Friday, August 17, 2012

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Monday, June 25, 2012

Mythologizing

Sophie found a funky looking kernel in her popcorn that she decided was a "virus seed". There was some elaborate mythology around a wolf that was supposed to eat all the virus seeds, but died before he could eat all of them. Mary said that this all sounded pretty scary, and was Sophie worried about nightmares? This was her reply:
 

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Musical revue

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Monday, May 14, 2012

Sportsmanship

Sophie's reached that hyper-competitive age where everything's a race or a contest. On the bright side, that means we can get her dressed more easily in the morning by telling her that if she doesn't get dressed quickly, Owen is going to 'win'.  On the dark side, we've had to have some talks about gloating and teasing when she does win.

So yesterday she got right in Owen's face and said, "You lose, I win, you lose! Good game." And then put her hand out for a high five.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Narrating