hiking and biking

Now that the weather's a bit warmer, we've been doing a lot of biking and hiking. After school Sophie and her dad will meet me on the bikes at the duck pond. Sometimes, we hit the bike trails and bike for a bit. The other day we did 13 miles after work.

The pic is from a local pond. We're trying to work up to walking a mile getting ready for some longer walks for Sophie's epic summer.

Good timing

The Princess tent came the day before yesterday.

She was highly impressed, but was searching the box for the tiara she was sure was in there somewhere.

"I thought I would get this too," she said, pointing at the picture on the box.

Yesterday the box with the Princess outfit arrived, complete with tiara and royal scepter (or magic wand, as she puts it).

Sophie was very, very excited.

"I KNEW I WOULD GET THIS TOO! I KNEW IT!" she told us.

Sophie writes a song

Sophie invented an impromptu lullaby for herself tonight:

Good night to all the princess!
Look at the time!
It's after midnight.
And I will [mumble mumble] shoes!

Can you tell that Cinderella has lately become very important to her?

Little girl made out like a bandit this Birthday.

sophie's 4th birthday

Sophie celebrated her 4th birthday in style with 10 of her closest friends at an indoor play area. Everything went off without a hitch. Not one tear was shed the entire time. In fact, the organizer told us we were the most well-behaved group she's had (let's hear it for Montessori and all that standing on the line stuff they do!)

This year, we have started down the very slippery slope of princesses. Things we now own that have princesses: A Disney princess balloon, a princess tent, a small princess doll and horse. Today she asked for a tiara. We (the parents) looked at each other and totally synched, agreed that we'd look for some on Amazon later.

Road trip and Trix

Discussing our future road trip to DC, Sophie remarked, "At the hotel, can I eat the colorful Joe O's? I think I would like them."
Yes, Sophie, you probably would like them. I tried to divert her attention from the colorful Joe O's and suggested that she could share a waffle with me. Not much of an improvement, but I just didn't even want to open that other can of worms.

Frankly, I find it fascinating that to a 3-year-old's mind, having colorful Joe O's is more exciting than staying mere blocks away from the nation's Capitol.

Sophie as a newborn

Sophie saw a picture of herself as a newborn with a cap on, just a few minutes old. She asked if she wore the cap when she was in my tummy, too.

Modern Pedagogy?

"Boobie, Boobie" she said, pointing at my chest.

"What?!" I asked.

"That's your boobie. That's my boobie."

"Oh my gosh," I said, somewhere between appalled and amused, "Stop poking at my boobie."

"I learned boobie in school." she told me.