Surprise Surprise

This past week has been full of surprises. One day I went to the...ahem...bathroom all by myself. For those of you without young children, this is an extremely rare occurrence. Usually I get about 5 seconds before someone is crying, but on this day I returned to the playroom to find the girls sitting quietly on the floor reading their books. I was shocked! That morning we had a play date with a friend that we haven't seen in a couple of months, and she had a present for Sophie: a hippity hop. It took Sophie a couple of tries, but now she has the hang of it and boy does it wear her out! That same day during nap time, a package arrived at the door. It was a tricycle for Sophie that daddy had gotten with his credit card points (and something that mommy has been wanting for her for a long time but had stopped asking about 2 months ago). Sophie's legs are still a little bit short, but with shoes on and the slight hill on our driveway, she can "ride" it.