Sophie pic for the day

I believe Sophie was laughing at something silly Dean was doing. That is all.

Sophie can wink!

She's been practicing all week and is getting pretty good at winking! This was taken on May 17th at my birthday dinner at Cafe Mumbai. Sophie likes to be properly accessorized for any special occasion.

An advancement on par with Gutenberg's invention of the printing press

Sophie surprised us today by writing the start of her name (albeit backwards) without any prompting. Fun times ahead, as we enter the age of writing!

Happy Earth Day!

We wish you a Happy Earth Day and hope you've had a chance to do one of the following:


Say Hi to a bug...

...or a fish.

Pick up some litter.

Play outside.

Brush a goat.

Enjoy the fresh air.

Run across a field.

Or just be silly!

Now we're cookin'!

Last year, I got a couple kids' cookbooks out of the library. They looked great, so we gave Sophie her first cookbook for her 3rd birthday. It's called "Pretend Soup" and it's a great cookbook for kids because in addition to the written instructions, there are diagrams that show every step of each recipe!

So far, we've made four recipes:

1) Chocolate-Banana Shakes

"This is yummy. This is SO yummy!"


She happily gulped down her shake before I had a chance to photograph it. Here is her chocolate moustache, evidence of a shake well enjoyed!

2) Hide and Seek Muffins



Our strawberries were large, so they didn't really hide inside the muffins, but we enjoyed them anyway!

3) Bagel Faces





Bagel faces were notable because Sophie actually ate the cherry tomato "nose"! She normally declares that she doesn't like tomatoes, but when they're in a bagel face, all bets are off! Here are a couple conversations we had while eating our yummy lunch:

holly: mine only has one eye
sophie: does that mean you ate the other eye?
holly: yeah
sophie: and does that mean that it's winking?

holly: where's the nose (cherry tomato)?
sophie: in my throat
holly: you ate a tomato?
sophie: yeah
holly: what did you think about it?
sophie: um, i thank good about it, although i don't like tomatoes

holly: can i have the last tomato, or do you want it?
sophie: i want it! (proceeds to eat tomato without hesitation)
holly: (speechless)

We're having so much fun and can't wait to try more recipes!

The Birthday Dress

For Sophie's 1st birthday, I decided to start the tradition of the Birthday Dress. I bought a Size 18 Fuschia dress from the Salvation Army and decided to take a photo of Sophie in this dress each year on her birthday.

It went over really well on her 1st birthday (March 28, 2008):


On her second birthday, she seemed more excited about the idea (March 28, 2009):




And today, on her 3rd birthday (March 28, 2010), she first thought she looked like a princess with her long train:


And then quickly switched to her more characteristic grimace:


Let's see how long I can keep this tradition going! Happy Birthday, Sophie!

Singing

Sophie has been singing more and more these days, which is tons of fun. She's getting really good at her preschool's song, she's a pro at "Do-Re-Mi" ("Doe, a deer, a female deer..."), and just now, she spontaneously started singing along with The Police's "Message in a Bottle"! Big into 80s bands, that's my girl! :D