Girls and Cupcakes

A few weeks ago I made cupcakes with the girls. For the most part Sofi handed me a few ingredients (she's recently moved up to cracking eggs) and then helped with the decorations. Ofelia started out a little confused about what a cupcake was and why she had to sit in her high chair.
Sofi was super excited about shaking sprinkles onto the cupcakes.

OH! You eat them! Why didn't you say?

Sofi put each sprinkle on one by one by smooshing it into the cupcake.

Ofelia thought the spatula added to the cupcake experience.

Sofi followed up sprinkle placement with a good finger cleaning. Yeah, I bet those of you who ate some of the cupcakes will think twice about accepting next time.

Ofelia was very upset when she figured out her cupcake didn't have frosting or sprinkles.

The finished masterpiece. Sofi decorated all the cupcakes, but decided in the end that this one was hers.

Mmmm.

"Why Laura getting married?"

Last Saturday we went to Laura's wedding. The girls were little rock stars during the entire event. Sofi wouldn't stop dragging people out to dance and Ofelia stayed happy most of the time even though she was fighting a little cold. On the way home Sofi told us all about the dancing she did with Papa and Laura and kept asking, "Why Laura getting married?" We had a great time. Thanks to everyone who helped hold and/or entertain the girls that night. Congratulations Laura!





Here's Ofelia posing with the bride.

Sofi posing. She couldn't get enough of Laura that night. "Where's Laura? I dance with Laura? I lost Laura."

Papa dancing with Ofelia.

We stayed out past the girls' bedtime, but a little quiet time on "Smooolins" shoulder helped Sofi through.

At one point Ofelia jumped into Alexisisis' (how Sofi pronounces Alexis) arms and went right to sleep.

Nikki helps Sofi freshen up her look.

Ready to get back on the dance floor.

A little adult interaction.

Elizabeth gets a little Ofelia time before we make our exit.

We had jackets on and were about to leave when... yup, Sofi saw the other little girl with the bubble dress dancing and couldn't be outdone.

Here's the first dance for Sofi that night. Mike was trying to get Sofi comfortable on the dance floor. It didn't take long at all. This is one of Sofi's new dances where she dances with her little bows (elbows for those of you learning to speak Sofi).

In this next dance video Sofi gets a little ahead of her footwork. Yes, that's me laughing in the background. No, I didn't stop filming to see if she was ok. I'm trying not to react when my kids fall down... yeah, that's it.

Here's where Sofi finally got to dance with Laura. She even claps at the end.

Congrats again Laura! You too, Mark!

In Hiding

This is Ofelia's latest game.

Random Cuteness

Sofi playing with LT
Do I something on my face?

Sofi getting a tat at the Dragon Boat Festival.

Eating crackers at the park.

In the bath...

And out of the bath.

Before swimming.

After breakfast.

Screwed

Yup, screwed. We now have two mobile kids. As of a couple Sundays ago, Ofelia is crawling. A couple days ago I put Ofelia down with some toys and rocked Sofi (helps her unwind before a nap). Before I knew it Ofelia was sitting next to the rocking chair proudly looking up at me with the lamp cord between her teeth. She's almost managed to pull our little potted tree down on top of her. She's torn off aloe leaves (if that's what you call the cactus like things that make up an aloe plant). She loved tearing Sofi's chupon out of Sofi's mouth, and never misses the opportunity to sneak up and pull Sofi's hair. Yup, screwed.

Here's some pre-crawling, backward, g.i. joe action.

And the real thing in the beginning stages. Leave it to my chubby chubby to need a little food to prompt on camera crawling.

Since this last bit of filming, Ofelia's crawling skills have gained both speed and confidence. Oh I can't wait til they're both walking!

Girly Girl

We took Sofi to get her first haircut the other day. Mike and I were pretty worried about what Sofi's reaction to someone with scissors near her head would be. Sofi's stylist started out sectioning her hair... Mike and I looked at each other like 'uh-oh, I wonder if we'll walk out with half a hair cut?'

Even Ofelia was concerned and a little scared. No, wait, that's tired and asleep.

This is my 'please hurry, please hurry' mantra in action. I don't think Sofi really cared what was going on behind her.

Uh-oh, she's looking in the mirror. Stay calm.

YES! She's smiling. Everything is right with the world.

I guess we should have figured that our little chica who can't get enough purses, dresses, and tattoos (should make for interesting teen years) would love the salon.

Mrs. Roboto?

A few months ago Sofi's cousin, Joseph, was hiding from Sofi. He popped out of some pillows and said, "I'm not Joseph, I'm a robot!" Well, out of nowhere Sofi has started saying "I'm not Sofi, I'm a robot." It's pretty funny how Sofi brought this out months later. 'Robot' also seems to have a personality of her own. The other day Sofi said, "I'm not Sofi, I'm a Robot. Robot made a mess!" Great. My kid has multiple personalities, and one of them is messy.