a bunch of chances throughout the rest of the activities to practice your Pigeon-drawing skills. Sonia got really good at it, and yesterday, when I picked Sonia up from her first day back at preschool after winter break, she proudly showed me this painting she did during class (amazing her teachers in the process):<br />
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WHAT?!?! Seriously, two weeks ago, Sosini was barely able to draw a smiley face. Now, she can free-hand a Mo Willems Pigeon from memory. She is cutting with scissors like a pro. She's writing her name better than before Christmas. It is very clearly a direct result of her love of this activity book. </div>
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Thank you, Grandma JoJo! And a HUGE thank you to Mo Willems!! Now, how would you feel about writing another one?</div>
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Sonia was still a bit suspicious of Mrs. Claus, but she did manage to ask for some stuffed animal Muppets, and Mrs. Claus promised to pass on the request to her husband.<br />
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Later in the month, Sonia got to see Santa after the Lise Park District Candy Cane Hunt (boy, was that a soggy affair-- why was it raining in December?!?). Sonia was the very last kid to see Santa, and she was pretty suspicious (as usual).<br />
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But Sonia knew she had cameras trained on her, so when Santa was distracted, Sonia tried to flash her 1,000-watt smile. The onlookers all burst into laughter at her attempted bravery.<br />
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On the same day as the candy cane hunt, Sonia and her buddy, Evan, went to a cute little 2-hour Lisle Park Distrct class called "Cookies with Mrs. Claus". This fun event included coloring, singing Christmas carols, decorating cookies for Santa, dancing, a storytime, and a craft. Sonia seemed to really have a great time! Each kid got a private audience & picture with Mrs. Claus, and at first, Sonia decided to forgo the opportunity, so Mrs. Claus's helpers just took a picture of her coloring.</div>
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(Wow-- Mrs. Claus needs to share her anti-aging secrets. Girlfriend is GORGEOUS!!!)<br />
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One more encounter with Santa occurred during preschool. Ohhhhhh, Sonia Balogna....<br />
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SUSPICION!!!!!ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-77310545552474471062013-01-03T21:07:00.000-06:002013-01-03T21:07:00.687-06:00Pre-Christmas December funThe Christmas season really does take on a whole new level of fun when you have a little kid to share it with. I haven't enjoyed December this much in a really long time! Three and a half years old is a fun age to be when Christmas is right around the corner.<br />
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We went to the Lisle Library's really fun Holiday Open House, which included a story time with Mrs. Claus, crafts (painting homemade wrapping paper with evergreens as paint brushes, decorating pine cone ornaments), cookies, a personal visit with Mrs. Claus (more about that in a future post), and a photo booth, complete with props:<br />
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Christmas cookie baking and decorating! We baked so many batches of Christmas cookies that I am now in need of a serious diet.<br />
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Showing off her gorgeous Christmas dress (which she wore to <a href="http://andrewanderinm.blogspot.com/2012/12/santa-success.html" target="_blank">visit Santa at Bass Pro Shop</a>):<br />
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Palling around with Evan at Bass Pro Shop....<br />
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More Christmas cookie decorating.... This time, we roped Ikey into our calorie fest!<br />
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Time to eat their creations.... YUM!<br />
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Watching the Naperville Parade of Lights with her playgroup buddies:<br />
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Going on a candy cane hunt (just like an Easter egg hunt) in the rain (ugh):<br />
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Watching the model trains ("Enchanted Railroad") at the Morton Arboretum (from L-R: Johanna, Sonia, Evan):<br />
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This was Sonia's third year going to the arboretum to see the model trains, and she still loves it so much! When I looked at old blog posts so that I could link previous visits in this post, I was amused to find this oddly familiar picture from Sonia's <a href="http://andrewanderinm.blogspot.com/2010/12/sonia-visits-enchanted-railroad.html" target="_blank">first visit to the trains</a>:<br />
