Sophie -10/30/2015

Sophie ate malt-o-meal cereal and raisins for breakfast.  For lunch she ate several bites of ground beef, ate a large serving of whole wheat elbow noodles, a couple bites of apple pieces, and ate a large serving of mixed fruit.

This first picture is from yesterday afternoon after her nap.  Sophie's hair was kind of sticky from meal time and I sprayed it with water and made a nice spike - primarily for Kenzie's entertainment!! At least Kenzie and I thought it was nice!!  She said, "Leave it!  Leave it!"

Lauralea was using the little puppy finger puppet and singing, "Where oh where did my little dog go..?" and Sophie was laughing!  It was so cute and we were all laughing hard!  Then Lauralea sang, "How much is that doggie in the window..?"  Sophie was trying to laugh hard again and it was kind of a fake laugh!  And that was even funnier!!  Soph was still sitting on the couch when Lauralea was leaving and she said, "Bye" and started waving bye before Lauralea even looked at her!!  :)

Reid had "Sophie's Daycare Blanket" and was covering Hudson and Sophie.  Sophie was giggling and basically rolled up in the blanket - see picture below.  Look ate Hudson in both pictures - even though he was covered with the blanket for several seconds he didn't even move.  :)

You can still see Reid in this picture too.  He's laying back against the couch with his feet propped up on the mirror railing.

Sophie - 10/29/2015

It was so nice to see our Sophie Girl this morning!!  For breakfast she ate bites of whole wheat english muffin and ate two servings of blueberries.  She ate all of her Lunch; Chicken, crackers, sweet potatoes, and cherries.  I'd given her binky to her after Lunch (for nap time) and when I went out to the Daycare room she'd found Hudson's binky and swapped them.  I didn't realize it until I spotted her binky on the floor.  Silly girl!  (I sanitized it before returning it to it's rightful owner later.)

Cooper leaned forward and kissed my head and then he said, "I kissed your head!"  Sophie leaned forward and kissed my shoulder.  It was too stinking cute!!  Heart melt!

Lauralea put a pony in Sophie's hair and then was letting her play with Kenzie's Bird.  You push a button and it sings songs.  Soph would push the button, the bird would sing, and she'd giggle.  She is so cute.  Lauralea and I were talking about how expressive her face can be.  Especially when she's frowning about something.  Ha!

She wanted these dark swim goggles on and she left them on for the longest time.  Some kids this age will leave them on, but most want them off immediately!!

 Still wearing the goggles!

Cooper always brings a special blanket (or 2 or 3 or....) and Reid has his "Blue Blanket."  Except lately Reid has changed it's name to "Blue Guy."  Ha!  And Sophie will frequently "steal" the blankets and watch for reactions.  I got a very soft Mickey blanket out for her and she was sure loving on it!  (We have lots of blankets!)

Sophie - 10/26/2015

Sophie ate most of her cheerios and ate banana for breakfast.  For lunch she ate cheese sandwich, drank tomato soup (with straw), and ate most of lettuce salad.

I had lots of fun with Sophie this morning - playing "Chase" around the igloo and chair.  She loves that game and is the one who initiates it!  She also gave me loves several times - she'd come by where I was sitting or standing and lay her head on my leg.  So sweet.

Reid was peeking in the igloo at Sophie and making her laugh.  He was also sitting on the top of the igloo and thumping on it.

Sophie put this dress-up shirt on by herself.  It's kind of stretchy and she can pull it right over her head.  She wore it several different times last week as well.  She's pushing a button on this toy that makes an animal sound.  She'd push it then look up at me to see if I was impressed.  :)

Did you notice Sophie on the couch with Cousin Hudson?!  :)  She put this shirt over her head and was walking around that way.  (As a safety concern I looked through it too to make sure she could see at least a little bit!!)  She was right up on Hudson and had her face in his face!

Sophie - 10/23/2015

Sophie had two servings of breakfast: oatmeal and dried cranberries.  She ate about half of her lunch; ground beef, elbow noodles, peas, and applesauce.  (I'd mixed it all together and fed her.)  At lunch Cooper yelled, "Sophie messing around!"  Ha! That's one of several things they do everyday that amuses me; squeal on each other.  And it frequently happens when they are engaging in essentially the same activity!!

