First Dance Class and more!

Sophie started taking dance classes last week (Sept. 18). Initially, she was very shy and did not want to participate. But then...

she realized she could run around, jump, skip and play parachute. Suffice to say, this week's class (Sept, 25, for those of you keeping track)though it involved a minor tantrum, went much more smoothly than last week's

Last weekend was also very busy because Sophie went to temple to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. She then went to a party where she hung out with a lot of her much older friends. She had a good time sitting on a couch, playing with toys or hanging out with her friend, Julia, her sometimes baby-sitter. This all occurred much to the shock of Mommy, Daddy and the other 20 adults at the party.

See below a picture of Sophie being cool. Lately, Sophie has really taken to wearing hair-ties as bracelets and calling herself "pretty" and "princess". She especially feels princess-y whenever she wears skirts and whenever her hair is pulled back. She very much likes it when Gretchen places her hair in "piggy tails" at daycare.

Today was Yom Kippur. Sophie and Daddy celebrated by staying home, going to the zoo and then going to temple to see the children's service. Mommy got stuck at work and then at a class after work. But, she came home in time to hear all sorts of stories about the scary monkeys (she means Mandrells and Gorillas), the nice monkeys (she means the lemurs), and the stinky camels (she means camels...they can get stinky, you know). Apparently, Sophie and Daddy both had a good and Mommy needs to teach Sophie the difference between a monkey and an ape. She supposes Curious George being called a monkey when he is clearly an ape is of no help (he is supposed to be a chimpanzee, right, right???).