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From L-R: Sami, Sonia, Evan, and Johanna.... Apparently, Sonia likes to stand next to Johanna and Evan when she takes in the trains! Awesome.ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-26187963425601388882013-01-01T22:18:00.000-06:002013-01-01T22:18:16.878-06:00Scenes from ThanksgivingWe spent Thanksgiving 2012 in Arlington, Texas with Andrew's family and had a lovely time! Watching Sonia and her beloved cousin, Nicholas, play together-- truly together, not just next to each other!-- was such a treat. They barely tussled over toys, and their disagreements were few and far between. It was so fun getting to have adult conversations that weren't constantly interrupted.... Despite Sonia having a touch of a tummy bug on the day before Thanksgiving Day, we had a really nice holiday. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our time in Texas.<br />
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The piano is always a hit with the kids!<br />
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It's always nice to be able to play at the park in late November.... I love visiting Texas!<br />
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Sonia was really into pushing Grandpa Dick on the merry-go-round.<br />
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This is the only playground I have ever seen with tiny pebbles as the ground covering.... Nicholas and Sonia thought it was hilarious! I think they played more with the pebbles than the actual playground equipment.<br />
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Sosini and Nikolai love their Grandpa Dick!<br />
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At one point, Sonia and Nicholas sat down and played preschool. Ms. Sonia "taught" Nicholas how to draw circles (which he is already a master at drawing, but he happily played along). It was seriously adorable.<br />
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Snuggling and eating goldfish! My poor child desperately needed her bangs trimmed....<br />
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Dick & Jenni get the best hand-me-down toys from their friends with older grandkids! Nicholas and Sonia had a fantastic time driving around the house.<br />
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More park fun! Grandpa Dick is such a good sport.<br />
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I always love a picture of a kid in a tunnel-- especially a kid as handsome as my li'l nephew.<br />
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My super-fabulous sis-in-law (Ali) and me, chillin' on the slides (at least until the kids wanted to go down them and politely asked us to move our booties)....<br />
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Soooooooo hard to get a decent picture of 6 people.... This one turned out fairly well, though!<br />
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The night before we left, Sosini and Nikolai suited up in ND clothes to cheer on the Irish as they pummeled USC (WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Not long after this picture was taken, Ali & Daniel told Nicholas that it was time to go back home (meaning that he would have to say a final goodbye to Sonia), and he was so sad about leaving Sonia that he tried to hide under Grandma Jenni's desk. It was so sweet.... Cousins are the best!!<br />
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By the end of our visit, Sonia was tuckered out from all the fun. She fell asleep on Daddy's lap not long after her bestest buddy, Nicholas, left.<br />
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Thank you for such a wonderful Thanksgiving, Dick, Jenni, Ali, Daniel, & Nicholas! We love you all.ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791291362173094196.post-90982984449971857442012-12-28T15:00:00.000-06:002012-12-28T15:00:00.655-06:00Hanging with her peepsI feel bad that any time I post on this blog about seeing extended family, it's usually MY extended family. We just happen to live in a state that neighbors Indiana, where you can't throw a rock without hitting one of my relatives. But we did get to see Andrew's aunt, uncle, cousin, and cousin's boyfriend during November. Hurray!!!<br />
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Sonia's love for Andrew's <a href="http://andrewanderinm.blogspot.com/2011/07/aunt-anita-and-great-sosini.html" target="_blank">Aunt Anita</a> has been documented on this site before, and it was still in full effect.<br />
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Sosini also decided that Matt was awesome.<br />
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This was the only picture I managed to get of Meghan.... That is a tragic crime because she is as gorgeous as she is smart, Ms. University of Chicago Grad School Lady!<br />
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Sonia was running around, acting so nutty.... Uncle Bob was more than willing to rile her up even more.<br />
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More shenanigans with Aunt Anita!<br />
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Sonia was none-too-pleased to see them go.... Hopefully we'll see them again soon! ErinMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306053256652252456noreply@blogger.com0