All grown up...

When I look at this picture it makes me feel like I have an almost 2 year old little, girl who is turning 12 years old next month.

Most everyone is aware of Sofia's baby fascination, when we see a stroller Sofia must look inside to see if there is a cozy, little, newborn in need of her attention. At the park, she doesn't often run to the swings or slide, she first scopes out the park for the strollers and/or bottle-feeding/breast-feeding babies. So, imagine Sofia's enthusiasm today when at the park she spied a mom's group meeting with approximately ten, three month old babies. Sofia was in awe. She ran to the mommies. She squealed with delight. Then she picked the smallest baby to kneel next to and exclaimed, with a deafening screech..."HI BABY". She then stole another baby's rattle to give to her new small friend. What a fun day.

Painting

I finally purchased Sofia's little table with chairs and it has become her art work station. She has been having fun experimenting with markers, crayons and paint. Often I will sit down and draw while she paints, I enjoy this activity more than most others. (Though...stuffed animal tea party is a lot of fun!) She holds her brush well and knows to dip it in the water before adding paint...next we will buy clay!