Also Soph is turning into a big kid now. Well, not really. My dear friend Mark always used to say about his little girls that if you asked them "Who's big?" and they say "I am!" then they are technically still small. From that test Soph is still little (phew!) but a few things over the past week make me realize how fun and funny - and real! - it is she is growing so fast.
- We were shopping this week and it had been quite a long day. Soph was sitting in the front of a shopping cart with her head resting on her arms when she stopped a woman walking past her and said "'Scuse me sir, you do a favour?" The woman said, yes, and Soph replied "You come a sweep this floor and sweep all this floor?" The woman responded that Soph would need to find someone in a uniform to do so. The woman seemd puzzled and slightly amused. I thought it was hysterical.
- Today at church someone wanted to say hello to her so she obligingly gave them a hug and then she said. "I have a father and a mummy. My father is Wade. My mamma name Je-ana. I a big sister. I two and a half." Yep, apparently she has been gathering intel on us and she is ready to spill.
- She has a dress-up mousie which this week she decided to name "Gumdrop." Considering the fact that everything else that has come into the house in the last 2 months has inexplicably been dubbed "Nina", I found the sudden burst of originality a thrill.
- Yesterday we went swimming in the pool and she was just so cool. She floated with Uncle Mat's water wings on and "swam" so well (with me hanging on, of course, but there was head back, kicking action!). Afterwards we went to Dairy Queen and she ate her first Dilly Bar. I have very strong Dilly Bar childhood memories from the DQ in Rutland, and it was fun to watch her discovery. "Mama it has a stick, for licking." "It has a belly button!".
- We stood and looked for an extended period of time at Thomas the Train stuff in a toy shop window and talked about the different trains and sets. It felt like a very big kid thing to do. She ran all down the street afterwards singing and talking about the Percy the engine with the lights and sounds. Don't tell her, but we already bought it for her. It's the present that the baby is going to "give her" when he/she is born. That should buy some credit in bigsisterland for the little gaffer for sure.
So she is doing great, and seems to be as ready for a new baby as you get when you're 2, still, keep her in your thoughts and prayers in the next couple weeks for the big transition, okay? Thanks fans, love you and love it when you leave us a comment too..
Sandra, Sophia and I showing off our supper last week. Yes, she also wants to sit in a "big girl chair" now too....
