Sophia, the One and Only

Sophia loves pictures of herself, so it makes it extremely easy to make today's post!

This is Sophia's shadow.  I'm including it in her post simply because it's a pretty neat picture.  Plus, you hardly ever see her without it!

This is Sophia.  Complete with a "of course I don't know you're taking my picture!" smile.  Sophia's favorite activities include reading, playing with her siblings, and doing basically anything else her older sisters do.  She's a very outgoing person, always able to make a new friend.

Here's Sophia with the music harp on the couch.  She plays a little bit of piano (she's still learning), music harp, and hopes to play the real harp one day.

 That's about it when it comes to Sophia.  Based on her photogenic behavior (constantly getting in the way of the lens!), I'm sure that this isn't the last post about her!

(Energetic) Emily

Emily's one of the two family drama queens (Sophia, the other one, will be introduced next week.).  She is also Samuel's hero.  She's probably the most bouncy, happy child I've ever seen—almost always wearing a smile on her little face.  Right now she's seven years old, and she's been learning to read at an amazingly fast pace over the last six months.

This is Emily's "excited" look.  She gets that look on her face, either folds or claps her hands, and starts jumping up and down if she's watching a suspenseful movie, or, in this case, her older sister playing a computer game. 

I think that one thing we'd all miss seeing without Emily is the joy that she inspires.  She's so happy and joyful that it's hard not smile at her, even if you're having a bad day.  And the silliness that goes along with joy at her age just makes it even harder not to smile!

And that's about it... Emily at her best.