The Matossian Family: February 2009

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Birthday at Disneyland

Sophie is 7! I was able to take her to Disneyland just Sophie and mom (thanks to Marita watching Abby and Lindy) for just two hours and it was so cool. My favorite part was that she held my hand the entire time we were there - I will never forget that. So she got to go on BIG rides. She never gets to because we always have her little sisters. So we did a few firsts...

SPACE MOUNTAIN

INDIANA JONES

AND SLEEPING BEAUTY'S ENCHANTED CASTLE WALK.

AND A FEW MORE FUN THINGS...

Then we grabbed the sisters and met Daddy for dinner at Coco's...Sophie got to pick!

Fun, fun memories! Fun, fun birthday! Happy Birthday Sweet Sophie! We love you!

Monday, February 23, 2009

Happy 7th Birthday Sophie!!!

Today Sophie turns 7! We have done a ton of celebrating! Friday she had a small afterschool ice cream party with classmates and friends. Sunday she had a family and friends birthday party at home. Today she took cupcakes she made to school for her class and afterschool we are heading to Disneyland (in the rain again) to get her 'birthday disney money'. Then we will have family birthday dinner! What fun celebrating this precious girl and her 7 years!

A little bit about Sophie: she notices things other don't, she uses and knows peoples names, she is is intellegent, she loves to read, she loves to do things for others, she loves to be celebrated but doesn't love being in the spotlight :0), she is beautiful inside and out, and she loves Jesus so much!

The Ice Cream park party

The Wild Horse Party

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Homeschooling dreams

Yes, I am a closet homeschool mom. I would love to do it someday...

Sophie tells everyone that we homeschooled for preschool. I guess because they never went to preschool, that is how she explains it. I don't mind :0).

Here is what we looked like on Friday...

Lindy can write 1/2 of her letters and four words...Lindy, mom, papa, abby, ?

Abby really wants to learn to read so I ordered the book "How to teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons". She knows and writes all her letters and knows all the sounds...struggles with 'w'. Don't want to miss the opportunity when they ask...we shall see how that goes.

Sophie reads chapter books and tests at 111 words per minute (1st graders right now should be at 30 wpm). She loves school but says she wants to go back to 1/2 day like kindergarten because she is too exhausted. And says she wants to go to private school every other year to be able to learn about God every other year. Always something to pray for!

Monday, February 16, 2009

Sophie's Front Teeth

Before...

We have been teasing Sophie about how silly her front teeth look for a couple weeks now. They are so close to falling out but haven't been quite ready...until TODAY!!! She was playing with her little sister Lindy and Lindy jumped on her and popped it out!! YIPPEE!! Now for the other one...

After:

Earlier today Sophie 'helped' Lindy dress up like Little Red Riding Hood...

Do you notice the scotch tape and hair clips to keep it all in place? Hee, hee.

(I don't know how to make it stop underlining?)

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Day at Disneyland

Several interesting events since I last blogged. As a family we are on an exciting journey to see what God has next for us! So now I am back to keep up with some fun in the Matossian girls world!!

Yesterday was a day at Disneyland! School was off and rain was on its way...so we decided to try to beat the rain and go to the Happiest Place on Earth! Lauren Maggi came too!

We watched the singers on Main street,

went on Nemo,

the new Small World,

ate lunch and watched the Jedi show,

and then visited Pixie Hollow to visit Tinkerbell and her fairy friend, Rosetta.

After 30 minutes in line, with the rain beginning, we took pictures with Tink and Sophie said, "We stood in line all that time just to take a picture with Tinkerbell?" Love that child.