READ ALL ABOUT IT -- SOPHIA TAKES A WALK!

I'm sorry there are no pictures, but she caught us off guard. I was walking her around holding by one hand, when my finger slipped out of her grasp. She didn't realize it and continued to walk for three steps, stopped and stood there. I steadied her a bit, then she took off for five steps. As I carried her in to see Korri, she was laughing and throwing her head back, knowing she had done something big. Then I put her down and she took five steps towards Korri. After that, she was so excited that any attempt to walk was pretty worthless because her balance was gone. Anyway, it was pretty cool. And Grandma and Grandpa Kinney had just come by and got to see some of it for themselves.

Sidota the chef, helping Korri make some fried zucchini sticks.
Sophia likes to let us know she's about done by playing with the food, many of you have probably experienced this with your kids. She loves to be able to see the food in her bib, then take it out and eat it, or throw it on the floor, at her leisure.
Sid's amazing flying car.
Feeding cookies to goats.

Having a goat try and come through the fence to get more. It only freaked him out for a second. We were impressed.
We tried multiple times, and this was the best group paying attention shot we could get.
On this walk, he tried climbing the fences, and said his longest all-English sentence to date. "Duck birdies in the water all gone."
Today, Sophia thought it would be great to clap with a tomato. Luckily it was green, or it would have been a mess.
Then she moved on to eating it, or trying, they were pretty firm. I think at best she made some teeth marks.

Then an ideal hit her like a lightning bolt from the skies...
...that's right, tomatoes as jewelry. She hadn't figured out how to attach them yet, but most of you will agree that a single tomato, from either ear, look beautiful. She actually had just been wiping the tomato in her hair. She loves to wipe just about anything in her hair. Good to know that we may not have to spend lots on special products when she gets older.
The kids help Korri rinse paint out of a brush she'd been working with.
But obviously they weren't doing things right. You can't tell from the smile on her face, but I'm pretty sure she is about to strike Sidota. Both kids look frozen with fear.
Later, after making up with Korri after the paint brush incident, Sid uses her leg as a launching pad/test track for various vehicles. The most popular was "helicopter upstairs". The red and blue blocks are the helicopter, and he attached the yellow stairs to it. Who would have come up with that, huh? Helicopter with an upstairs---BRILLIANT!