Sophie - 4/28/2016

Kindermusik Thursday - Sophie arrived for lunch and ate most of baked chicken, no bun, ate two servings of hash browns, and ate her canned cherries.  She was dipping her chicken in her cherry juice.  :)

Here's Sophie and Avilene having a special moment!  Sophie has been VERY helpful this week while my hearing aids are in the repair shop.  :)  Avi's crib is in the living room and as soon as Sophie hears any sound from there I'm instantly alerted!  Thanks for your help Sophie!!

Sophie - 4/27/2016

Sophie ate bites of blueberry bagel and three servings of pears for breakfast.  For lunch she ate ham, big serving of whole wheat elbow noodles, large serving of corn, and a couple bites of apple pieces.

Lauralea was thrilled to see her Sophie today!  :)  She fixed Sophie's hair, sang to her, and gave her lots of love.  So cute.  Lauralea asked Sophie what color of ponytail holder she wanted and Sophie said, "back, back" while pointing to the black.  The she gave Sophie the choice of two songs they sing; "You wanna do Boston or Walk Walk?"  Sophie said, "Boston."  Ha!  Lauralea said, "I missed you!"  And Reid said, "Did you miss me for one whole day!?!"  (He was gone on Monday.)  He said, "I had a Star Wars day!"  (Hanging out with Dad.)

Cooper is having a Grandma Day so it is just Sophie and Reid today along with the two little ones.  Reid is amazingly sweet and gentle with Sophie!  I'm very impressed!  Actually, all three of the Templeton Boys are wonderful with kids younger than they are.  In the first picture they were building something and Reid said, "I'm building it for Hofie!!"  Ha!  (It took Sophie a while to realize he just wanted blue and green on the tower on the right side of picture - his two favorite colors!)  Just now as I'm doing this Blog, Bubba just barreled through the tower and collapsed it!  LOL!  It didn't even faze him!  He just looked around to see what the heck happened!  Ha!  At least Reid and Sophie are sleeping so they didn't witness the destruction!!

Sophie and Reid were having fun on the mattress and he was bonking her gently with the yellow pillow.  You can see the end result of that in the first picture!  So cute.  Then Sophie went and got a book and asked him to read it to her.  We read books at Story Time and did some stickers at Art.

Sophie - 4/26/2016

Sophie had bites of waffle and ate three servings of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate tuna & crackers, large serving of sweet potatoes, and three servings of mandarin oranges.  It was so nice to see Sophie!!  She spent the first 20 minutes primarily saying two words:  "Bubba and Avi!"  "Bubba...Avi...Bubba...Avi.."  I think she missed her babies!!  She was also singing, "Night night Bubba" when I was putting him down for his morning nap.

Sophie put on the Wolf mask and the boys started running wildly (which is why Cooper is not in the first two pictures - he was kind of a blur!)  and yelling like they were scared!  They were having lots of fun with that game and basically all Sophie did was just stand there.  The boys took care of the details which only consisted of Run & Yell!!

The boys played several games with Sophie and in the picture below they were camping in the igloo. They had pillows in there and Sophie kept fetching them food and drinks!  We also did dot painting at Art Time, read lots of books that Sophie was bringing to me, and she played with the dress-up boots and vests.  Cooper asked Reid, "Did you miss Sophie?"  That was pretty cute.  (I didn't hear Reid's reply - hearing aids at the repair shop!!)  Ha!

Sophie - 4/19/2016

Sophie ate blueberry bagel and three servings of apricots for breakfast.  For lunch she ate everything as well: chicken, whole wheat elbow noodles, peas, and two servings of applesauce.

Cooper brought his Big Blanket today and laid it out on the floor (After Hudson had went to bed!  Ha!) and left it there all morning and let Sophie play on it.  Thank you Cooper; that was very sweet. When I took this picture Sophie was singing, "Night night Momma, Night night Momma."  Notice that Sophie has her socks off.  Cooper and Reid always take their socks off, toss them on the changing table, and she did the same.

We read lots of books and Story Time has become one of her favorite activities.  We also sang songs and she practiced colors and color signs.  The boys love helping her and it's a fun game for them.  I think it's hilarious because Reid is always giving me color tests!  (Good luck with that Reid!  No one else has been successful!)  Ha!  He held up three different colored shapes and asked, "Which one is red?"  The first thing he did when he walked in the door this morning; pointed at his shorts and asked, "Are these light or dark!?"  Hahaha!  They'll frequently tell Sophie when she's at the color poster; "Point at my favorite color."

