Day Out with Dad

The slide is so much fun!

Sophie finally got a turn to drive the ambulance!

Abbie with the school bus scene.

This past week, our family headed to the Adventure Science Museum. We bought an annual pass a couple of months ago and Sophie seems to be at the age where they really start to enjoy it. Matt was able to get off work for a couple of hours and go with us. The girls loved climbing to the top of the tower with their daddy and then coming down the slide! Sophie always enjoys the area of the museum that is about the body too. She really enjoyed being able to "drive" the ambulance. Abbie got a turn too.! They also enjoy the area that's for younger kids. We're still trying to get Abbie potty trained though (boo!) and when she had a big accident at the museum, I decided we'd better head out. From there, we headed to Otter's for lunch. Then, Daddy had to go back to work. We enjoyed being able to do some special things together. =)

Quick Update

Paula and Sophie at the Valentine's Day party (at school)

Sophie's getting ready to work on the car

February was a good month for us overall but last week was a little rough. Both girls had ear infections and Matt was out of town during part of that time. Abbie was very clingy and just wanted to be held or rocked a lot (which is very unusual for her). However, earlier in the month Sophie had lots of fun decorating Valentine's Day cards and cookies as well as visiting the Discovery Center with the Ice's one day. She discovered the "Shadow Room" on our last trip there and loved it! The girls also enjoyed the big slide, working on the car, playing in the grocery store, etc. Let me tell you though, it's hard to keep up with several kids of different ages in a place with that many different things to do!! We also were able to go mini-bowling for a second time with the Walker's. The kids enjoyed bowling but they really enjoyed running across the lanes while waiting for their turn to bowl. Next time, Sara and I might just save our money!

This past weekend, Matt took Sophie to see "Miss Nelson is Missing" at the Nashville Children's Theater and she loved it!

Big day out

We enjoyed visiting and cycling around Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site today. At the visitor's center, Sophie pointed out a turtle on the wall that was just like the one on her shirt. We walked through the animal forest where there was a river otter exhibit. Sophie enjoyed pointing out the river otters and telling us, "See!"
Later, we visited the Children's Museum of the Lowcountry. Sophie loves to pretend "shop" in the grocery store exhibit there. She loaded up her cart with all the bags of chocolate chips she could find. Did she learn this from watching her Mommy shop at the Piggly Wiggly?
Here Sophie is steering a shrimp trawler into port. Watch out!