Bike Rodeo

Focus, drive, determination... sweat!
Why, oh why do I love this picture so much? Is it because I've seen the "but I don't want to pose" look a hundred times, or because she's so strikingly "American Gothic?"

Click here to see last year's rodeo.

Waiting her turn

Sophie's first cooking show

This is the front of Sun-Sentinel.com today. It's every mother's dream to have her three-year-old sandwiched between Amy Winehouse and Britney Spears, right?


Click here to see the video of Sophie and her friend Zoey making ice cream in a coffee can.
>> UPDATE: Link has expired, no longer works :-(

This is probably my single favorite video I've ever done on company time (for obvious reasons). People at the office are joking (at least I think they're joking) about a Sophie and Zoey cooking show series! What fun.

Pampered princess

Sophie's school held their once-a-summer Spa Day recently.
It was Sophie's first time wearing makeup.

Banana Bread

Sophie: This is the goodest banana bread I ever had.
Mom: Really?
Sophie: Yeah, and you're the bestest cooker in the world.

Water day at school

A Visit from Uncle Tom!

PINK ICE CREAM WITH SPRINKLES

SMOOCH

A LUCKY PENNY

Does it carry toes?

Sophie always wants to know what's inside the trucks we pass while driving around. The cement truck carries cement. The water truck carries water. The trash truck carries trash, etc. So on the way to school we passed a tow truck. I guess it never occurred to me before, but we've never in her lifetime had a reason to need a tow truck, so it was an entirely new concept.
Sophie: What kind of truck is that?
Mom: It's a tow truck.
Sophie: Oh. Does it carry toes?

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Sophie's friend Camille had a tonsillectomy on Wednesday. Last night I told Sophie that I talked to Camille's mom and she is doing well after surgery.
Sophie: Did she get her tonsils out?
Mom: Yes.
Sophie: And did they put new tonsils in?

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Apropos of nothing.
Sophie: One time at school, Gianni was there and he said "poopy butt."

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We were discussing where your heart is inside your chest and I was trying to get her to understand how the ribcage gives your body structure and protects your vital organs.
Sophie: Someday your heart will fall down to your feet when you don't have your ribcage anymore, right?

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This to a perfect stranger at Ryan's graduation party in Minnesota.
Sophie: My boyfriend Andrew gives me slobbery dog kisses.
The next day someone asked her where Andrew kisses her.
Sophie: Anywhere I want.