She really said it.

Sophie:  "I've never burped before."
Me:  "Sure you have."
Sophie:  "No I haven't.  You have though."
Me:  "Yes, I know.  Lot's of times.  Sorry about that."
Sophie:  "Not lots of times, mom.  Just twice.  Me and Emma."
Me:  "Oh."

Heart Hands

Sophie drew this picture for me today.  She said the hands are above the head in the shape of a heart.  She likes to make a heart with her hands when she says she loves you.  Sometimes she spells it.  "s-o-p-h-i-e l-o-v-e-s m-o-m".  It's pretty much the cutest thing ever, no matter how she says it.  She usually follows it with a hug.  Love that.

Crazy Pajama Day

I think the preschool is in cahoots with the elementary school.  Sophie had pajama day at her school - she was so excited that she didn't have to get dressed this morning - it's a little scary just how excited she was too.  But, she had a really fun day today and even got to have a little pancake breakfast for snack.  She is still in her pajamas and intends to wear them for the rest of the day.  Ummm...
Emma had crazy hair day today.  It was a last minute thing for us to come up with her hair style this morning and we couldn't get the heart to stand up.  Still, it was cute and she loves it.  When we got to her class this morning, there were several kids without crazy hair and I found myself helping the teacher put pipecleaner spirals on top of little girl heads and sproinging out the ears of little boy heads.  At the end of it all - there was some crazy hair in that room. 

Tonight is family dance night at Emma's school.  She wants to go.  So, Andy and I will be taking a pajama wearing monkey and a heart-headed who out for some dancing fun.
a little side note:  On our way home from preschool today, Sophie was pulling stuff out of her backpack and noticed that everything said Sophie on it.  "Mom, this stuff all says Sophie, but I'm Sophia".  Me:  "No, you're Sophie.  You have always been Sophie".  Sophie:  "No mom, I'm Sophia".  Me: "You are?  Since when?"  Sophie:  "A few days ago, when I decided to change to Sophia.  So, all of this is wrong.  Can you fix it when we get home?"  Me:  "Um, no."

Sophie said...

Tonight the girls asked if they could go to bed, before 7:30pm.  Well, of course!
So, we headed up for story time and Emma read her bookbag book from school first.  It was about a hen that tells the other animals the sky is falling.  As we neared the end of the story, Sophie asked if it was the sky sky - you know, the one up there (she points up).  I said yes and she asked me if that meant that the ground was going to turn blue.  I love it.  I can't remember what I told her though...

Being 3

Last night I asked Sophie what she liked most about being three. She said that the best part is that she can fit in small places. I asked her what was most exciting about turning four. She said the best thing is that she can go places by herself. Hmmm! Not sure about that one dear. Oh, I asked her what her favorite thing to do is (for her preschool homework assignment) and she said her favorite thing to do is playing with her sister. Love that.
Sophie turns four tomorrow and I almost feel like we are letting her down. She asked to have a day at the zoo on her birthday instead of a party. The weather is not going to cooperate so we went to the zoo on Sunday. She knows we went for her birthday, and we are still going to do something (the climbing gym) tomorrow. But, now she is asking about a birthday party. When we walked through Willamette National Cemetary yesterday, she brought it up again and even asked about a party in the cemetary (somehow she thinks this would be fun). Hopefully, we can give her a fun day tomorrow in spite of the rain and she will forget the party thing.
ps - I finished Sophie's birthday dress last night. I will post a photo soon. I don't think she will get to wear it on her birthday though. :(

Sophie says...

We are watching the new Discovery Channel series "Life". There is a cheetah. This led Sophie to say...
"I like cheetahs. Not the animal cheetahs, but the food cheetahs. We have them at school sometimes."
She is amazing. I hope she never stops making us laugh.

I need to add this link, a photographer from the Oregonian newspaper was at the Tulip Festival yesterday and he had fun watching and photographing our girls!

Note: This was my 300th post and I didn't even realize it at the time. 300 posts about the girls, family, sewing and knitting and other nonsense too. I'm glad that this silly Sophie moment was the subject of the 300th. Back for more soon!

Actually!

Miss Sophie started trying milk last week.

Little sips here and there, asking for it when she hears Emma ask.

Tonight, she asked for some milk when Emma did.

She started taking sips, and loved showing off her milk mouth.

I asked her to save one for me, for a picture of course.

