Toddlers and the subject of death

Sofia has 2 inch tall astronauts and a Barbie with a VW bug car. She makes the astronauts stand up and then she runs them over. She has the astronauts yell before they are hit with the car.

She says, "Barbie is mad and is killing the astronauts. Look at her eyes...see her eyes are mad, she is being very bad and is killing those astronauts."

I say, "Well she should get punished, maybe go to jail?"

My daughter agrees. So, I suggest the cabinet. She says she can just be stuck in the car for her jail.

So I respond, "But she can just keep running over the astronauts, how is that a good punishment?"

Her response, "Yes." and then runs over the little men again.

Cinderella

The only times she would wear her costume for Halloween:

1. When she first saw it.
2. For the Halloween parade a daycare. Here are some pics from that day.

Chicken bones are gross?

Well...it has been forever!

A few weeks ago, Larry was taking Evan back to Acton and Sofia went with them. While they were out, I started prepping my chicken legs (thigh and drumsticks) for making raw cat food. When I put the grinder together I noticed a burr preventing the blade from sliding on. So I went downstairs to obtain the metal file. I filed the burr and started grinding the meat and bones.

Larry and Sofia come home and I hear Larry yell. "He stole something!"

I went into the living room and noticed that Koli (one of our new kittens) had stolen a drumstick, while I was in the basement. So, I picked up the kitten and the drumstick and moved him to the bathroom where he could eat it in peace.

After I completed the food, I fed all the cats. The two kittens ate their food in the bathroom. Sofia went to check on them and opened the door. She stood in front of the door and pointed into the room and exclaimed, "What is that?!?"

I looked into the room and asked, "What? The bowls are empty."

She replied, "No, that!" and turned around and slowly walked away. I watched her walk away, her shoulders moving up and down with each gag. She stopped at a chair and placed both hands on the chair and continued to gag.

"Are you alright? Are you going to throw up?" I asked.

With each question, she shook her head, keeping it down, staring at the chair.

"Did you see something gross?" I asked.

She nodded and said, "The bone."

I looked in the bathroom and the clean drumstick bone was on the floor.

It was so funny. How fascinating! Seeing a raw bone is gross to her, an instinctive response!

Oh. I fall down.

Sofia's first dentist appointment

Sofia had her first dentist appointment on Saturday. She did very well and didn't cry at all! She let the dentist brush her teeth and even do a little flossing! She still has 4 more baby teeth to get and she might need braces later on.

Sofia is Brilliant!

This morning as I slipped a white sock onto Sofia's foot. She pointed at the sock and said, "White."

I looked at her and as placed the other sock on her foot, I asked, "What color is this sock?"

"White."

Oh! How exciting she knows a color and is not calling it green, she used to answer green for everything. I showed her, her pink pants and asked, "What color are your pants."

"Pink!"

What a brilliant little girl! But wait, it does not stop there. Downstairs she shows me her block with the letter C and she says, "C". She then rotates the block to show me G and says "G".

WOW!

Videos of Sofia dancing