Apple Spider and other things

Pensacola, Florida
Thanksgiving 2010

We tried to feed the pigeons twice during our trip. The first time was warm and the birds were excited to have us visit their roost. The second time was very cold, and Matt had to coax the birds over from some rooftops for some bread! We suspect they had already had a good many visitors. So the second time we mainly fed the seagulls.

Sophia calls apple cider "apple spider". She's also talking A LOT. Currently her favorite movies are High School Musical 3 (by far the preferred movie) and Shrek. Whenever I start singing along with the music, Sophia demands, "Mommy! Don't sing!" I'm not sure if it's my voice or her desire for center stage that's the problem there... She knows the words to most of the songs. I try to catch her on video, but she always discovers me. I'll keep trying though cuz it's a hoot.

To catch up, we've experienced a lot of snow this season: Atlanta for Christmas Day, driving to Massachusetts, Massachusetts sledding, and Atlanta for three full snow days the week of our return. I love it, but wish it hadn't gotten so icy so quickly here in the ATL. No fun for games, though that didn't stop Sophia from using her child-size snow shovel acquired in the Chusetts! Thus I have squeezed Sophia into her snow pants from last year twice now. She's a good sport since they are size 18-24 mo. while Sophie wears 3T. But man it's funny. She also did very well on our long drives to and from Massachusetts. (Which, by the way, she has decided is her middle name.) We saw the most beautiful scenery on the way up through North Carolina and Virginia and tried to check out the Blue Ridge Parkway, but that was closed due to all the snow. I hope we can explore it another time soon. It was refreshing to drive through the mountains.

A beautiful outing to Piedmont Park in November!

Sophie is at the height of indecision in her little life. We have the occasional melt-downs over little things that she can't decide upon: "Want chocolate milk!" Me: "Okay." Her: "No! Don't want chocolate milk!" Me: "You just said you wanted it." Her: crying. But overall she is a very happy, fun little girl. She laughs and plays and hugs and skips and plants with zeal. Enjoy these little vignettes!

Here Sophia is cleaning up after us. She started lining up these little pots without any prompting from Mommy! One of her quirks. I'm sure not at all like her mother.