Sophie - 2/29/2016

Sophie ate chex cereal and mixed fruit for breakfast.  For lunch she ate two servings of beef sandwich, several sips of tomato soup and bites of crackers, and a taste of beets.

Lauralea fixed Sophie's hair, sang to her, read to her, and then rubbed her feet!  Wow!  The Royal Treatment!!  I asked Sophie, "Does that feel good?"  She answered with an emphatic, "Uh huh!!"  As she's relaxing and reclining!  Ha! Then she'd hold up the other foot as if to say, "Here's another one!!"

Lauralea read to Sophie, I read to Sophie, Sophie sat in front of the book rack reading, and then after breakfast we had our usual Story Time.  I asked, "Who wants to read?"  She yells, "me me me me!!"  Ha!  Earlier when I'd read to her she had several books she'd brought and when I'd finish one she'd point to another and say, "mmm this....mmmm this."

I have to post some more pictures of Toddler hide-n-seek.  It's so cute and entertaining and they are having a blast with their game.  The entire game of hide-n-seek was played in this corner; about a 4 X 4 area!!  (It's so much easier that way!!)  In the top picture Cooper is "hiding" and Reid is counting (notice he has his eyes closed).  "My turn to count!"  "I see you!"  They went back-n-forth probably 5 - 7 times.  Did you see Sophie in the mirror in the top picture?  She's intently watching and learning.  And they invited her to join them and she knew just what to do.  They both "hid" behind the chair and she crawled up in the chair and "counted."  She buried her head and "mumble mumble mumble....." I'd finally tell her they were ready!  Ha!

Sophie - 2/25/2016

Thursday morning is Kinder-Music time for Sophie and she arrived right before lunch.  At lunch she ate half of her turkey and half of her dinner roll serving; she ate a large serving of green beans and a large serving of mangoes.  After saying "Mommy" and "DaDa" several times Cooper apparently felt the need to inform her; "I'm NOT your Dada OR your Momma!!"  LOL

I'm including two pictures I took yesterday afternoon.  Sophie took a book and crawled up on the top shelf of the changing table.  How cute is this!?  She loves the cozy/snuggly places!  Then she was putting on dress-up clothes and Kenzie was more than happy to help her out.  Kenzie put 6 shirts (all she could find) on Sophie and Sophie added the boots as well!  :)

Sophie - 2/24/2016

Sophie ate whole wheat toast and three servings of mixed berries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate most of ham, ate crackers, a large serving of bean & bacon soup, and two servings of strawberries.

This first picture is from yesterday afternoon.  Where did Kenzie and Sophie go??  This is where I found them and it was so cute.  Kenzie is keeping a watchful eye on her piano student!  (You better enjoy tight places if you're gonna practice in that Studio!)

I was taking this next picture primarily to show Lauralea's handiwork with Sophie's hair this morning.  Then Cooper joined her in peeking at Hudson and I think it's a cute picture.  Here's what Hudson is thinking; "Sweet!  A ponytail for each hand!!"  Then Lauralea put the dark swim glasses on Sophie again and of course that was worthy of another picture.  Lauralea was laughing because of how many pictures I was taking of Sophie Girl!!

Cooper told Sophie he was going to hide and "you go over there and count!"  Ha!  However, she totally understood the "hiding" concept and she kept going on the other side and then peeking around the corner and squealing.  (Which is what she's doing in the picture.)  Then they'd switch spots and he'd pop around the corner to peek at her.  Right after this Sophie pooped and Cooper said, "Smells like Reid's toots!!"  One more note about Cooper - I told him the new Baby is starting in a couple of weeks and that her Mommy's name is Molly just like Sophie's Mommy.  Cooper said, "That means they're sisters!"  :)

Sophie - 2/23/2016

Sophie ate blueberry bagel and three servings of apricots for breakfast.  For lunch she ate chicken, whole wheat elbow noodles topped with shredded cheese, ate peas, and applesauce.  The Food Monitor showed up at breakfast time to make sure every thing was "kosher!"  Ha!  (Sorry, that was just me humoring myself! I really don't serve only food that meets strict Jewish dietary laws.)  Actually there were two of them - one lady was from the State monitoring the Monitor to make sure she was doing it right.  (I also found humor in that!)  Sophie was totally fine with them being here and she just kept on eating.  Good job Sophie!

