Daddy brought back a great DVD of Brazilian songs from friends he saw at a conference. Amélie absolutely loves the DVD, and doesn't want to watch anything else these days... Many thanks for this great DVD!
Here is a little episode of her exuberant way of watching TV and singing:
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Cats don't make dogs!
Amélie playing with her new car!
Oops, not really, that was dad actually! Dad here as well:
Well, there is a family resemblance, but Amélie is much prettier!
Oops, not really, that was dad actually! Dad here as well:
Well, there is a family resemblance, but Amélie is much prettier!
Monday, October 13, 2008
Pre-Halloween ideas!
Amélie has been experimenting with ideas for Halloween these days:
Will she be a soccer player from Flamengo?
Or will she be in a 'Cirque du Soleil' outfit (monkey tumbles included)?
Or do you prefer her as a little kitty?
Cast your Votes :)!
Will she be a soccer player from Flamengo?
Or will she be in a 'Cirque du Soleil' outfit (monkey tumbles included)?
Or do you prefer her as a little kitty?
Cast your Votes :)!
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Car games...
In the car on the way to day care:
a: Mommy, I am hiding, count! Amélie covers her eyes with her arms, which means she is now invisible!
M: OK, un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, ou es-tu mon Amélie? And pretending I have no idea that the little one is in her car seat...
D: Onde esta o meu pingulinho? Also pretending that he can't see her...
a: Peek-a-boo (removing her arms, and squealing in delight)!
Now that she is visible again, dad catches her foot and pretends to tickle her, making her squeal even more...
a: Funny!
M: Yeah your daddy is funny!
a: No, not daddy, ME!
a: Mommy, I am hiding, count! Amélie covers her eyes with her arms, which means she is now invisible!
M: OK, un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, ou es-tu mon Amélie? And pretending I have no idea that the little one is in her car seat...
D: Onde esta o meu pingulinho? Also pretending that he can't see her...
a: Peek-a-boo (removing her arms, and squealing in delight)!
Now that she is visible again, dad catches her foot and pretends to tickle her, making her squeal even more...
a: Funny!
M: Yeah your daddy is funny!
a: No, not daddy, ME!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
New Doctors visits!
OK, so imagine the happy family, joyfully on their way to brunch on Saturday morning, and here we are, swinging Amélie by her arms so that she can put her feet way up towards the sky...
All was well until mom feels a snap in her left wrist... Followed by Amélie whaling like we rarely heard before and not wanting anyone to go near her arm!
Next step? Of course, straight to the doctor, who thought it was nursemaid elbow... Manipulated the arm to put the elbow back together, and here we are on our way back home, with a kid that is really unhappy in her car seat...
During the afternoon on Saturday, Amélie did not want to leave the sofa, and was totally against anyone coming close to her arm...
On Sunday, it became clear that the elbow manipulation didn't work so well, so we went to the Doc again... An X-Ray and number of hours later, nothing new, and we were sent home with a sling:
As we weren't able to undress her otherwise, we cut her U of Rochester T-Shirt to remove it, Amélie was not so happy about putting a jacket on instead, but hey, c'est la vie!
On Monday, she stayed with Dad on the sofa all day:
But in the evening, a miracle happened, she motioned towards her new table to eat strawberries, and even smiled:
From there she tentatively walked around, but was still not very upbeat... The next day, we avoided the dressing effort by resorting to a poncho look that she was thrilled with:
On Wed Amélie seemed a bit better and stayed at day care for the whole day. Today she was back to her old self, although she still doesn't fully use her left arm...
These last few days, she has been quick at reminding everyone that her mom did hurt her, and that it was painful, and fully playing the gilt card, asked mom repeatedly for 'purple ice cream' with begging eyes... She has had more purple ice cream in these last few days than in her whole life...
All was well until mom feels a snap in her left wrist... Followed by Amélie whaling like we rarely heard before and not wanting anyone to go near her arm!
Next step? Of course, straight to the doctor, who thought it was nursemaid elbow... Manipulated the arm to put the elbow back together, and here we are on our way back home, with a kid that is really unhappy in her car seat...
During the afternoon on Saturday, Amélie did not want to leave the sofa, and was totally against anyone coming close to her arm...
On Sunday, it became clear that the elbow manipulation didn't work so well, so we went to the Doc again... An X-Ray and number of hours later, nothing new, and we were sent home with a sling:
As we weren't able to undress her otherwise, we cut her U of Rochester T-Shirt to remove it, Amélie was not so happy about putting a jacket on instead, but hey, c'est la vie!
On Monday, she stayed with Dad on the sofa all day:
But in the evening, a miracle happened, she motioned towards her new table to eat strawberries, and even smiled:
From there she tentatively walked around, but was still not very upbeat... The next day, we avoided the dressing effort by resorting to a poncho look that she was thrilled with:
On Wed Amélie seemed a bit better and stayed at day care for the whole day. Today she was back to her old self, although she still doesn't fully use her left arm...
These last few days, she has been quick at reminding everyone that her mom did hurt her, and that it was painful, and fully playing the gilt card, asked mom repeatedly for 'purple ice cream' with begging eyes... She has had more purple ice cream in these last few days than in her whole life...
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