Parent of the Year<--Right Here!

That's right. I have officially thrown my name into the ring to be 2010's Parent of the Year. Why? Well because I am the best or the best.

Point and case: Last night. Since Sophie ate a good dinner and we were playing outside at her sand and water table until bath time, I let her have a Fruit Chiller's popsicle thing. Well, she can't really push it up on her own so like a good mom I push the popsicle up for her.

At one point, while pushing the popsicle to the top, a big old glob of it fell on to the deck. Sophie just stared at it for a full minute. Then looked at me with an expression of "Why the hell did you do that, Mom?". I just stared back, waiting to she what she would do. Finally, Sophie squats down and begins picking up the chunks of popsicle (already beginning to melt) and shoving it into her mouth as fast as she could. Believe me when I say she picked up absolutely as much of that popsicle she could. I think if she knew how, she would have licked the juice off the deck as well.

She then topped the popsicle off with a big helping of sand. I just watched. Hey, if she likes sand who am I to question her.