Dancing Queen

Sonya loves to dance! It seems to be her most favorite thing at the moment. I love this picture with a best friend last summer, long before any formal training.

Doesn't she look like a graceful little butterfly 'flitting' about and doing a 'courtesy bow'. My sweet princess...

Ya.....Then come these moments when Sonya thinks she is all alone, no one watching. I would draw your attention to the fashionable footie jammies with high heal look, very "in" this season; add a complimenting head piece and you are a dancing diva! "LESS IS MORE, sweet princess, LESS IS MORE!"

I love this video of Sonya with her friends. Sonya believes the little boy in the video is the love of her life, the famous "King Colin." It seems that he will stop at nothing to impress her, and here illustrates his dancing prowess! I secretly hope they will get married so that I can show this, and similar videos at their wedding!

Happy Valentine's day

So these were actually bloopers from our Christmas photos, but I thought they might be appropriate to share for Valentine's day. The fabulous Ksenia Everton captured our goofy romance perfectly, I think.

Sonya's Talent Search: Part Three

"Carpentry! Yes! With a fast typing dad and a cake baking mom, the saw and hammer should just come naturally!"
"Here I am with my wood-working novice, T."


"Yep, I taught him everything he knows. Good job, my young apprentice!"


"This is where I have to bark (ha) orders at T...you know, to keep him humble. Now focus your attention on the AMAZING feat of architectural genus in front of me! Wouldn't you love to live in this artisic house?"


"We were sooooo proud...."


"...hey, where did my roof go?! Oh........."


"Oh well, the search for the perfect hobby continues..."

Sonya's Talent Search: Part Two

GYMNASTICS!
"Absolutely!" Sonya giggles with delight. "I am tall, lean, flat-chested...and I have the calves of a marble carved Greek goddess! This is it! My calling in life is to be a gymnast!!!"
RUN. check.

JUMP. check. (You've GOT to see my dismount...perfection!)


FLIP. (oh ya!) check.


SWING. check (feel free to notice my perfectly pointed toes...a thing of beauty if I do say so myself).


CONFESSION: I am a FAKE! It's true. My mom was too kind to post my humiliation...I can't skip!!!!! There, I said it! (head bows in shame). Like generations before me (my daddy suffered from the same handicap- he was held back in kindergarden because of it), I have an inability to skip, or walk rhythmically in any way. Coach Erin worked with me individually for 10 minutes; she even picked me up and moved my legs...I just couldn't get it.
Maybe I should try something else....Stay tuned....

Sonya's Talent Search: Part One

ART!
"Yes!" says Sonya. "I will be a fantastic artist. I have the skill, patience, and raw talent. Just watch me create a masterpiece!!!"


"Oooooooo. I am soooo pleased with myself! No doubt this will be hanging in the Louvre by the end of the week!"


[Sonya surveys the table to check out the competition. She stopped at a promising young lad] "Hmmmm. He's good. Too good..."


"What's this!?!? She has the abstract insight of Picasso! And wait a minute! how did she finish so quickly?"


"Who is this guy?" Sonya burst out in desperation, "how do I possibly compete with someone who can throw himself into his art like that?"


"Fine! I give up! This child prodigy is blinding people with her artistic gifts!

Road Trip: Montana

Last week, Grandpa, Sonya, and I took a trip to visit my sisters and Sonya's aunts in Stockett, Montana. It is a small town outside of Great Falls with a population of 10, half of which being my family.
This is 'Auntie Alley-Ooopie'. She and Sonya were instant friends.


Sonya has always loved her Aunt Carly-girl, who spent a whole week with her last year.


This is a picture of all of my dad's girls (only sweet Miah is missing). The boys are a little too goofy to be included in any respectable photograph:-)


Proof: The Boys....

Introducing Bri-Bri and Seany-wanny:-)They are very special. And loved.

a sick little sonya

So cute, right?! I think that one bite of banana before a nap was the only food she ate for five days. We had a princess movie marathon, and went through two bottles of children's Tylenol, and she's all better now!