Here's a picture of Sophie doing another of her favorite activities at Little Treasures!!  Anything with the Little Ones!  Like I've mentioned several times Sophie ALWAYS alerts me when she thinks the babies need something and she's frequently right.  It's actually quite helpful!  Now I just have to train her how to take care of their needs!  :)

Reminder: Sophie will be needing diapers when you get back from California.  (I have some extra diapers as well so it's not a big concern.)  Hope you all have a wonderful time and we'll see you when you get back!!

Sophie - 4/18/2016

Sophie ate raisin bran cereal and dried cranberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate a couple bites of cheese pizza, ate most of corn, and three servings of tropical fruit.

I have a note from last Friday that has nothing to do with Sophie, but I think you all may enjoy it anyhow!!  Our neighbor across the street (Big Willy who loves the kids and they all love him) hired someone to cut down his tree in his front yard.  So the kids were enthralled with watching the worker in a bucket on the end of a boom cut down the tree.  Reid was watching when he said, "If Big Willy come out here he not gonna be happy!!"  Hahahaa!!

We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange this weekend and the kids were very busy.  Sophie was "feeding" her baby.  At first she stuck the "mustard" container up to the back of the baby's head and I started laughing.  So she continued to be silly and was putting it on top of the baby's head when I took this picture.

It's not unusual for little ones to get their fingers "stuck" in a book or something and think they are really stuck.  Sophie was playing with this old flip phone and closed her finger in it and said, "stuck!!"  About 30 minutes prior to this Hudson had closed his hand in the barbecue and he too was "stuck!"

Cooper was hiding his drills "so Sophie can't get them."  Which led to her "chasing" him around and around the chair.  It was hard to tell who was chasing who!  Especially when he was passing her about every other lap!  :)

Sophie - 4/14/2016

Sophie ate bites of raisin english muffin and three servings of blueberries for breakfast.  Then she asked for more blueberries in such a cute way!  "I wan mo blueberries."  Nice sentence!!  For lunch she ate chicken, most of crackers, ate sweet potatoes, and two servings of cherries.

Here's a picture I took of Sophie yesterday afternoon messing around with some of the dress-up clothes.  She put this over her head and walked around the Daycare Room and then crawled under the blue balance beam.  She was giggling to herself and I was laughing of course.  Tight places or things over her head doesn't bother her in the least!  As a matter of fact she kind of likes it!!  :)

Cooper was building with the legos and Sophie joined in.  She has been building with legos a lot lately and really enjoys it.  You can see Cooper in the background continuing to work.  He said he was making a "nut hut for nuts and it's a hut for squirrels and there are lots of nuts in there!"  :)

Cooper asked for the Big Bears again and he was fixing up a place for him and Sophie to sleep.  He said to her, "Look! I made you a bed!  What do you think!?  Isn't it nice!?"  :)  Then later they started bouncing on the bears and they were having fun and laughing.  After we read lots of books at Story Time he said, "Hey! Let's bounce again Sophie!"  She said, "Ok."  :)

Sophie - 4/13/2016

Sophie ate biscuit and two servings of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate a large serving of baked beans, most of dinner roll, half of peas, and ate a large serving of pineapple.

I took these first two pictures yesterday afternoon after Kenzie had built "a little rocket ship."  Sophie had so much fun playing inside of it by herself for at least 30 minutes!!  She was peeking out and when I looked at this picture - I'm thinking those are Nora's eyes!!  :)  The second picture gives you a better idea what the rocket ship looked like!!

Yesterday she was using the yellow cylinder for a stool - today it's a hat!  (Lauralea is helping hold the bucket there after Sophie was asking for help.)

Reid is not here today, but Cooper and Sophie played together very nicely this morning.  They were using the yellow benches and the legos drawer for their "boats."  Then they were bouncing on the edge of the mattress over and over.  Cooper kept saying, "Lets do that again, let's do that again!"  I took this next picture when they were using the Big Bears to build another hiding spot.

We also did Art and then later Sophie was identifying colors at the color poster.  This week the first color she points to every time is brown.  (And she also does the sign for it.)  She was pointing at green and saying, "Doop, Doop, Doop"  Oh, is that Coop's favorite color?  She was thrilled I knew what she was trying to tell me.  "Ya!" she said.