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.

Funkadelic

Here is a break from all of our beach posts.

Beach Girls / Happy 4th

Fishing

While on her trip Amelia got to try her hand at fishing.

Water Toys

She was just tall enough to ride this one. Her mom was not happy about it but hey, what happens in Padre says in Padre right!

Aunt Alee at the Beach

Alee came to the beach with us and had a great time playing with Niece Amelia.

Here Comes the Big Wave

She was very brave and wanted to go out in the surf. You can't hear it in this video but she would watch the ocean and say "here comes, here comes, here comes the big wave." Then she would scream in my ear, which you can hear.

Padre '07

We just got back from a great beach trip to our Aunt Joe Ann's condo in South Padre Island. Stay tuned for more photos and videos in the coming week.

Happy Birthday - Let's Eat Cake

No, she didn't get pierced ears yet - those are clip on.


Amelia sampled the frosting before we ate just to make sure it was ok.

Groovy Girls - the anti-Bratz

Amelia has latched on to a new line of dolls that we really like. They are called the Groovy Girls. They are not over-marketed like most everything else she is into. Actually, it is hard to find them in local stores but they are easy to find online and on eBay. We like them because they are the anti-Bratz. Bratz, for those of you who don't know are little skank dolls who have short skirts and freakishly large eyes and lips. We have not outright forbade them for fear of her wanting them even more but we certainly don't want any around. Although she just had her birthday and needs absolutely nothing, if you have an urge to get her something Groovy Girls are a good choice.

Ballet Movie

Ballet Class

Amelia took her first ballet class today. Here she is at home getting ready to go.



She had a really great time but didn't always follow the teachers commands. She took her class at the same school where her Aunt Alee had lessons many years ago. Suprisingly, Amelia's Dad once took ballet in a feeble attempt to imprvove his coordination. It didn't help.

Happy 3rd Birthday Amelia

Today kicked off the week of birthday celebrations for Amelia. She partied at daycare with cupcakes and cheese puffs. Stay tuned for more pics.

Picnic

Telescopes

Amelia and I have been using binoculars (she calls them telescopes) to look at the moon for about a year. She still has trouble figuring out the right end to look in.

Amelia went to a great birthday party for Penny Love at the Zoo this weekend. She got to pet a ferret.

Amelia was excited to see Baby Daniel at the party.

She got a kiss from Daniel but was tired of me trying to pose her as usual.

Clown Car

Amelia & Bella are getting too big.

Happy Mothers Day

Here are some previous mother's day pics.

Who else could take Amelia from the baby ICU to this in less than one year.



Amelia (and her dad) are both very lucky. Happy Mothers Day Emma!

Tennis

Thanks Kim & Pat for the tennis equipment. She already has the tongue part down.

Gymnastique

Amelia went to her neighbor Gabby's birthday this weekend and had a great time on the zip line, rings, foam pit and other attractions. She kept running around telling everyone, "this is great exercise."