Sophy

Egypt. Egypt. Egypt.
What else can we learn about Egypt?
We have every book imaginable for a child (and some that are not) about pharoahs, mummies, hieroglyphs, King Tut, Nephritidi (did I spell that right?), and on more than one occassion she has complained about the fact that no one drives camels anymore, and she has ALWAYS wanted to drive a camel. You name it, she is an expert. The history channel recently had a series about Egypt which we recorded, and she watched it like most girls her age would watch Hannah Montana. As we planned her birthday party (which is coming up in three weeks), she asked me if her birthday cake could be decorated with a "chariot race and brown men wearing white rag underwear" while her napkins and plates could all be "decorated with golden cobras" and maybe, just maybe, could we please find balloons that were "shaped like obelisks and The Great Pyramid." Gee, of course! Because every local party store will be stocked to the gills with those goodies! She recently found that there is a program out that is called the Naked Archeologist. I haven't witnessed this show, but she swears that the "scientist who runs the show" is fully clothed and only travels to these places and discovers new things. We have the Tivo set to record it, but I think I'll check it out before she watches it. You know, just to be sure that everyone has clothes on. I'd possibly be remiss otherwise.
Gymnastics is going good. She has a new coach, and I think she is working good with him. He is a college student at the local U. He really worked her tail off yesterday, and she didn't seem to mind. That is always a good sign! Sophy wants to learn to drive his motorcycle, or so she told him last night at practice. I have not informed her daddy of this.
(Trumpet fanfare)After losing her two front teeth in, what was it....March? April?), we finally see the speck of a front tooth reappearing! We were beginning to suspect that the Tooth Fairy was paying us back for forgetting her payment on one of the nights in question. Whew!