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Some outtakes.

hmmm...
There are quite a few like this. He just couldn't resist.
This was: Mom, I am done trying to hold him still.
Even the out takes are cute.

Sofie says...

(one of the days she was sick and fell asleep on the couch. She did that 5 out of 6 days.)

Sofie says so many funny things and unfortunately I don't remember them all. So I am going to try and post them here. That's if I remember.

First off, our car has been having some issues. Tonight at dinner Nathan and I were talking and this is how the next little bit of conversation went.

Sofie: So dad how was the car today?
Mom: What did you just say?
Sofie: I was talking to Dad.
Mom: Oh
Sofie repeats the question again and Nathan answers her. Then,
Sofie: gas costs 40bucks.
She then goes onto have a conversation about the cost of gas.

Where does this girl come from? She is so funny sometimes.

I know there is more and I hope I remember them soon.

Pumpkin Patch and Snow

Sofie's preschool went on a field trip to the pumpkin patch the other day. She had lots of fun. She went on a hayride and picked out a pumpkin.

The little boy in the red sweatshirt on the left side of the picture is her friend Bode. His parents are from Minnesota too and we have become good friends with them.
This is her friend Kayleigh. She is also in Nursery with Sofie.
The only picture I got of Kyle at the pumpkin patch. Kayleigh's mom was taking some pictures too. I might have to see if she has any more of Kyle.
Her pumpkin.
She carried it around with her all day. I finally convinced her to put it outside with the other ones.

It started snowing last night and so I decided that I was going to pull all the snow gear out. I was having her try it on and she wanted to go out right then. It was 8:00 in the morning but by the time she was all ready to go it was almost 8:30. She played outside for about a 1/2 hour and then was more than willing to come inside.
Like her bruise? I have no idea how she got it.



Just some cute pictures of Kyle.
I heard him in his room the other day and when I went to find him this is what I found. He was having tons of fun pulling all his diapers and everything else off of the changing table. What a nut.
Sofie was pulling toe fuzz out of poor Kyle's toes.
She was not giving up but he wanted no part of it. She won.

Potty Training, Preschool, Haircuts, Crawling and the Zoo

Well I think we have finally accomplished the feat of potty training. We have been trying for a while but she wanted nothing to do with it. But I think it has finally clicked. She has gone for almost two weeks with a couple accidents but that's to be expected, right? She is even telling us when she needs to go not us reminding her. We bought a little potty to go downstairs and I think she waits till she gets down there and then goes. Silly kid. Her Preschool teacher said that one day she was sitting there and all of a sudden her eyes got wide and she said she needed to go and she did it. I am so proud of her, this has taken quite a lot of time and I think we are finally there.

This is the potty chart we found at Wal-Mart and she has filled up three of them.


Sofie started Preschool a couple weeks ago. She is so cute and loves to go. She has already learned the letters F, C, and P. I picked her up on Thursday and when I asked what she had done she said I put glue on Paul and colored on him. Well I forgot her water cup and when I went back to get it I asked the teacher if she had done that. They said no Paul doesn't sit anywhere near her. I was then able to look at her page for the day and they were working on the letter P and they had taken Paul's picture and put it on her page and she used glue and crayons on his picture. The mystery was solved.

This was the day we were checking out the Preschool.
This is her actual first day without me there. I didn't think it was going to be hard but I was a little teary eyed.


Dad brought up the fact that Sofie needed a haircut so I called and set one up. I didn't want to go to short but when we got there this is what what happened.

before:
After: I think she looks super cute but I was so sad to see all the hair gone. It took us quite a while to get to this point but hopefully this will help her hair come in thicker and that's not just a old wives tale.

Kyle is crawling and cruising like crazy now. I can't keep him out of anything. He especially loves the computer tower. That's fun, he is actually in it right now. But he's not screaming so that is a plus.

It's kind of hard to get pictures of a crawling kid so here are some cute ones of him and George.
Grandma Rock came into town last week and it was her birthday while she was here so we went to the Zoo. We met up with Chris and Alyssa and their two boys Ethan and Alex.

Sofie and Cousin Ethan watching the baby elephant.

Kyle's shirt from the Zoo. Thanks Grandma.

Alright this post is already long and the kids need baths for church tomorrow. There might be spelling errors and all that but oh well.

September 2009

Here is a little of what we have done this month.

Kyle army crawled into Sofie's room and after I went to find him this is what I saw.
I am pretty sure she is telling him off. Pretty normal.
We were going to go to the Zoo one day and it was so busy when we got there so we went to the aquarium.
Kyle is pulling himself up on things now. We can't keep him on the floor, he is always standing at the table or his toy.
I love his lips. He does this face all the time.

There it is again.
Sofie watching General Conference and filling out her conference packet.
Playing together.
Kyle is a pointer he does it all the time.
This video quality is awful and the sound stinks but you get the picture. He started doing this the other day and now he is everywhere. He was even going from the table to the couch. (when they were a little closer together.)



There is so much more to post about like the Circus and potty training, crawling and so much more but that will have to wait for another day.

a french braid and a tent

my first attempt at a french braid.
My second attempt
These pictures really stink but you get the idea. My Mom can french braid hair like nobody else and I have just never taken the time to learn. Well that's where the internet comes in. My Mom isn't close by so I went to google and just tried it. Obviously not the best but who's first ever is? So now I will be trying this more often, hopefully for church on Sunday.

Grandma Rock sent a package the other day and this little tent was in it. Sofie was the one to claim it first. She has been playing with it every day since then. Well Kyle saw his opportunity for his turn without sister around to take it away.

He is so dang cute.