Barbies, ballerinas, dresses, oh my!

If there was any doubt that Sophie is a girl, this photo proves otherwise. Sophie's Barbies (named Ballerina, Ballerina Lucille, and Fairy Princess, respectively) have a place of honour in the big bed. I don't understand how kids can sleep with hard plastic toys, but apparently they are a necessity. Sophie is also starting to do a lot of play-acting, which involves Michael and I being princesses or riding invisible horses in our cowboy hats. To balance this out, Sophie still loves to get Michael to lie on the floor so she can jump on his belly and do amazing feats of acrobatics...maybe we should have had kids earlier; our backs are killing us!

HAPPY HALLOWE'EN

Although Sophie's had two Hallowe'en before, we feel this was Sophie's first Hallowe'en. She got excited about dressing up ahead of time, she chose her costume (made by Michelle) and after a couple houses, she really got into trick-or-treating. It's so nice to be in a house this year, and in a great neighbourhood where we can go out, see everyone's scary decor, and meet our neighbours. We made a quick pit-stop at Opa's for trick-or-treat, then finished the evening with hot chocolate at Starbucks. Sophie still talks about how she was Yoda and Daddy was Luke Skywalker.