Happy Birthday Mumma!

Mumma got a whole year older last Tuesday.

We had a special dinner and Nana and I made this cake! I was especially helpful with the candles.



That spells "Mumma," right?

Everybody sang "Happy Birthday", even Violet



and then I helped blow out the candles.



Of course, no birthday celebration would be complete without a little entertainment! I made Puppa pull out his "keytar" so that we could strum together and sing Mumma a few tunes.



I just love a good party.

xoxo A.S.

Introducing: Sophie the Giraffe

Hey guys!
This is Sophie the Giraffe. She's my favorite toy because she squeaks and she's fun to chew on. Nana bought Sophie for me from an online store. She was $20 because she is made from real honest-to-goodness rubber, hand painted, and she's European. Everything is more expensive in Europe.


About a month ago, Nana went to her favorite store, the Orono Thrift Store, and found another Sophie the Giraffe for...wait for it...ten cents! She almost fainted. Thrift Store Sophie is a little loved, but she tastes just the same as the original. Nana, unable to resist an amazing deal, bought Thrift Store Sophie so I could have one at home and one at Nana and Papa's house. I'm the luckiest baby in the world!



Mmmmmmmm..... Sophie.

- Violet

Photography Fun

Did you guys know that while being a model—which I totally am—I'm also a photographer? I'm pretty good at it and do not like it when people try to help me...AT ALL! Here are some photos I took the other night at Nan and Pup's house....





I don't like to give people a ton of warning when I take their photo—I like to surprise them! That's why Violet looks so scared and Mimi looks so weird. I think taking photos is my favorite pass time, along with strumming Papa's kee-tar, dancing, dressing up, singing, pretending I'm an orphan, talking in an British accent, playing with my friends.......

Face Painting Fun

Hey guys! I talked Pup into letting me paint his face after dinner tonight. I made him into a clown! Doesn't he look funny? I wanted Pup to turn me into a kitty...and I think he did a pretty good job! We're a couple of artists we are...

Workin' Hard

I've been working really hard at being cute... that is, learning how to "coo" and laugh.

Mumma tried to take a video of me (as you can see here), which was really funny because every time she put the camera down, I'd laugh really hard. Silly Mumma.



xoxo Violet Anne

New Year--New 'Do'

So to ring in the new year, Mumma and I decided that I should have a new 'do'. We thought it would be fun to give me a hair cut after school before Daddy got home... to surprise him!

This is how long my hair was when we started:



I wanted Mumma to cut if all off so that I could look like my friend Marin, but she thought that maybe we should start by taking off 'a little' (4 inches) and seeing how I liked that.

I'm really happy with how it turned out--what do you think?!



xoxoA

Happy 2012

**by Mumma

I couldn't help but look back today at our first New Years with Ayda in our lives. What I found was one of my favorite photos of her... what a knuckle head.

She proves to still be our little monkey. There's never a dull day here in the Sonnenberg household!

Happy New Year to all our friends and family--may 2012 treat you and yours well!

-jbs