LEGO Car

Sophie wanted to tell you about her trip to Science World in her own words. This was the sentence she came up with this morning (two days after our trip there):
"Sophie went to Science World to see the LEGO car with some boys." We think it's her longest sentence yet.

A true Kitsilano girl

This was Sophie's first try at eating sushi with chopsticks. We think she has innate chopstick skills due to being born in Kitsilano.

Banana

I handed Sophie a partially-peeled banana and the next thing I knew, she had eaten most of the banana and had carefully laid out the peel on her tray. Sophie's comment was, "I'm cutting the banana, yeah".

Fun with phrases

Sophie's getting more and more fun, in terms of her sentences. Here are a few recent ones that made us smile:

(upon Aunt Kristi offering her some cheese) "I don't need that"

(when saying goodbye to Holly, who had just run through the traditional pre-leaving verbal checklist) "Bye bye momma, bye bye Sophie, I got my cell phone, I got my jacket"

(listening to Aunt Kristi who was confused by a diaper) "What the heck, Mousie?"

(reading Little Boy Blue) "Sophie's looking at sheep"

(hand Mama a book) "Do you wanna read it?"

(Dean leaves the room)
Sophie: Dada all gone.
Mommy: Where's daddy?
Sophie: Getting pizza.
(Do we order too much pizza?)

(Dean leaves the room)
Sophie: Dada all gone.
Mommy: Where's daddy?
Sophie: Snowboarding.
(I've only been snowboarding once in my life!)

(going skating) "Sophie's wearing a BLUE helmet!"

(upon us trying to teach her the classic line from Crocodile Dundee) "That's not a knife, *this* is a fork."

Obama, Obama, Obama!

To celebrate Obama's inauguration today, we present a video of Sophie. The video was taken on November 5th, 2008, the morning after he won the election, but it's equally relevant today, when his name is on the mind of millions around the world.

Smoothie goodness

Today I was inspired to whip Sophie up a yummy berry smoothie. I used raspberries, blueberries, banana, milk, and vanilla yogurt.

Before blending:


The finished smoothie:


Sophie enjoying her share:


A super-sized smoothie moustache:

Playing in the toybox