Cute tree house we saw out Biking

We saw this on 800 e. Sophia was already passed out in the trailer of
course.

Winter Sing

Here she is at University Kids Daycare singing with her class:



We talked with Clara's Mom and it looks like we will be able to get her enrolled with Clara for Swim Classes. Yay!!!

Incrementally more Sophia

Proving myself to be incapable of doing what little I do set out to do, (post more photos of the birthday and my Grand Portlandian Adventure) I will stem the tide of naysayers with this tidbit of video. BEHOLD! Sophia riding the mighty steam engine of the West Jordan Jumpin' Jacks!



Laters.

Sophia is Three!

Well we had Sophia's third birthday party at Jumpin' Jacks in West Jordan and I have many photos that I will get up probably tomorrow I just wanted to do a mini update and show off her new bed and some other photos I really liked quickly.

Here she and Abbey are slidin' at Jumpin' Jacks:



Here's her and Zane tranced out on Thanksgiving day:



And here's her "Big Girl Bed" I spent today putting together. (You're killing me, Ikea!) I picked it up yesterday, despite a dead battery. I may not be good at asking people for help, but opening up my hood and getting out the jumper cables seemed to do the trick without me having to go up and ask someone, hee hee! Sophia seems delighted with the new bed, but we'll have to see how it goes on it's inaugural run tonight.



Oh, on the topic of the water heater sacrificial anode - I got it out, and don't believe it needs to be replaced yet. So I'll check it again next October and perhaps replace it then. I also have all my lovely Portland photos to blog about - that was much more enjoyable a trip than I had expected. More tomorrow.

Sharpie

Halloween approaches!

Just haven't posted in awhile so I thought I'd throw up some pictures. I still need to blog about putting in the bathroom vent, hah! Sophia has moved up to the three year olds class and is slowly starting to get potty trained thanks to the wondrous bribery of M&Ms.

Here's a cute shot of her being her dynamic self:



Here she is with me and Coco getting maximum use of her new bathrobe and witch hat:



Oh, and I pressure washed the back deck and touched up the stain job from last year. Every year I do this Trex (or a concrete pad) looks like a better deal.



Another view:



I'll blog more about replacing the sacrificial Anode in the water heater when I get that done.

Sharpie

Time Travelin' Sophia

Here's the latest batch of daycare pictures - only $75.00 this time! The kid is too stinkin' cute, and Abbey's parenting.com height calculator says she's gonna be 6'3" when she's full grown. Aye caramba.

With Flowers



Angelic



Is this cool?



Tea Time!



Horsey is hungry



Intriguing Apple...



Literacy is overrated.



Best one.



She can now climb on top of the cab of my truck unaided. I found this out when I was alone with her and I was trying to work on my bike and replace the rear dérailleur tension pulleys. She was playing at her sand and water workstation toy set and I got really involved with the repair for about 5 minutes and didn't look up. I go to check on her, since she's not at the station and "Hi Daddy! I did it!" there she is on top of my truck. Oy vey. Well at least I know she ain't slow.

Steve

New Bike Helmet for me: $40
New Bike Helmet for Sophia: $40
Bike Lock for Abbey: $13
New rear skewer to accommodate bike trailer: $16
Bike Trailer: $100
New Pedals with one side SPD, the other side a standard foot platform: $80
New Tubes and touring Tires for Abbey's Mt. Bike: $102
New tensioning pulleys to replace cracked ones: $45
Degreasing spray to clean up bikes we haven't rode in 10 years: $20
New tubes for my bike for peace of mind: $12
New rechargeable batteries for my bike light: $15
New battery charger to replace 15 year old one that doesn't work right anymore: $10
New front & rear lights for Abbey's new bike $60
New brake pads for my bike: $20

Sophia sitting on my lap while I try to blog this: pricelessly annoying.

Anyway, biking to save money on Gas is the smartest thing I have ever done! ;-) Grand Total? $573
yee haw!