"Sophie's Fish"

We read to Sophie every night before bedtime, and she really likes it. I wish I could share such a tender moment with everyone, but there is never the right time to turn on the camera. Well, I have something close to it. Here's a video clip of Vân reading to Sophie her new favorite book after dinner.

A Perfect Day

Sophie is a pretty mellow child, but she can still wear us out at the end of the day. But a month ago, a strange thing happened. And it must be documented. We wore her out. She fell asleep on the couch as soon as we got home.

The day began with me taking Sophie to Discovery Park for our usual hike. Loop trail, three miles around the park. We had lunch at the beach. Sophie didn't eat much, but she had a lot of fun making burger patties with sand.

Walking with snack in hand

Lunch at beach

Making burger patties with eggs on top - not patty cakes

In the afternoon, we met up with Vân at the SAM (Seattle Art Museum). We took Sophie to the SAM a year ago, and she did not like it at all. So we were a bit worried this time around. But to our surprise, she loved it.

"It's so beautiful. I love it!"

Neon lights

Posing for daddy

"He looks really sad. He needs his mommy."

After visiting the SAM, we decided to go out for sushi. But we had dessert first at Hiroki, on the sidewalk, while waiting for our favorite sushi place Kisaku to open. Coke float, cream puff, then agedashi tofu, sashimi and sushi rolls. It was a perfect day. 

At Hiroki

I want tofu!

  

Pink in Motion

Sophie has turned our bed into a meadow and our pillows giant bouncy mushrooms. And she is a princess jumping on the bouncy mushrooms from one end of the meadow to the other. I have tried many times to capture this with my camera, but I never got it right. Then, I played with some color saturation feature and the shutter speed, and the pictures turned out pretty interesting. Have a look.

Funny Faces

These are the funny faces Sophie learned from school and dance class. They're quite silly.

Blowing Bubbles

Blowing bubbles is a lot harder than it seems. For a while there, it was quite funny seeing Sophie blowing so hard, but no bubbles came out.

I'm going to blow some bubbles. Ready?

Where are the bubbles?