I went to the Court House this morning (vehicle title) and Missy took this picture while I was gone. The minute I walked into the room Cooper squealed on Missy; "Missy had your camera Gary!!"  Ha! (Sophie gave me the sweetest loves when I got back.)  Lauralea said that when Missy asked, "Where's the camera?"  Sophie was making sounds and pointing.  She knows exactly where I keep it and she knows what it's called because I use it everyday.

Sophie worked really hard to get into Lauralea's shoes.  And of course she was getting a little assistance from Lauralea.

 She wanted to get up and walk and she was taking huge steps!  Silly Sophie.

Watch out Sophie!  That Cooper is trying to plant a kiss on you!!  We built this little house with the blocks and the kids all squeezed in.  Cooper said, "This is very cozy."  Ha ha!

Sophie - 10/22/2015

Sophie was at Kinder-Music most of the morning, but not much of a Blog today.  She ate all of her lunch: turkey slices, sandwich thin, large serving of green beans, and a large serving of strawberries.  I said, "Keep your food on your plate" and she picked up the piece of turkey and put it back on her plate.  :)  Sharp little girl!!

Hudson has his hand over his mouth; he can't hardly believe she'd say that!!!  :)  Actually all of his fingers are in his mouth!

Sophie - 10/21/2015

Sophie ate most of her jelly (strawberry) toast and ate mangoes for breakfast.  She ate all of her lunch: bean & cheese burrito, sweet potatoes, and tropical fruit.  (She ate more than the two big boys.)

Sophie went through a time-period here when she was experiencing a bit of stranger anxiety.  She seems to be completely over that stage.  Reid's Dad was the one she cried about the most.  The last week or two she has been so sweet and flirty with him and he is totally loving it.  As soon as he went out the door this morning she started waving bye.  (Little stinker!)

Lauralea was assembling a vacuum this morning (for ASUM) and of course you have to play in the box after it's empty.  I'd cut windows in the sides of the box and Sophie is peeking in at Cooper in the picture below.  Here's a side note about the vacuum assembly - this isn't about Sophie, but I thought you'd like it anyhow.  Lauralea couldn't find where to hang this one attachment and Cooper was holding up the paper saying, "Look at 'structions." (instructions)  Ha!  Before that he'd said, "Gary will do it."  (Lauralea said, "No he won't.  Ha ha ha!)

I put this hat (from the dress-up clothes) on Sophie this morning and I was wondering what she'd do. She did just what I thought she might do - took off strutting her stuff!  It was so blasted cute!!  And of course she loved it that she was being watched!!

The more I laughed the sillier she got with the hat; and she left it on for several minutes.  She was tugging on it and pulling it down, but she wasn't trying to get it off, just experimenting with it.  :)  It was so funny and like I said - I was laughing and she was performing!!

Sophie - 10/20/2015

Sophie ate half of her cinnamon roll and two servings of canned prunes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of scrambled eggs, hash brown, sausage, and cheese combo; she ate waffle and melon mix.

I feel like Sophie has gotten more cautious the last two or three months.  (And that is usually a good thing. ) However, it doesn't "always" happen and this morning I told her, " Hey Soph!  Standing up and being goofy on the swivel/rocker is probably not safe!  Have you noticed that it's moving?" :)

There were LOTS of birds at the bird feeder today.  We stayed back away from the window so we didn't scare them and I held Sophie up so she could watch too.  There were between 30 - 40 on the ground.

Cooper was playing very sweet with Sophie this morning and sharing "ice cream" with her.  It was cute and she was mimicking everything he was doing!  She saw the toy he had and she got another one just like it.  He said, "I love you Gary."  She immediately laid her head in my lap and started saying, "Ahhh ahhh, hi hi hi."  (heart melt)  Then I said "give me 5 Cooper."  She reached out her hand for a turn too.  I took this picture shortly after Hudson woke up from his morning nap.

I caught a picture of Sophie "depositing" something in one of her favorite spots.  (She'd been playing with a little puppy finger puppet.)  If I can't find a sock that she's missing this is where I always look first and it's usually there.  She's on her tiptoes and can just barely reach it.  :)  Earlier she'd taken off one of her shoes and then the sock.  I put the shoe on the top of the igloo and Cooper asked me what it was doing up there.  I told him Sophie jumped so hard she jumped right out of her shoe. (The kids frequently jump off the igloo.)   He looked at it for a moment and said, "That's weird."  :)