an afternoon with a toddler

kevin and i spent last saturday babysitting my-slash-our niece sophia. basically the night consisted of kevin teaching sophia how to play soccer and me teaching her how to do the hokie-pokie. i overloaded her with festive renditions of "bringing home a baby bumble bee" and going over her letters, words (focusing on my name, of course!). she is absolutely obsessed with kevin. when he's around, she wants nothing to do with anyone else. kevin says it's because he never says no or makes her do anything she doesn't want to. he says it's because he's mysterious. :) for whatever reason, she loves him and he loves her just as much. it melts my heart to watch them interact. kevin is really good with kids. one day, it'll be the same with our little rugrat or two. here are a few photos from the adventure with our favorite 19 month old. sorry if they are blurry. 2 reasons: 1)not so great camera and 2)sometimes blurry is the only way to catch her little smiles and smirks.

note: the photo of her standing with her back to the camera is the one time she was put in time out. sometimes that little angel gets rather violent. auntie katie and the rest of the family are trying to nip that fun habit asap. in her timeouts, lindsi and jeff make sophia put her nose the wall. although it's not funny, it is pretty cute! also, in one of the other photos she's standing by the toilet. she was so proud to show me that she knows how to flush. oooh, the little things in life!