Catching up...

So it's been a while since I've posted anything.  Things around the Allen household has been a little hectic lately.  It's seems like the days just run together.  Sofie has been excelling in school and learing more and more things.  She is still attending daycare four days a week and she really loves her friends.  She knows their names and can recognize them.  The other day we were leaving and getting her into the car, and one of the little boys (Andrew) was also leaving.  Sofie yelled out, "Bye Androo".  It was so adorable and made me feel a little sad at the same time...she is getting older and those baby years are gone.

A few weeks ago, Nick decided to have a "Daddy Day" with Sofie and they headed to a reptile store?  Nick really enjoys showing Sofie things that he did as a child and watching her enjoy them too.  So, once they got to the reptile store, this was Sofies reaction-

She had no idea what the animals were...too cute!

She finally came around and was a bit more adventurous.  Nick LOVED IT!!

On another note, my sister Kalani and her family finally moved back to Arizona after living in California for the last year.   It's been so nice having her back and Sofie really enjoys spending time with her cousins, Arianna and Katie and being spoiled by her Aunti Lani and Uncle Bryan.  Last weekend Sofie's daycare had their anual "trike-a-thon", a benefit to raise money for St. Jude's Hospital.  Sofie was so excited to show her classroom off and to show her skills on the slide!

She loves it!

Here is Arianna having fun!

On Friday, we headed over to a local Halloween Carnival with my Sister and the kids.  It was nice cause it gave them a chance to get into their costumes and have some fun.  Sofie is going to be a ladybug this year and she was so cute all dressed up in her costume.  But, by the time I broke the camera out, she was done with her costume and wanted it OFF!  So, pictures of her in her ladybug glory, will be posted next week. 

Arianna was dressed up as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz and Katie was Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas.  They all looks ADORABLE!

To stay in Halloween spirit, we carved pumpkins this weekend and it was so much fun! Sofie really enjoyed touching the insides of the pumpkin and smelling it.  She knows how to say pumpkin and she points them out where ever we go. 

Yeah...she looks thrilled here doesn't she!

Here she is touching the guts of the pumkin...it's follwed by an "eeww".

This is my FAVORITE picture~!

Katie and Arianna loved it! Here is Byan helping out.

Here is Sofie helping out with my pumpkin.

Here is our finished product.

Even Ryan showed up for carving!

Good times!