Baby stroller

Sophia loves being pushed in her baby stroller.  She is getting so big now that she barely fits!  I love how she holds up her feet and arms like she's going really fast.

Daddy's cereal bowl

If Sophia is up early enough in the morning Ben gives her his cereal bowl when he is done with it, so she can drink the last little bit of milk from it.  She sits by him in anticipation and he loves it!

Cars, Helicopters and Fun- Oh my!

 Sophia loves playing with her cars.  She takes them out of the container one at a time, says their name and lines them up.

After the cars are all lined up she puts them back in the container and starts over again.

Sometimes she's nice enough to let Sara play with her.

Sara and Sophia watching Brandon fly his helicopter

Brandon really likes flying his helicopter he got for Christmas from Grandma Esau.

 Ben likes flying his helicopter too, but mostly he likes bugging us with it by seeing how close he can get to our heads.

Sophia ducking daddy's helicopter.

 Sara and Brandon were throwing their rice bags back and forth and Sophia wanted to play too, but the kids just ignored her.

When Sophie finally got a rice bag she would put it on her head and then shake it off.

Cinnamon, chocolate chip pancakes

Older kids may have bigger problems and be more of a headache sometimes, but there are big benefits!  I woke up one morning and Sara was making pancakes all on her own.  She followed the directions on the back of the bag and made cinnamon, chocolate chip pancakes.  They were so good!  When she was done she cleaned everything up like I taught her and it looked like she had never been there.  Perfection!
She LOVES being in the kitchen and can make a lot of things on her own.  She is so talented!

Snow fun

 The kids were still home from school on Christmas break and we got a bit of snow.  I had to get out and shovel it, so I had all the kids come out with me and play.  Sara and Brandon each took a turn pulling Sophie on the sled.  She loved it of course.

 Sara and Sophie sledding down the "hill" in our front yard.

Sophia going down the "hill" on her own

Brandon sledding down the "hill".

Sophia "helping" me shovel the driveway

 Sophia really likes being outside and she stayed out with me the whole time I was shoveling.  In fact she threw a fit when we went inside.

Shoveling the driveway

Sophia's red face right before we went inside to get some hot cocoa.

Sophia loves my laptop

 Whenever I sit down with my computer Sophia runs over and want to see "baby".  She loves looking at all the pictures and watching videos of herself.  I taught her which button to push to change pictures and she always has to do it herself.

Sophia's new baby

 Aunt Tonya sent Sophia this baby for Christmas and she totally loves it!  She carries it around and always brings her to me so I can wrap her up in her blanket.  It came with this potty seat, but Sophie thinks it's for her.

 Kisses.

 Hugs.

 She puts her to sleep and covers her with blankets.  Lots of blankets.

She even put one of her bracelets on her baby.