It's a pillow, It's a pet....... It's a pillow pet

Earlier this week Sophia started noticing commercials on TV. I guess she has always noticed them, but this time she was saying mommy I want that. (dang commercials )  After recognizing the pillow pets from Ruby and Larkins birthday party of course she wanted one to. 

I never understood the need for these kinds of toys, the pillow pets, the kids bop cd's where the kids sing songs that their parents listen to, you know the toys that sometimes make you wonder if people really buy them. Of course after I had Sophia it all made sense, watching her jam to the kids songs and craving her own pillow pet.

She does everything with her doggie now. (his name is doggie pillopet, yes all one word ) She watches movies with him, has tea parties with him, and even sleeps on him when it's bedtime. It's her new best friend, and really great to watch.

She sat still for this??

Caught in the act.

Had to snap this after seeing her sneak into my fabric area. The camera flashed just at the right time to catcher her OH NO I'm caught look. Hopefully soon we will have a separate room for all of this crafty stuff.

Sophia's Art

The best part about school on my side besides seeing how happy she is playing with other children. Is the beautiful artwork she brings home. We have decided to frame them and hang them up in her room and she loves seeing them before bed. To her they are like awards.

The bad part about school is sick kids. Sophia was diagnosed with croup yesterday at the doctors. She had a horse like cough and was miserable, couldn't sleep, barely was eating yesterday. The doctor gave her a steroid that at first sounded scary but when explained it would do no harm at all to her just stop the coup from getting worse.

Today is better, not perfect, but better. I really hope she gets back to her spunky self again soon. As a mother it's very hard to see your child in so much discomfort.

The Selvage queen

The Selvage queen, originally uploaded by sewfantastic2009.

Sophia loves her some fabric scraps. This was a day that they actually stayed in a pretty neat pile. Usually they are strung around the house in a matter no one quite understands.

Sometimes she takes the really long pieces and tries to get the cat to chase her, it usually works as she giggles all the way down the hall trying to keep the cat from getting her string. It's just routine now that when I cut fabric, I throw a little piece down where she sites so that she can enjoy the piece just as much as I do. I think I have a future fabric junkie in my midst.

Pink Worms

Sophia recently has discovered playdough, and although I swore I would never give her any. I kind of got suckered into it after her teacher at school let her make a mess with some. That was the end, she now knows how fun it is to mush that goey stuff between her fingers. I guess whatever makes her happy, makes me happy. And playdough makes her very HAPPY!

Gettin Dirty

Building something?, originally uploaded by sewfantastic2009.

I did it... I broke down and let Sophie go out and play. Not just play, but get dirty! She collected rocks and sticks, acorns and grass, all kids of things to add to her wheelbarrow.

It wasn't until she stood up and mommy just had to say, oh my look how dirty you are. She looked down at herself and began to cry. She hates being dirty so hopefully this will help break her of the fact that it will happen sometimes. When it does it's so much fun to.

Growing way to fast

These were taken on my phone on two seperate occasions.

Sophia is growing to fast. We just moved her into 24 months clothing, although she doesnt really fit into them that well yet she is to tall for the 18. Today we had luch together, just Sophie and mom. This was the first time that she didnt need me to peel the skin off of her grapes. It made me so sad, yet proud of her at the same time.

She has started learning her ABC's and 123's. We finally got her to eat normal food as well. Me and Dad removed all sugar snacks from the house on January first, in an effort to eat more healthy. Sophie is just fine with the nilla cookies thats the closest we get to cookies for now. All in all she really amazes me everyday, and I hope that I can keep up long enough to at least post about it for that day when she is older. That day when I read this blog and remember what a great kid she was, and is.

Caught!!

Ha! isn't this great. I love the little "o" Face. Boy she sure is a sneaky one, I had just bought these containers with locking lids not an hour before this happened. Looks like they are not child proof are they.

I have some photo's put into the wrong folders, somehow they all got mixed up. I do plan on catching up the blog though. Promise Grandma!!

Yesterday we made purse together. Sophie needed something in "her size" Wanna see what she puts it in when we go to the store.....


Isn't that cute. Her "Goggies" "Binki" and bracelets. She even tried to stuff a puppet in there, but it wouldn't fit.

New bed arrived

Our new memory foam bed arrived today. Me and daddy were having some serious back issues. After getting it out of the wrapping and putting aside the old sleep number bed pieces. We had a new bed! Yay. As you can see Sophie just wanted to play with the old one.

Feeding time

Isn't it funny how motherly instincts rub off onto your little ones. She made my heart melt feeding her little doggie his bottle.

Brusha brusha

Sophie just loves to brush her teeth, I am glad to that it's fun for her now and I hope it stays that way. When I was a kid it was such a chore. I am glad to see her Independence shine through.

New puddle Stompers

After buying these, I told her exactly what they were for. Stomping in puddles without wet feet. With the tags still on we get out of the car, she puts one boot in each hand and starts stomping in a puddle with her white sneakers.

Needless to say she was very unhappy with the wet feet, as Mommy forgot to tell her that she had to put them on her feet first.

Day at Sip n Play

Our visit to cafe Sip n Play. This place is really growing on the both of us. It gives Sophia time to play with other kids, and me time to relax for a few minutes. That is only until she decides she doesn't want to share something.

Check out this funny sign they put up this week at the cafe to. I almost died, to funny.

Gotta love girls

Put the book in.....

Close up the bag........


And off we go. Gotta love little girls, it's like they are born knowing all the things it means to be girly. Sophia love to carry anything with handles. She is not quite 2 years old and already owns 3 purses...... and now a bag!

Smoothie time

Me and Sophie walked up to the frozen yogurt place up the street to have there famous strawberry banana smoothie. Although it took her a minute to figure it out, and of course we dropped the first one breaking the Styrofoam cup. She eventually got a taste and that was the end of the questioning. She loved it.

Fish Kisses

Almost Daily me and Sophia take a walk around the campus and check the mail. One of the Koi fish has taken a liking to her I think. Every time we visit now the biggest fish in the pond comes up to the surface, and gives her kisses. I almost got the shot to can you see?

My little sewing mama

Today Sophia got up in my sewing chair all by herself for the first time. She loves to sit there and point at all the buttons. She has also shown a love for fabric already, which I love. She really loves the animal prints, and always sounds like she is making stories with them. She makes the animals on the fabrics talk to each other and play together. It's really fun. She has such a great imagination already.

Our Puzzle Table

Look what we picked up at Ikea today. I posted about it here on my other blog as well. Sophia just loves it, and her puzzles fit just perfectly. What a great buy.

Squirrel Fun :: Collecting

Sophia just loves to play with the squirrels, and good for her that we have tons of them around our house. Some of the neighbors leave peanuts out for them. For the last 4 days now all she wants to do is play in the backyard. Not with her kickball as usual either. She just wants to collect the acorns for the squirrels.