Sophie - 3/15/2016

Sophie ate waffle and hash browns for breakfast.  For lunch she ate most of chicken & cheese quesadilla, bites of carrots, and ate a large serving of mandarin oranges.  When Bubba arrived this morning Sophie went right by him and greeted Uncle Colin.  And gave him a hug.  So sweet.

Reid arrived at breakfast time which gave Cooper and Sophie lots of time for interaction and it was HILARIOUS!!  (at least to me!)  It was the "Momma, Da-da, and Bubba" conversation again and it kind of went like this:
Sophie; "Momma!"  Cooper; "I'm not your Momma!"  Sophie; "Momma!"  Cooper; "Your Momma's at work!"  Sophie; "Momma!"
Sophie; "Da-da!"  Cooper; "I'm not your Daddy!"  Sophie; "Da-da!"  Cooper; "Your Daddy's at work!"  Sophie; "Da-da!"
Sophie; "Bubba!"  Cooper; "I'm not Bubba!"  Sophie; "Bubba!"  Cooper; "Bubba's right there!" (pointing) Sophie; "Bubba!"  Cooper; "I'm not Bubba!  Look behind you!"  Then later Cooper said, "Bubba's in bed!  I'm not in bed!!"  Sophie; Bubba!"  LOL

Then Sophie was holding out a book to Cooper and pointing at the animals.  Cooper was doing such a good job identifying them for her and he KNOWS his animals!!  For example; Not just penguin, but "spaghetti penguin."  Not just monkey, but "spider monkey."  Not just panther, but "black panther." Good job Cooper!  Sophie likes the animals - yesterday and today the first toy she got was the same little zebra and she said, "ze-ba, ze-ba."

Sophie was wearing the "frog suit" and Hudson was super curious about that!  In the first picture Sophie is studying the "frog hands."  There is a way to stick your hands out, but she wanted her hands inside the suit.  We didn't put her legs in, but she was happy just the way it was!

Sophie showed Lauralea where I put Baby Avi so she is protected.  She kept pointing at it and saying, "Avi Avi Avi."  I turned around and she was in "Avi's room!"  :)   (Avi was sleeping in her bed.)

Sophie - 3/14/2016

Sophie ate cheerios and most of banana piece for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of cheese sandwich, several drinks (with straw) of tomato soup, half of crackers, and a bite of pickled beets.

My Sister had called (about our Mother) and I had her on speaker phone.  She said, "Hi" to Sophie and it was so cute.  When I hung up Sophie said my sister's name so CUTE!!  Her name is Teena. And Sophie said, "Tee-na!"  Slowly with two very deliberate syllables.

She wanted this bear mask you see in the picture and as soon as I got it on she took off.  I assumed she was heading for the mirror, but she was heading right for Reid to show him!  :)   He pretended like it scared him and they were off and running.  She was loving it.  Cooper is actually in the 2nd picture too - over by the far gate.  Cooper said, "Now do a bunny rabbit!"  (We have that mask too.)  "Now you chase us again!!"

It's hard to tell in this picture, but the kids were watching the snowflakes and they were HUGE! (Cooper, on the other hand, is not really that small!  :)  He's on his knees.)  We also read lots of books, played with the legos, and looked at Cooper's Star War books.  I was pretending to sit on Reid in the chair and Sophie wasn't too impressed!  Ha!  She said, "No!"  and ran to the couch and started patting it.  Here's a place for you to sit!!  :)

Sophie - 3/8/2016

Sophie ate half of cinnamon roll and two servings of dried prunes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of scrambled eggs, hash browns, and sausage combo; bites of waffle and ate melon mix.  She is funny in the Lunch room; frequently, when I'm near her highchair she'll reach out and grab my shirt.

I'll start by introducing you all to the newest member of our Little Treasures Family.  This is Avilene Nelson and we call her Avi.  Her Daddy and Mommy are Andy and Molly Nelson.  Avi was already in her bed when Sophie arrived and when Sophie heard a Baby fuss she started saying, "Bubba, Bubba, Bubba" so I took her out to have a look at the new Baby.  Sophie's expression showed total delight!  So precious!

Sophie was chanting "Lila Lila Lila...."  Cooper said, "Layla doesn't come here anymore!"  So I explained to him that "Lila" is Sophie's cousin and she just happens to be visiting in Missoula right now.  And Sophie apparently likes to chant her name!  Cooper said, "Yes, and she doesn't come here anymore!"  LOL!!

