The Very Hungry Caterpillar

This was a great weekend - mostly nice weather, trips to the zoo, playground, Trader Joes, and family time. My favorite part of the weekend was when Sophia proved her mascot/character obsession is still thriving.
 

Saturday we visited a local bookstore - blue manatee - and Sophia listened to The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

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I can't believe the caterpillar is celebrating 45 years!

After the story, the caterpillar came out to meet the children and pose for a few pictures.

Sophia colored a picture and then decided to become best friends with the caterpillar. Any time no children were near the caterpillar, Sophia was right there.

After all of the children had a turn, the caterpillar took a walk down the street. Sophia was a great escort and had a major meltdown when we had to leave.

Here are a few other pictures from our weekend.