One year of walking!

As Sophie ran around the library this morning, I remembered that it was exactly one year ago today that she took her first steps. A year ago, she was teetering, now she's scampering.

One of her favourite sayings while we're out on walks is, "Sophie go fast!" You'll see why in this video of Sophie greeting Nonno & Nonna on Feb. 6th.

Nonna's visit to Vancouver

Two weeks ago, Nonna visited for several days and had a chance to participate in Sophie's busy life. We went to gym class, music class, the family place, Science World, and, Sophie's favourite, the library! I've made my first ever slideshow to document those exciting days. Enjoy!

It's a hat bag!

I was sitting at the computer writing an email and I heard Sophie declare, "It's a hat bag!" Got my camera out just in time. (Yes, she is safe and breathing freely now.)

Skating on the brain

Sophie was just sitting here, happily eating her oatmeal, when she broke into a sly grin, and said:

"Which colour your helmet? Yellow helmet! Ohhhh... Which colour your helmet? Yellow, yeah!"

(She had a yellow helmet last time we went skating.)



Also, an abnormal number of characters in her books now like to skate. "Parsley Rabbit skating. Rocky Racoon skating. Little boy skating. Baby beluga skating." (Okay, I made up that last one.)

Unrelated story: Holly wants me to relate that Sophie helpfully told her how she should get ready to go outside: "Lie down and put shoes on." Apparently, that's the easiest way.

Future hockey player

This is a video from Sophie's second ever time skating. She loves skating and talks about it all the time at home. She and Daddy have gone skating two weeks in a row. At bedtime one night, Dean accidentally told Sophie that he'd take her skating the next day. Sophie couldn't get to sleep and kept asking for skating after the last book. "Read a book and then skating?"

You either love 'em or hate 'em

and Sophie loves her black olives!

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.