Hilarity

She built that Lincoln Log house all by herself!  

Look at that hair!

I cannot keep up with my children.  Sophie's imagination and wit baffle me.  Cameron's quick development and curiosity surprise me. This week, I have done a good job of documenting Sophie's hilarious comments.  I have done a terrible job of documenting the kiddos with photographs, so cell phone images will have to do!  Quite honestly, in the time it would take me to track down the camera, Cameron would have found some sharp object or wedged himself behind the piano.  I am fairly confident that he understands the following sentences: "Cameron, no.  Cameron, you can't go in there.  Cameron, you need to let go of that. Nope, Cam, I'm sorry but you're not allowed to do that."

Please note that he had started pulling out wine bottles....in 3 years, Sophie hasn't tried that even one time...

Causing trouble by "eating" Sophie's felt lamb for her felt board

 Cameron has become much more vocal this week. I'm hearing a lot of "Mum mum mum mum" which is clearly a tribute to me.  He also has been saying "oooooo" and purses his lips in this adorable way.  I honestly think that it's the beginning of saying his sister's name...we will see.  Either way, he is learning and growing so quickly.

He is so proud of himself every time he pulls himself up to stand!

They're taking over every room of our home. 

 Sophie, in her own words:

"I didn't want to ride the bikes at school today because I didn't want to wear a helmet.  Helmets don't make me feel free."

"Mommy! You bought tulips!  Thank you for buying tulips.  I have been wondering for so long when they would show up again."

"I can't stop screaming cuz I'm practicing for my screaming career."

(when asked nicely to stop playing the piano because Cam was trying to nap) "No, I have to play the piano right now cuz it's soothing my brain."

"No, I didn't hit Louie (the cat).  I wasn't hitting. I was just bouncing my hand on him."

"Do you want to know a funny phrase? 'It's a sunny day in Paris.' That's a funny phrase" (obviously, she meant "it's a sunny day in paradise"....)

Again, he caused trouble because those books were in a pile and he knocked them over.

 Barnes and Noble is one of Sophie's favorite field trips.  I usually have to bribe her to leave the store; she looks and touches everything, pulling out books, sitting on the floor, and "reading" them to herself.  But, Sophie is very intentional about putting the books back in the exact same spot in the shelves.  Sophie is a bookseller's dream child, because she doesn't like chaos or disorder.  She even spots books that are in the wrong sections, and she will remedy that problem.  Cameron's curiosity often conflicts with Sophie's organization, structure, and control. Now that baby brother is on the move, he "screws up" everything at our house...but this week, Cameron crossed the line when he entered Barnes and Noble, her turf. I allowed Cam to crawl around and pull out books, but I was diligent about ensuring two things: 1. that he didn't put any books in his mouth and 2. that I reshelved the books once he had moved on.  All of a sudden, Sophie came up to me and said, "Let's get out of here."  When I asked why she was ready to leave so soon, she replied, "Because Cameron is embarassing me.  Look what he is doing."  Sister was mortified about his behavior at the bookstore.  Hilarious.

Love these two!

1. After this photo, Cam stood up and with two swoops of the hand, he terrorized the dollhouse.
2.  That is chocolate above Sophie's lips, not a beauty mark.

Sophie doesn't need any toys.  All she needs is a scenario and a willing participant to pretend with her.  Hours and hours are spent as she tells detailed and complex stories. And they all start the same way..."Let's pretend...."

"Let's pretend Frosty is in my heart and you're Frosty and it's cold inside my heart so you hear my teeth chattering."

"Let's pretend that Pegasus got old wings from a pterodactyl that is sharing. The wings got sucked into his bones.  And I'm Pegasus and I got born at the North Pole in snow so now I'm magic.  And I eat glitter to make me fly."

"Let's pretend that I'm the chef and you're at my restaurant and it's called 'Fork' cuz there's lots of forks in here.  Haha, that's funny.  And let's pretend that next door is my other restaurant called spoons.  Do you need me to tell you why it's called spoons, mommy?"  

He couldn't understand why sister needed privacy in there. 

"Get me away from this crazy girl! She isn't as sweet as you think!!"

Other items of note this week:  Doug was in Atlanta for work and he was able to attend the Seahawks-Ravens game.  Sophie and I watched the game from our house, and obviously saw the Seahawks lose.  Afterward, Sophie told Doug on the phone, "Our Seahawks lost daddy. Did they win where you were?"

Sophie visited the dentist this week.  To bribe her, I told her that we could get a chocolate cupcake afterward.  She was overjoyed.  But then, I added that we could only get the sugary cupcake if she didn't tell her dentist that I was taking her there.  Mother of the Year.