Sofia's rainbowfull

Points to coloring book. "I'm going to call this one rainbowful"

Gnoght rip van winkle, saugarties

Around fire Sofia said "The songs are really peaceful that we're making." Lucia said, very slow and deliberate, "this is a good camping park party."

Declaration sofia

Daddy, when I grow up I don't want to be anything. I want to be everything.

Mystery solved

Mom: who pulled the eye off sparkles?

Lucia: it was a pretend monster.

Sofia: it was YOU my sister

Rainbow brain

Sofia says, Dada, there's a rainbow in your ear, a giant rainbow. It's too big to pull out."

first line of Shakespeare

Last week a book arrived in the mail from David Warne DeGraff called How To Teach Your Children Shakespeare. I took its first suggestion and had Sofia And-Lucia repeat "I know a bank where the wild thyme blows" over and over again until they had it memorized. The line is from Midsummer Night's Dream. Then I showed them pictures of wild thyme online so they would know what they were talking about. Yesterday I took them to the Highline in Chelsea. We were walking along and we noticed thyme growing next to the path. I said, "Look girls, this path we are walking down is like a river and there's wild thyme blowing on the banks." Sofia got excited and said, "Grandpa's book has come alive!"

flower olympics

Sofia: "Hey Dad, can we watch the Olympics?"
Me: "Sure, what sport do you want to watch?"
Sofia: "Picking flowers."