Christmas Morning Surprise

Hi Santa

Amelia has met the good guy on two occasions this season. If you ask her she will whisper to you what she asked for. Right now Santa is coming in fairly handy for us as a behavior modification tool. He is always watching and the threat of no presents or coal and rocks in a stocking have some effect on her her behavior. But she is growing tired of waiting.

Winter princess

Checking out Santa at coits

New School Pic

Crazy About the Piano

Happy thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

Cooking With Dad

Ask her and she will tell you about this great sauce we made with fresh thyme.

Halloween Night

She ran around frantically on Halloween night with her friend Addison who is 5. Here she is a little scared of the big kids passing her on the left.

Trick or Treat '07

We had lots of fun this year. More pics to follow this week. But first look at how she has grown.




Check out that haircut.


Here she is in '05


And not even 1 year old in '04

Morning drive

Happy Halloween

Pumpkin Patch

Choosing is such a serious matter. Hope you enjoy the annual pumpkin patch photo.

Here are some ones from previous years
2006


2005


2004

What a classic pic (from 10/04).

Bike Riding

She is getting pretty good so we decided to try it together. She is pretty confident - in this picture she even has her eyes closed.

Chocolate

Is She in Maine?

Nope, just out at Lake Hefner in OKC. Sorry for no posts lately. We have been busy.

Turtle

In addition to the large spider featured in a previous post we now have a large turtle in the front yard.

Home Depot

Amelia loves to go to the hardware store. There are so many things to look at. We try and go to the workshops on Saturdays where we get to build things together. So far she had made a mailbox and basketball goal. And you can't even think about walking past the lawn mowers without a test drive.

Braums

We live very close to one and visit about 2Xs a week.

Young Chef's Academy

Amelia went to her cousin Jack's birthday party last weekend at the Young Chef's Academy. Jack is in the center back row of the picture above. She had a great time making a mess and also pizza.

Food with Fish

Amelia loves to eat at North Fork because they have a large aquarium that we spend most of our time looking at.

Amelia "Scooter" Peoples

After her haircut Amelia got to check out T-Dog's scooter.

Alex Visits

Alex and William Oldfield came for a visit this weekend. The singing was great.

Then they dyed their hair to match perfectly.

Driving

Amelia is ready to drive.

Pig Tails

We had been trying for months to get her to wear her hair in pig tails. Once the neighbor girl did it that was all it took.

Admiring her new look in the mirror.

Princesses

Amelia looks a lot like her mom in this pic. It reminds me of a teenage picture of Emma I have seen where she has an asymmetrical haircut.

Bounce-O-Line

Thanks to Auntie Lo for Amelia's new inflatable toy. She calls it her Bounce-O-Line

new pet

Amelia got a new pet this week and named it after Elmo's goldfish.

Big Spider

We have been watching a very large spider outside of our study this summer. She is a harmless garden spider. Last night a large locust got caught in the web. the locust was just a big as the spider

By the next morning the locust was gone and the spider was much much bigger.

Chinese Visitors

The posts may have been a little slow this month. I have been directing and teaching in a summer program for Chinese students at the law school. Emma has been teaching in the program also. Some of our students came over for dinner last night. Amelia had a ball. They were all very interested in her ... and Rufus.

Fun With Glassware

Amelia and I were playing with these plastic wine glasses the other day. In the end the joke was on me because she finally succeeded in breaking the "unbreakable" base off the stem of one glass.

Frontier City Trip

Amelia recently went to Frontier City with TaTa and Papa Larry for a company picnic. As you can see she had a blast.

Flight

Here is the last of our Padre pics. Of course she did great on the plane. She was less nervous than mom & dad

More of the Beach

This could be a promotional photo for South Padre.

She Can Spell

Green Grass

Oklahoma has received record rain fall and the grass is growing like crazy. It makes a good background for my favorite photo subject.