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Rodeo Day

katiecolvin — Sat, 01 May 2010 04:08:00 +0000

Yesterday was Rodeo Day at Sophia’s school. Here are some pics:

Austin, Here We Come!

katiecolvin — Sat, 01 May 2010 03:57:08 +0000

Last weekend, Sophia and I took a trip to Austin to visit our friend Erica Green. It was mine and Sophia’s first trip together without Andy, and we had a good time. We drove down Sunday afternoon, and stopped at Dairy Queen just North of Waco for lunch and ice cream. Sophia helped give their basset hound, Flash, a bath, and then decided she needed to go for a swim in the kiddie pool he was bathed in. Then she got upset that Flash had to stay inside to dry off. She LOVED Flash. We had delicious eggplant and zucchini lasagna rolls for dinner, and then Sophia went to bed. She wasn’t too keen on the fact that I wasn’t going to bed with her and informed me “Mama, NAP” while pointing at the bed. I told her I had to go potty and I would be right back, and that seemed to calm her down and she let me leave until Erica and I had chatted into the night. The next morning we leisurely had breakfast, packed up and then went to the botanical gardens at Zilker Park. Sophia loved looking at all the plants, though she thought it was fun to run away toward the parking lot when it was in view. Erica chased after her and carried her back to the path. Erica is going to be a great mama one day! After the park we all met up with another friend, Kelly Morris, who lives in Austin, for lunch at Kirbey Lane. I was introduced to the deliciousness of Kirbey Queso, and Sophia got a giant grilled cheese sandwich. After lunch we drove back home, and Sophia slept the entire three hour trip! We will definitely have to do this again, because we had a great time. Here are some pictures:

Craigslist Backyard Playset

katiecolvin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:22:06 +0000

So, last weekend Andy and I were attempting to work outside in the backyard to get the boxes built for our vegetable garden, and we realized that Sophia is now too old to be stuck into the pack-n-play with a toy or two to occupy her while we do things. In fact, not only does she not sit still for very long, but she wants to help. The plan is to build her her own box to put dirt in that she can “plant” things and “garden” while I do my stuff, but that was not at the top of the priority list when we were getting our stuff together so we can plant this weekend. We attempted to give Sophia a paintbrush and a bucket of water for her to “paint” the fence, which was fun for a while, but then she was back to helping us or messing with things on the patio. We realized Sophia needs something to play with in the backyard. We started looking at small playground-style swingsets and climbers with slides, but even the small ones were hundreds of dollars. We scaled down and started looking into simple plastic slides, and thought maybe we would get a slide with some other things, like a big-wheel tricycle or something, but the slides were almost $100 and the tricycles were at least $40. Andy got the idea to look on Craigslist, and we found an awesome smallish climber with slide from someone in our city for only $150. When we went to look at it, the guy told us that they had only had it a year, and were getting rid of it because they were upgrading to something larger. It looked in great shape. We decided it was going to be an early birthday present, and Friday after Andy got home, he put it together and Sophia tried it out. She is so thrilled, and now all she wants to do is play outside. She is so grown up! Check out the pics, some from Friday, some from this afternoon.

Zoo with Friends

katiecolvin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:01:39 +0000

Last Wednesday, Sophia and I went to the Fort Worth Zoo for the second time ever, and met our friends Kathleen and Andrew, and Kathleen’s dad. Unfortunately there were too many kids from school trips there for Sophia and Andrew to run around the whole time, but they both did great in the stroller, and were still able to see quite a bit and have a good time. Here are some pics:

It’s the Arctic Avenger (according to the weatherman)

katiecolvin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:32:56 +0000

I am so excited that we have been having a real winter this year, because as much as I hate the cold and being cold, I dislike the cold with no purpose (which is what I see cold, unproductive weather as). So, for the first time since we moved to Texas twenty or so years ago, we have had a real winter, with real snow, multiple times. It was so beautiful, to walk outside and be transported to a different world. It makes me long for Canada so much. Here are some pics of Sophia (and Andy) having fun in the snow: