Thursday, July 31st, was Sofia’s last day at Goddard. It was bittersweet, at least for me, since it marks a new chapter in Sofia’s life. Sofia spent the first part of her life at Goddard, starting when she was six months old. She started in the infant room (“Baby Belugas”) and then transitioned to the toddler room (“Mini Manatees”) from one year to 18 months and ended in the toddler II room (“Smiling Jellyfish”). Along the way she shared her trip with other children, many who started with her in the infant room. I should have taken photos earlier, but I waited until the last day, so many of those kids are missing from these pics, but here are two in particular that were with her when they were babies too.
Little Claire started with Sofia in the Baby Beluga room. Claire also has a little sister who was born a day before Fiona. Claire, and her dad, ran into Joe and Sofia in the hospital which is how we discovered we were both there at the same time!
Little Joe is in the background, and he was also with Sofia since they were babies.
Ben started in the Baby Beluga room when he was about 10 months old. Little Ben cried a lot those first few days, but Sofia and I would try to play with him when I’d visit at lunch.
Ms. Stacy, Sofia's teacher
Ms. Jen, her other teacher
I wasn’t able to take photos of her teachers Ms. Carrie and Ms. Debbie, because they were on vacation, but they took great care of her! Her teachers gave me a folder with many pieces of her artwork and, to my surprise, included notes on some of her milestones, including when she first stood up in her crib, when she first started crawling, her first haircut, and greeting her teacher for the first time. It was so great to see those milestones acknowledged and recorded! I’ll miss visiting Sofia during lunch, as well as miss playing with the other kids, but I’m happy that she’ll be home with Fiona and have another type of great experience.
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Pool Party!
On Saturday we had an impromptu get together with friends and had a little “pool party” for the kids. By the way, we tried trimming Sofia’s bangs on Friday and did a great job of butchering it again.
Notice her too short, and crooked, bangs
Emma did a better job with Edie’s bangs
Little Nora joined the wet fun
Somehow Joe and Fiona were wiped out.
Fiona Update
As I mentioned before, Fiona has been busy rolling around and she’s now batting at toys and putting everything in her mouth.
Pulling "Charlie the Chango"
Got you, Charlie!
There’s a baby in the mirror!
Ah...time to chill out
Fiona’s has begun to blow raspberries and is a champ at drooling. She’s also accepted that she needs to eat during the day and has been taking more of the bottle. Joe said she had a whole bottle yesterday.
