The L.A. Dime

While we already had the kids’ combo bday party in LA before we moved, we’re going to have a little ice-cream social for Miss Sophie to celebrate her real birthday on Sunday. Here’s what she’s like on the brink of turning 4:

• You are an incredibly big sister! You are always looking to see what Clay is doing, want to help take care of him, make him laugh and tell me when he “has poopoo”; you enjoy having him in your room to play with you and although the sharing of toys isn’t always the easiest, you do involve him in whatever you’re doing
• You have entered the “why” stage! While it sometimes feels a little like you are questioning us about things we tell you to do, or not to do, we think that you’re actually just trying to understand why things need to be a certain way
• You do well with the “5 more minutes” approach – whether that’s getting out of the bath tub, leaving a play date or finishing up something up that you consider fun
• You have done wonderful with this cross-country move from CA to Baldwinsville, NY – we spent a bit of time leading up to the move talking about what was going to happen and what your new life would be like….at first you would just listen but after a few weeks, the questions started….I was worried about leaving your friends behind and while you still periodically ask about them (and your CHA teachers), you are embracing our new neighbors, school and friends with your typical happy-go-lucky smiling face and ask “do you want to play?”
• You wake up asking what our plan for the day is – you absolutely love, love, love school and get annoyed when it’s the weekend; you are always ready for an adventure, doing something new or just being out and about
  • That need for “doing something” can sometimes make it hard for you to play in your room or settle on an activity at home
  • We allow a little TV here and there – your favorites are “Dinosaur Train”, “Dora”, “Sesame Street” and any movie that has Princesses in it
• You still like to play with your Barbies, dolls or wooden animals and will make up stories for them to act out; you’ll often ask us to be one of the characters and it’s always exciting to hear the conversations – many times that’s how we learn what happened at school or events that really had an impact on you
• Your new favorite toy is my old phone – we set it up so you could play music on it and we can often hear you listening to it in your room and dancing around or taking pictures
• You are very confident – you happily walk into a brand-new classroom without fear, sit down next to someone and start playing; you also just had your first all-day play-date without us and the reports back that night were that you were more mature and better behaved than some of the kids 2-3 years older than you
• You have been in the water as much as you can this summer – you’re not swimming yet but as long as your floaties are on, you are good to go….even in the Gulf of Mexico while visiting Nana & Opa

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