Monday, December 28, 2015

Amelie- 2.5 years

At two and a half, Amelie talks so much more than just a couple months ago.  Her favorite phrases are "Oh my god!" and "what heck?"

She says "peez" and "tank you" and "I wuv you Mommy".  She greets me at home after work by running into my arms and saying "I missed you Mommy". When she does something good-- like climb up the climbing wall or put her socks and shoes on herself-- she runs to me and says "so proud!" which is what I am supposed to say to her, I think.

She loves her purple blanket-- treats it like a person, saying "come on, Blankie" when she and blankie need to go somewhere. If anyone gets hurt or is sad, Ama immediately runs to bring purple blankie, because purple blankie makes everything better.


She loves babies-- because they are so cute and so nice, she says-- and takes good care of her dolls and the younger kids at daycare. She likes to play trains and color and do puzzles.  She loves to rough house and run at you full speed and jump on you, yelling "Supa Amewee!".  She likes to play outside. Her favorite show is Paw Patrol. 

She has developed quite a little attitude and huffs and sighs when she does not want to do something.  She's very dramatic-- when she gets upset she cries to the point of hyperventilating and whines way more than I would like.  She is shy around new people but way more friendly than she was a few months ago. Ama is smart and kind and loving and rambunctious and we love her so much.  Happy 2.5 Amelie!

Friday, December 25, 2015

December

Much bribery was involved in getting this picture.


Amelie and Ironman Christmas tree shopping


Making Christmas cookies... Amelie just dumped the entire jar of sprinkles on the cookie.


Snow day! We got ~9" of snow on Dec. 15th and school and work were both closed.

Sledding with Daddy.  It takes us about 30 minutes to get dressed and we only last like 10 minutes outside.

Making my birthday cake

The big 2-7 :)

Family birthday picture

Shopping at Trader Joe's.  Both Ama and Logan had their own kid-sized carts and were racing around the store shoveling things into their carts as I feverishly tried to finish shopping.  We made it out in record time and with lots of wierd stuff we did not need.

Making Christmas eggplant

Ama's Christmas dress

Christmas Eve with Kenny & Nate

Setting out cookies & milk for Santa
We took Logan skiing on Christmas Eve for the first time.  He did pretty well, though needs a little work on the stopping part.