After I took the pictures, I commented to Sophie that she is getting to be such a big girl.

Her response (it's priceless):

"Well, actually I'm about to grow bigger." - then she took another sip of her milk.

stars of the show

Emma and Sophie usually play together really well.
They like to pretend a lot - going to the roller rink, playing mom and dad, going on trips around the world (Emma and the neighbor boy rode their bikes to Italy over the weekend), ice skating on sheets of paper, swimming in the living room, birthdays are celebrated daily. One thing is pretty constant though. Who they are.
Emma is always called "Miss Curslyn" and Sophie is always called "Daddy Phim". Always.
Sadly, Andy and I are referred to as grandma and grandpa a bit too often...

they say the darnest things...

Last night at dinner...
Sophie: "Mom, you are scrumptious today."

Sophie says...

This was heard by me from Sophie. It was on Saturday night as we were getting her books for bedtime. This is what she said...
"Daddy put hookers in my bedroom today."
There is not a typo in that sentence. That is what she said.
So, what you need to know is that Andy hung a little board that has three little coat hooks on her wall. It is for hanging her dressup clothes. It has nothing to do with hookers.

"Where does Barack Obama live?"

That's what Sophie asked me this morning on our way back up the hill after dropping Emma off to preschool. We weren't talking about him, the radio wasn't talking about him. She just said it. I immediately started telling her all about Washington D.C., and the White House but I think I lost her. She didn't ask any follow-up questions. I'm still impressed.

What do you want for Christmas, Sophie?

I want an elephant.
...and a giraffe and a hyena. (I think we need to stop reading "Goodnight Gorilla".)
Oh, really?
Yeah, and the elephant should be real big.
How big?
This big (it's bigger than she is).
Who is going to feed it?
I am.
What will you feed it?
Sausage. That's what I will feed it. Sausage.

She sews...

Emma has started sewing a felt butterfly with big chunky yarn and a huge plastic needle. The butterfly already has holes in it, comes with a little stuffing and when she is done, there are sequins to glue on for added beauty. She enjoys it in small spurts - mostly showing interest anytime I sit down to knit for a few minutes. It's good.

Here is a little Sophie - Emma conversation I listened to this morning while eating my breakfast.

Emma: Come here Sophie. Do you want to pick out a doll?

Sophie: I already have a doll.

Emma: Yeah, but this is a new one. Don't you want a new one Sophie?

Sophie: I don't want that one (pointing at a doll in the catalog).

Emma: Well, what about this one, or this one?

Sophie: I like that one.

Emma: That one is for big girls like me. How about this one, or how about the baldy over here?

Sophie: I don't want the baldy Emma.

Sophie says...

Sophie: "Why did the pig have a car?"

Andy: "I don't know, why?"

Sophie: "Because it's funny!!!"

Emma: "I don't know about that."

My family just has the funniest sense of humor. I love it.

This line of joking went on through the entire meal last night.

We have had a busy week - you may notice there have not been any updates. We had our neighbors (and the boys) over for dinner Tuesday night and yesterday Sophie had a playdate in the morning while my friend translated some Japanese sewing patterns for me, then we had a playdate with Emma's friend Mika after school and Sophie had her first OT appointment in six weeks. It made for a long day and the girls looked wiped out by the time Andy came home. They each had two bowls of cereal for dinner. It just seemed right...

Now that the Japanese patterns are cleared to me I am hard at work on what should be the cutest skirt ever for Emma - or a really sad disappointment but I think it will be the first option. I will have some pictures on a few things soon. We have just been busy though...

Update

I keep forgetting that I can't call Sophie "honey" anymore, and she keeps reminding me. She is very adamant that she be called "sweetheart" now.

Sophie-isms

Me: Sophie, the car is this way honey.
Sophie: Don't call me honey, mom.
Me: Don't call you honey? What can I call you then?
Sophie: Sweetheart.

You should know that Sophie was very serious and matter-of-fact during this whole conversation. She later acknowledged that "sweety" would be okay as well. She has since caught me calling her "honey" about five more times.

She talks...

Emma: "Sophie, do you want to see my unicorn picture?"
Sophie: "Yeah, I'd love to."

What? Are you kidding me? I swear she says the cutest stuff.

(Oh, and she didn't just say it, she said it with the cutest little voice and the most sincerity that could be mustered up by a two year old.)