DC Trip

Papai got invited to review grants in our capital... So mom and I decided to play supportive family (read: get a free place to crash in DC)... Fortunately, dad could join us for our daily marathon-length walks...

We paid daily visits to the National Zoo, I even became a FONZ!

I loved the apes, and we even saw some who were hanging out outside:



My stroller was key in many of my activities -

Napping:



Posing in front of the Capitol:



Enjoying Chocolate Therapy from Ben & Jerry's:



Of course, I enjoyed lots of activities outside of my stroller too -

Playing star with my new sunglasses in the Hirshhorn's sculpture garden:



Riding the metro (man how cool it is to ride tchou-tchous):



And the best of all - my first ride on a Merry-Go-Round!



We had a great trip, can you tell?

Busy Bee!

Everyone who has lived with a toddler knows that these little things are incredibly high in energy and like to be busy... Want examples? Fine, here you go... Please forgive our sample size of one:

Toddler actively participating in recycling:



Toddler actively participating in cleaning tasks:



Toddler going down the stairs (and surely mentally preparing for the significant 5-minute commute to daycare):



Toddler trying to remain zen despite all stimulations presented to her:




Yeah right, toddler was just joking of course:



Thinking of zen, subject had shown early tendencies towards zen attitude...



The constant... Mood swings happening at a speed that we can't measure... Based on this experience, would we consider increasing the sample size to two? No way!

Pour l'anniversaire de maman...

J'ai fait plein de surprises a ma maman pour son anniversaire...

Pour commencer, jeudi je lui ai fait une petite conjonctivite... En fait je voulais seulement avoir la chance de passer plus de temps avec papa a la maison :)...

Et vendredi, j'ai double ca avec une fievre de cheval... Samedi, j'ai remis ca, de la fievre et je suis restee etonnamment calme... Je l'ai bien entendu fair expres, juste pour que samedi, on reste en pyjama et qu'on regarde Shrek toutes les deux...



Dimanche j'allais mieux alors on est allees a l'anniversaire de ma copine Merph. Elle a un an, et on s'est super bien amusees ensemble:



J'adore les chiens de Merph, tout le monde essaie de convaincre mes parents d'adopter un chien:



J'ai joue a cache-cache avec la passoire dans la voiture, j'ai pas arrete de rigoler durant tout le chemin:



Et aujourd'hui, comme le temps s'est rafraichi, ma maman m'a mis un nouvel habit tout joli:



Malheureusement, il n'a pas survecu mon premier essai a manger de la soupe a la tomate... Au moins on a une photo souvenir :)!

waw, waw

Much to the frustration of daddy, Amelie was not into water... That is, baths were a routine and OK, but Amelie did not exhibit the love of water that someone who grew up going to the beach all the time expects (demands?) to see. It's more like a religion... anyway. But more recently she finally warmed up to the idea and now enjoys her little inflatable pool! In fact, it's hard to get her out of there most of the time! Next, the Olympic pool and laps!

Shrekmania!

Our little Amélie is obsessed with Shrek... You want proof you say... Here you go:

6ish in the am - Amélie is waking up, holds on to her paci and doesn't want to let go of it - Strategy = say that we'll go and see Shrek when she leaves the paci in the crib... The paci is left in the crib before you finish your sentence, and you now have a very cooperative little one who is repeating 'Shrek' all the way till she sees his friendly face appear on screen...

5:30ish pm - Amélie is having so much fun in the playground at daycare that she doesn't want to go in the car - Strategy = say that we'll go and see Shrek when we get home... You should be here to watch how our little tornado of a girl transforms herself into what strongly resembles a contemplative Buddhist monk for the whole car ride home...

Of course, such adoration has led to some compromises on our part... At the supermarket, she insisted on buying these Shrek yogourts... With flavor names like Ogreberry and Donkeyberry Bash, how bad can it be?? Well all was well till she tried to eat some yogourt on her own:



Don't worry... I check her ears everyday to make sure they are not getting more and more ogery looking... With that yogourt color, I have been wondering about side effects too...