Sophie was excited to see the toy, book, and puzzle exchange and check out the new stuff.  She wanted to put on this rabbit mask and she left it on for probably 5 minutes.  She thumped on the drums and kept looking at me and chuckling.  Also this toy set has LOTS of books in it and Sophie loves her books.  Sophie was playing with the "number pillows" and Cooper said, "I don't want those scattered around!"  Ha!  Oh really?  We'll keep that in mind.  :)

Sophie - 3/4/2016

Sophie ate several bites of brown rice and ate raisins for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of her meat loaf, ate pita bread, bites of carrots, and ate apricots.  During Lunch Time today (and previous days, especially yesterday) Sophie was chanting "Momma, Da-da, Bubba."  Cooper seems to think she's talking to him and she does pick up the tempo when she realizes it's bugging him!!  Today at Lunch Cooper was yelling, "I'm not your Momma!!"  "I'm not your Da-da!"  "My name is NOT Bubba!!"  And then for clarification he has been adding, "Bubba is on the Airplane!!"  (And she'd just look at him with a grin and say, "Bubba.")  After saying that several times he changed it today to say, "Bubba is with his Grandma."  I guess Bubba has finally landed!  :)

How's this for a "throw-back" picture?  I was looking for a picture of Nora (I was actually wanting to read some of Nora's Blogs and look at Developmental stages) when she was approximately the same age as Sophie and I found this picture of her with Baby Cooper.  Love.  I believe Cooper was a couple months younger than Hudson in this picture, but this could be Sophie and Bubba!!

This picture is pretty self-explanatory!  These two really enjoy each other.  (And they have similar temperaments.)  I took this picture right after their naps and (as you all probably know) that's a time of day when the kids are more prone to loving expressions and a good time for pictures!!  Ha!!

Sophie has been going for the same books this week - first thing in the morning after hair fixing ritual and singing with Lauralea - she finds the books, "London Bridge" and "Today is Monday."  Also this morning, Lauralea was trying to coax a Goodbye Hug out of Sophie.  Cooper heard that and he came running for his love...Sophie started yelling, "Mine mine mine!!!!"  That's one way to get your hug!

Sophie - 3/3/2016

Thursday is Kinder-Music and Sophie arrived just before Lunch.  We were outside playing so she got in on about another 10 minutes of that.  For lunch she ate baked chicken, most of dinner roll, ate hash browns, and a large serving of canned cherries.  

Here's a picture from yesterday afternoon.  Bode was playing a game and Cooper, Reid, and Kenzie were interested and Sophie was also trying to see what they were doing.  :)

Sophie - 3/2/2016

Sophie ate half of her blueberry bagel serving and had two servings of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate everything; ham, a large serving of elbow noodles topped with shredded cheese, corn, and apple bites.

Cooper was trying to teach Sophie some of the colors using one of our color posters.  (He has seen me using the posters with Sophie.)  It actually started with him showing her the colors of the big blocks and she ran to the poster and started pointing at the colors there.  Sometimes she gets them totally right - sometimes not so much!  :)

All three of these pictures were taken yesterday afternoon, but they are too cute not to post!!  Sophie and Reid had got up from their nap mats at the same time.  (Actually I was just returning from the bathroom and he was helping her up from her nap mat.  CUTE!!)  Then they went to the Play room and he helped her into the chair and started reading to her.  CUTE!!  :)  I love how she's leaning in to see the pictures.

The story behind the next two pictures:  Kenzie had asked Sophie, "Do you want to play with me?"  Sophie's response was soooo cute!  Big affirmative head nod!  Then Sophie pointed to the cubby hole where she and Kenzie have played several times before.  Kenzie stuffed pillows, blankets, and stuffed animals all around Sophie and then the other kids gathered around and were tickling her and being silly.  I think she was enjoying all the attention!!

Sophie - 3/1/2016

Sophie ate most of waffle and two servings of pears for breakfast.  For lunch she ate tuna & crackers, sweet potatoes, and mandarin oranges.  She's so cute when I announce meal time, or open the gate to head out there - she gets excited and scurries for her bib and highchair!

She's been experimenting with the yellow benches this week; pushing them around and using them for steps and tables, etc..  She pushed one up to the changing table and was totally keeping an eye on me to see if it was ok!  She was watching me while she was pushing it over there and kept watching me while she climbed up.  So stinking cute.  I said, "You can just look, but that's all Gary's stuff up there!"  And she totally listened.  Thank you Sophie.

She's probably had one of these hats on this morning at least four or five times.  And it's totally a picture worthy moment!  She happens to be looking at herself in the mirror.  :)

It's always so cute when she waves out the window at various people.  She waves at the mailman truck when she sees it, our neighbor Big Willy, anyone walking their dog, and the afternoon neighbor lady walking her kids home from school.  Lately, Sophie pounds on the window to get their attention and it frequently works.

She did some painting at art time with a foam brush.  She still had lots of paint on her paper so Reid helped her finish it and also did some finger painting on her paper.  She seemed quite amused (by the grin on her face) while watching him.  Speaking of Reid, Sophie always packs his blanket to him and he verbalized it today; "Her always bring my blanket to me!"  Yup, she kind of looks out for you!