Arrington Vineyards

While my parents were visiting, we went to Arrington Vineyards for dinner and music...and of course, dancing. We had a blast! Earlier in the day we all went shopping and my mom let Sophie put on this red tutu in a store.I almost had it off of her when my mom decided she had to have it and bought it for her. It made Sophie's day. She refused to take it off, and has had it on daily since she got it!

She was wearing a very cute little dress and sandals, but had to add her purple headband (notice where she wears it) and her red tutu!!!  LOVE it.

Josie has her soccer ball...Sophie has her tutu...that's about right!

The girls were fascinated by this couple dancing together...hmmm they probably have never seen that before!

Dancing with daddy!

Dancing with Nana

High fives for Pap-Pap

This looks like a girl fight...but really it's a hug gone wrong...

Try again...that's better...

Recipe:Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Layered Krispie Treats

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Layered Krispie Treats

SOURCE: http://picky-palate.com/

DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY: Easy

RECIPE TYPE: Desserts

PREP TIME: 20 minutes

OUTCOME: Incredible

INGREDIENTS:

6 cups Rice Krispie Cereal

1 large bag mini marshmallows (or 40 regular size marshmallows)

1/4 cup butter

2 cups creamy peanut butter

50 mini Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, quartered

1 1/2 Cups melted chocolate to drizzle (I used semi-sweet)

1. Place cereal in a large mixing bowl, set aside. 

2. Place marshmallows and butter into a large saucepan and heat, stirring continuously until melted. 

3. Remove from heat and pour over cereal. Mix to combine. 

4. Pour into a greased 9x13 inch baking dish and press to make even.

5. Melt peanut butter until nice and runny (I used a double boiler). Pour in quartered peanut butter cups, stir gently, then pour over treats. 

6. Drizzle melted chocolate over top and refrigerate to harden.

7. When set, cut into squares and serve

Shoe shopping....

Up until now Sophie hated to try on shoes. I don't know why. She loves shoes. She is constantly wearing Adam's or mine. But take this girl to a store and force her to try some on and it gets ugly...quickly. The other day I had been to the mall and decided I really wanted some new shoes. We've been on a VERY strict budget since Paragon shut down, and mama just wanted some new shoes. I took Sophie with me and she had a FIT when I put the shoes on. She immediately took her shoes off and said "Sophie try...for Sophie". I let her try them on, she approved, and now they are mine. Cute huh?

Wipeout

While I was getting Sophie ready for bed Adam was watching Wipeout, and laughing hysterically. Sophie and I joined him to watch and she thought it was hilarious. She even did her own rendition...see video below. 

New headband

I have wanted to buy one of these headbands for Sophie for FOREVER. I finally decided to get one and see if she would wear it. She is currently obsessed with regular headbands, but usually wears them over her forehead. I found one of these for $3 and decided it was worth the small investment. Adam is not a big fan of the flower, but I LOVE it...and so does Sophie. 

The Zoo...again

The Huskins Clan

We went to the zoo with all the Huskins. This year we invested in a pass so we can go back as often as we like! Sophie loved it this time. For the first time we didn't have to chase her all over the place...she even rode in the stroller a bit. Phew, what a nice milestone!

This video is of Sophie performing her "elephant walk" for the actual elephants. She really wanted to go see them but has a hard time saying "elephant" so she got down on the ground and did her elephant walk to tell us what she wanted. I didn't have my video camera ready the first time, so I made her do it again once we got there! She learned this at ballet.

Loving her hat...

More snacks please!

She ONLY did this because Nathan did...

Trying to climb in with the giraffes

Some light reading...

Whenever I am reading a book or magazine, Sophie has to have one too. She happens to love Reader's Digest. Reader's Digest reminds me of my Grandma Pegg, she always had them at her house! Maybe her love is genetic. Here she is with some light reading before bedtime.