Worthington Family Photoblog

Happy Birthday, Sophie!

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 8:12 AM | Posted by Ms. Tabby

My baby turns 3 today!

I have been running around like crazy cleaning and preparing. I haven't sat down for more than 5 minutes unless I was driving somewhere. But, here's the end result:

Korben's playing video games and the house is clean and ready for party time!

Inspired by , I decorated Sophie's chair this year, and got her a birthday princess hat and wand.

And further into the "I'm making my own stuff" field, I made a cake for Sophie. To be more specific, I made cupcakes using a nifty silicon mold a friend had, and then used regular chocolate frosting to make the turtle shell and coolwhip to make the green frosting (I hate regular sugar frosting) but it's so hot that even in the few minutes it was out of the fridge to frost, it melted a little. I still need to put eyes on, but oh well! I also made some regular chocolate frosted cupcakes, but this cake is actually 12 cupcakes.

Sophie is currently taking a much-needed (and much-appreciated by me) nap as we wait for guests to arrive for her little party.

She is, of course, sleeping with her mermaid doll that Korben got her for her birthday. :)

My princess woke up just as her first guests arrived, and I gave her her crown to wear.

She'd been pouting at me all day, and since I was having no success getting smiles out of her, I asked for a pout.

Korben helped her start opening presents before I was ready, but here she's cheering about a pony playset from and family.

She held court over all the big kids during the opening... after I convinced Robbie and Korben to stop trying to "help" her open them.

Things quickly degenerated into a tissue-paper fight from the gift bags.

And of course, because I love my daughter, I gave her one of the things I hate the most - play-doh - for her birthday.

Happy birthday, baby!

Thank you to Shanin, Eric, Keri, and Allen and their kids for making her party a success! Keri got some cute pictures of the kids playing dress-up and bed-jumping in the kids' room, so hopefully she'll send those to me so I can share them, too.

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Field Trip

Friday, February 29, 2008 at 12:45 AM | Posted by Ms. Tabby

Last week, we headed to Galveston to see a children's play at the 1894 Grand Opera House. I kept Sophie out of school for the day so she could go, too.

Sophie, Melanie, Korben and Robbie waiting for the show to start.

This shot just makes me laugh, that Korben's weird face is the only thing in focus.

Sophie's new "camera smile" that she puts on whenever I ask her to say cheese.

Korben very soberly explains to Melanie that she should write him a love letter like the one she wrote to Daniel Radcliff.

Somehow, I don't think she's buying it.

Our View of the stage.

Sophie eagerly awaits the show.

Korben checks out what Keri's working on from behind Robbie.

Quinn, Taylor and the rest of the class were there, too.

The show was a play version of the children's story "The Velveteen Rabbit" - a favorite of mine when I was young. I remember being so sad that they had to burn all the boy's toys when he was sick. Anyway, just like last year's children's play, this was about 20 minutes too long for the kids, but it was a good experience anyway, and The Grand was awesome, as always. At least this year we were not on the balcony!

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Dog Days

Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 2:04 PM | Posted by Ms. Tabby

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October's photos

at 2:01 PM | Posted by Ms. Tabby

I somehow managed to miss posting my pictures from October here, so here are a few favorites.
For Halloween, Korben decided to be a dinosaur, and Sophie was a princess. We have a closet overflowing with dress-up clothes, so it was actually a pretty tough decision for both of them.

We make an annual trip to the local pumpkin patch each year, and this year I managed to wrangle Ryan into joining us.

Aren't they just SO

OO CUTE?

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Recreating history...

at 12:35 PM | Posted by Ms. Tabby

When I was Sophie's age, I had a brown and white chihuahua named Ruffles. She was born two days before I was, the runt of the very last litter of chihuahuas my mom ever had as a breeder. I treated that dog like a baby doll, and she tolerated me, nestling into my armpit to sleep at night, and being fiercely protective of all of her family. When I was about 3, my mom took a picture of me kissing Ruffles in our wading pool.

I have been cleaning all morning and had just finished steaming the carpets in the bedroom half of the house. I came to check on the kids, and found Korben playing games on the gamecube, and Sophie outside with the dogs. I opened the door, and this is what I saw... Completely unrehearsed.

Sophie kisses a reluctant Sammy

Gir comes to investigate

Korben, being completely addicted to any kind of video games, stayed inside.

We've had several days of pretty intense rainstorms, and I hadn't realized the kids had dragged out the kiddie pool. Sophie even found a swimming suit in her drawer and put it on herself while I was steaming the carpet in my bathroom. What a stinker!

But anyway, we have a picture that almost exactly mirrors that first one. If I can find it, I'll scan it and post it, too.

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Lazy day

Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 3:11 PM | Posted by Ms. Tabby

More evidence of never-before-seen sharing behaviors...

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at 12:48 PM | Posted by Ms. Tabby

It's a quiet day at home today. I woke up, and it was cold and rainy and Aunt Flo came unannounced for a dreary visit. I tried unsuccessfully for 2 hours to get the children dressed and ready for school, and finally just said "To hell with this, we're staying home today." We went in my room, put on cartoons, and took a nap in my nice, warm, electrically-heated bed. (hooray for electric mattress pads!) Now we're up and the kids are playing quietly together, I'm farting around on the computer between household tasks, and the dogs are burrowed under the comforter on my bed in search of warmth.
Korben and Sophie have become much better at sharing, lately, and this picture is a good example of that. Of course, Sammy still doesn't trust anyone.

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More holiday photos

Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 12:11 PM | Posted by Ms. Tabby

Here we have a shot from Ryan of me with all three of my pooches. Sammy always looks at Ryan with that suspicious glare and worried wrinkle between her eyes.

I was telling Carrie on the phone last night that Sophie's absolute favorite thing in the world right now is her beanie-baby sized army of stuffed animals that she calls her "pets." She methodically lines them up for tea parties, meetings along the wall in the hallway, and in this case, a picnic in the living room on one of my dishtowels.

She also sat watching TV and pulling faces, most of which involved contortions of her tongue that I thought only the giraffe could do. She's still a sweet baby, though, even when she's covered in sticky goo on her face.

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at 12:00 PM | Posted by Ms. Tabby

Korben sort of skipped the "stockings first" rule and went right for the green-wrapped Santa presents. "It's the speeding guy from Justice League, just what I always wanted," he shouted.

Sophie moved with slightly more moderation, and enjoyed not only her presents, but watching Korben open his, as well.