Long Time No See

Hey there everyone.
It's been a long time since I last blogged but I'm back, today at least.  To be honest I didn't really know how to communicate all that well the last time I blogged back in 2/11 (gasp).  Now Daddy is telling me if I want to keep this blog going again I'll need to decide what I want to put on the pages.  He'll help me out of course.

So we're gonna try this thing again and see how long we can keep it up.  It lasted for about a year last time before things kind of tapered off.

Anyway, Daddy is actually filling in for me today but next time it will be me and whatever I want to talk about.  To keep everyone interested I've attached a couple of recent pictures so you can see how much I've grown over the past year and a half (gasp).

Me and my friend Willy at the fair (end of Sept) - notice the hair

Me just 2 weeks ago (check out the new hair!)



My class

If you can't find me I'm the smiling girl in the back row - center.

My best friend Mena is front row, left. I talk about her all the time.

The class clown is Jayce, he's in the middle row, second from the right. I've learned how to run and slide on my knees from him. Fun!

My other best friend is Monse. She's right in front of me in the blue shirt.

I love everybody in my class and my teachers. We have a lot of fun every day playing outside and with art projects.

Miscellaneous pictures

Twirling with Momma

A rare picture of me asleep on Daddy

I hope the co-pilot is flying this thing because I can't see over the controls.

All ready for the Seattle winter

Me Spelled My NaME

So for the first time, all by myself, without being prompted I spelled my name. Daddy and I were having fun with sparkle glue and markers. He was spelling words for me as they came up. If I said "pie" he would write down PIE on the paper in front of me. I decided to surprise him. I told him I was going to write my name: Sophia.

He looked doubtful, but said, "OK, I'd love to see you do that". He had up to this point ever only seen me write my first name as "S" as in "S" for Sophia :)

I wish I would have taken a picture when he saw me write out the following:

S O p (backwards) H A (upside down) I (Big I)

I know, I know, the I and the A were reversed but hey, I'm not even 3 yet.

The "I" is probably the hardest to see, but it's just to the right and above the upside down "A". I made a little cross on the top and told Daddy it was "Big I"

Christmas Morning

Daddy saw that Santa's cookies were missing Christmas morning. He asked me what happened to em'.

Christmas Eve

Mommy and Daddy told me how Santa was going to get into the house on Christmas Eve. I wasn't sure if that was going to work or not but I gave them the benefit of the doubt. They have been through this before (that's what they keep telling me anyway). But before Santa magically made his way inside the house we had cookies to make!

We made gingerbread cookies. Did we have fun . . of course! Was it messy . . . you betcha!!

Were the cookies pretty . . . not so much :)

A new tradition is getting to open one gift on Christmas Eve

I'm laying out the milk and (fudge) for Santa. I have carrots for the reindeer too.

I unlocked the fireplace door for Santa. He forgot to shut it on his way out though. I woke up and the door was wide open!!