Gingerbread House

Just before Christmas we made this gingerbread house as a family. Amelia did a great job with the candy on the roof, Mom made the candy walkway, and Dad did the major construction. Amelia is also practicing her model pose for you here.

Christmas Dinner

We had a traditional English Christmas dinner this year. Amelia enjoyed the crackers with paper crowns. Dad's Yorkshire Puddings got the thumbs up from Mom (I was nervous).

Christmas Tee

Thanks Auntie Steff

Little Photographer

Papa AV gave Amelia her very own camera for Christmas. These were some of the first pictures she took.

This photographer is glad to turn over the photo blogging for a while to Amelia.

Christmas Morning 2008

I think Santa did pretty good this year.

French Girl Christmas

This candy cane is so good.

Christmas Pageant 2008

This year her class sang the 12 days of Christmas. You will see her third from the left as three french hens. I edited the video to spare you all 12 of her adorable classmates. At this point in the song she is getting a little bossy and quickly reminds her friends of their parts.

Learning to Wii

Amelia's favorite Wii game is boxing. She has a pounding body blow style. Watch out - she will knock you out.

Uncle Mike

Amelia was so excited to see her Uncle Mike and Auntie Lynn in Santa Fe. She got some sculpting lessons at Mike's studio and even took home some clay and an armature.

Santa Clause - A Reprisal

Meeting our old friend Santa in 2008. I thought I would review some of her past meetings below. The video is my favorite. How can you not love that innocence.

Childrens Museum - Santa Fe

Having a great time at the bubble table

Thanksgiving Greetings from Santa Fe

My Favorite Santa Fe Girls

Open Ballet Day 2008

Thank you for watching - here is my curtsey.

Horse Riding at Orr Farm

Carousel Ride

Amelia rode next to Daniel on his first carousel ride. Note the pink horse that she picked out.

Archie's Party

Archie turned 2 this weekend and Amelia had a great time at the Orr Farm party.

Garden Girl

Fresh carrots taste great.

Amelia's Election Recap

Making Our Choice

Happy Halloween

Fishing Trip # 2

Amelia and I had more success at the pond fishing with her Barbie pole. This time we caught a little sun perch. She said this fish was the little sister of the fish we caught last week.

First Game Day

Amelia experienced her first OU game day last weekend. Here she is at our home base for the weekend. Our friends Kim and Pam have an RV and we parked with all the other fans for the weekend at the Sooner Village at Lloyd Noble.


Here she is checking out some of the decorations at the other RVs.


We ventured out on campus to explore. She liked all the flowers.


We explored some of buildings and fountains on campus. She asked about the library so I took her in to see one of my favorite spots - the great reading room in Bizzell. She was a little disappointed to find out that there weren't any pictures in the dissertations but she had to sit down for a while and check one out.

Kings of Leon Fan

Amelia's favorite "daddy" song is Taper Jean Girl by Kings of Leon. She likes the Sha Ha ... Hey Hey part the best. Here she is singing for you. You will notice that in the middle of the song she clinches her teeth together. She was giving me her fake smile because she thought I was taking a still pic. This fake smile is directly related to the 4,000 some pictures I have taken to support this blog.

New Jeep

Amelia's friend Georgia gave her a Barbie Jeep this week. She was pretty excited about it. So far she likes the slow speed and will not go in reverse. Just give her some time and that will change. She also now knows about a winch and what a roll cage is.

He is harmless said the snake man

As you can see she wasn't so sure about this snake.


But eventually she gave it a very quick touch.

Baaaa Mr. Sheep

More Animals

She said this one is just my size. She wanted to get in the stall with him but we decided to just pet him over the fence.

Slow Food Picnic

Amelia had a great time at the Slow Food Picnic. She ran right up to the "fun ponies" and rode every one. Stay tuned this week for more pics.

New Crop

We have a great crop of fall vegetables coming in. Amelia loves going out into the garden to see what is growing.

This is one of our zucchini flowers. We will be stuffing it with cheese and cooking it today.

Spoon trick

Halloween Preview - Little Mermaid Costume

First Fishing Trip

Amelia and I took a fishing trip to the small pond near our house today. After about 10 minutes her Barbie fishing pole was bent in half and about to break. We pulled up this baby catfish. Here she gives you a fake smile because she is really worried that the fish is going to hurt her.


These pics were difficult to take as you can imagine. Holding phone with one hand and squirming fish on the line with another.

Picnic @ the lake

First Harvest

We started a garden this Fall. Amelia loves to go out and see how it is growing. We harvested our first crop of radishes tonight. They were very flavorful and a little too peppery for her liking. Mom and Dad enjoyed them.

Curly Hair

We tried curling her hair this weekend. She wasn't real sure about the whole process. Once we had her head full of curlers she started screaming and we took them out. She looked really cute but demanded that we straighten her hair back to the way it was. So you won't be seeing her with curls any time soon.

Face paint at the art museum

Making a cake with Dad

Garden Girl

We have started a garden this fall. Amelia loves to come out and see what is growing and she promised to try each vegetable that we grow. She even went with me to pick up the "cow poo poo" used in the soil. Here she is checking on the lima beans.

More Party Pics

"Knight" Charley was one of the few boys at this princess party - but had one of the best costumes.

Sleeping Beauty

Hamming it up for the camera. I told her there was a spinning wheel in the other room and she really freaked out.

Princess Birthday Party

Having a great time at her friend Allie's party. It was at the Overholser Mansion with a real sleeping beauty princess. Now every time we drive by she looks for sleeping beauty. More pics will follow from this fun day.

Piñata party for pre-pre kindergarden graduation

Party With Alex and William