8/26/12

Houston's Downtown Aquarium

We recently visited Houston's Downtown Aquarium. It was A LOT smaller than we expected, but still a nice, air-conditioned way to spend the afternoon. They had a lot to offer, besides the usual tanks. 
Jellies!












Sparkly!













 They also had a touch pool with a viewing dome, that Sophie enjoyed.










And albeit a bit randomly, a (beautiful) white tiger lives there as well.



Outside, they had a train that went through a shark tunnel, and a few kiddie rides. Sophie picked the ferris wheel. I thought her pink dress and blue eyes were striking against the turquoise, so I apologize for the amount of pictures. This girl is too pretty! I have no idea what she was talking about, but her face in the last one makes me laugh!









8/24/12

Drawing fun

Sophie has taken to drawing and writing words completely from memory.
Here are her latest.

8/1/12

Sophie-isms

So, as 3 1/2-year-olds go, they can say some pretty cute things. Here is a round up of Sophie-isms that are too cute not to share.

1. The other day, we went to see KOOZA and we usually get cotton candy as a treat. "Mommy I would LOVE some cotton candy. It would be glory on my tongue."
2. "Hellocopter" instead of helicopter.
3. "Pinknic" instead of picnic.
4. "Pointytail" instead of ponytail.
5. When she steps on your toes or something, she likes to say "sorry, sorry, sorry."
6. When watching or reading Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin is actually "Christmaser Robin."
7. She pretty much never, ever stops talking.  At the end of her rants, she usually trails off with "kinda, but I don't, but I do..."
8. Grilled cheese sandwiches (her favorite) are "girl cheese."
9. She calls Chuck E Cheeses "the mouse store" (in which, she has never been) and McDonalds is "Old MacDonalds".
10. A walrus is actually a "rawlrus."
11. Sophie calls the hotel we are in (in Houston) a "holetel." We don't correct her, as this is a quite accurate depiction of our lodging.
12. She calls napkins "mackins."
13. When she sings "Old MacDonald" she says "Everydere a moo moo" (usually at the top of her lungs).
14. She tells us that things are "unasseptable" when they are unacceptable.
15. "Why are you THINK you're doing?!"
16. When she's thirsty, she says that her "throat is asking for more water."
17. When she's tired, she has "a sleepy head."
18. Instead of someone supposed to do something, they are "oppost" to do it and "it's a good thing to do."
19. If the road is bumpy, it's "a really bumpy way!"
20. When she wants us to buy her something, she asks if we can "bring dat, please?"

And our absolute favorite thing she says EVER:
When she doesn't want us to leave (usually after tucking her in to bed), she tells us, "I want to keep you."

We want to keep you too, Sophie-belle!