Sophie arrived fairly early today and was the first one here - I don't know who was happier; Sophie or Lauralea!!  :)  Very sweet!  Lauralea fixed her hair, sang lots of songs, and massaged her feet!  Sophie was loving it and you can see her "dreamy" look in the second picture.  Nora always liked it too when Lauralea massaged her feet.  Sometimes Nora would hold her foot up and say, "rub my foot."

Reid was wearing these dark swim goggles and Sophie had on the clear ones.  She was watching and when he put them on the floor she raced over and immediately wanted me to help her get them on.  Her next stop?  The mirror!  Ha!

I also sent this last picture to Maddy and Colin!  Like I told them, when I grabbed the camera Sophie was giving Hudson the Sweetest love!  He was loving it too, but was almost immediately ready to take off and Sophie was hanging on!!  Ha!  So it ended up looking like a wrestling move!  :)

Sophie - 2/22/2016

Sophie ate raisin bran cereal and dried cranberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of canadian bacon/cheese pizza, ate most of corn, and ate tropical fruit.

Reid gave Sophie a "ride" in the swivel/rocker chair.  She was grinning all over and I didn't let him go very fast!  Ha!  (When Cooper was her age he puked from a fast ride in that chair!)  Then Reid found one of Sophie's socks on the floor and put it on the changing table for her.  That's a switch!  She is usually picking up his socks.  Good job Reid.

We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange this weekend.  Sophie checked out everything and I took these pictures when she was trying on shirts and boots.  I combined these two pictures - she got one boot on and that's enough.  She carried the leftovers!!  :)  Notice in the second picture how long her hair is getting!

She has her doll and doll blanket in this picture.  She was singing, "night night, night night, night night..."  So cute.  A little later I was doing "this piggy went to market..." with Hudson's toes.  Sophie held her foot up to me and said, "Me me me me."  :)

Sophie - 2/19/2016

Sophie ate cheerios and raisins for breakfast.  For lunch she ate everything as well: ground beef, elbow noodles topped with shredded cheese, ate apple pieces, and mixed fruit.

Sophie has been playing with the little frogs yesterday and today.  I took this picture when she was retrieving every last frog from the back of the toy shelf.  :)  Notice the dolls to the left of her - the frogs got first priority.  Ha!  She did play with the dolls later!

I took a picture of all the frogs Sophie had carried to the arm of the couch.  Cooper got interested in those and gave her instructions how to push the frogs off the couch with the Star Wars cars.  Ha!  We also read lots of books, watched people out the window and waved at Big Willy, and Sophie played with Hudson several times.  Sophie was bringing me books to read - one book at a time.  I stopped counting after the first dozen.  :)

Then Cooper moved all the blocks over to the big mirror (with some assistance from Sophie) and said  he was building a "jungle house."  He worked on it for a long time and kept asking Sophie and I; "What do you think of my house?"  Then he said it was a "house for Bubba and it actually has 4 smokestacks!"  Speaking of Bubba, Cooper was perched on top of the igloo and saying, "Try to get me Hudson, try to get me!!"

Sophie - 2/18/2016

Sophie ate raisin english muffin and three servings of blueberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate chicken, crackers, sweet potatoes, and two servings of cherries.  Hmmm...lots of blueberries and cherries.. is she coming to Daycare tomorrow!?!  :)

Two days in a row Sophie has told me she has a poopy diaper.  Saying, "Uhhhh, uhhhh" and pointing at her butt.  And with that frown of hers - I love that frown.  Lauralea noticed her doing the frown thing and said, "Wow, she does quite the frown doesn't she!?"  :)

The next note here is a Cooper "rant," but I thought you might like it.  (And it does involve the babies.)  He said, "When SOMEBODY chews on my cars (he'd just rescued one from Sophie).....My Mom says NOBODY chew on my cars!"  (He's deep in thought at this point!)  "And my other stuff too!!" (He's getting louder and more animated as he's talking!)  "And Mom says NO drooling on somebody...and NO puking on somebody either!!"  (Pausing for his final point) ..."Hudson is gonna do that stuff!!"  Haha!  Yes, he probably will.

We did some dot painting this morning and Sophie was really into doing the painting today.  Pretty cool!  Notice that she intentionally painted the dots in all four corners of her paper.  And she only taste-tested the paint two or three times.  :)  Nice job Sophie!

And here's Sophie being Sophie!!  Ha!  She was trying to pull on these slippers and then went and got some pajamas from the dress-up rack.  And returned to the same spot, but draped the PJ's over her head.  She knew she was being silly and was checking to see if I was watching her.  :)