Skill building

Amélie learns lots of transferable skills at day care... Here are some highlights from the last few days:

Resource allocation skills - learning how to take a break from running like crazy in the snow to snuggle up close to friends and soak up their warmth before going outside to run some more:



Persuasion skills - Persuading tough customers to attend important business meetings (hey have you ever tried to convince a toddler to do something??):



Presentation skills - Engaging one's audience through a variety of enthusiastic facial expressions is key to sealing the deal:



Professional Image - perfecting the art of accessorizing:



Did I mention that it is interview season at work ;)??

Mommies and Daddies

Tonight, we were having a discussion about families with Amélie:

a: ...and the kitty has a mommy and a daddy!

M: that's right, but you know Amélie, some kids have a mommy and a daddy, and some other kids have two mommies, and some other kids have two daddies, there are all kinds of families.
D: That's right some kids have two mommies and some kids have two daddies!

a: Oh I am a bigger girl now, so I need two mommies AND two daddies!!

Baby stories

Amélie's friend Rena is going to have a little brother in June.

So in our family a lot of stories are currently being told about how babies grow in their mommy's belly and how at some point they come out...

The latest one Amélie came up with this morning:
a: mommy I have a baby in my belly, it's big now!
M: est-ce que c'est une petite fille ou un petit garcon ton bebe? (is your baby a little girl or a little boy?)
a: a little brother mommy, and he's coming out!!!
M: oh la la, d'ou est-ce qu'il va sortir ton bebe? (where is he going to come out from?)
a: from down there, under my knee, but not from my foot!
M: wow un petit frere qui nait du mollet, ca c'est du jamais vu! (wow a little brother from your calf, that's unheard of!)

Inaugural preparation

M: Our new President will be inaugurated in two days, do you remember his name?
a: ???? and blank stare (maybe inaugurated was too much...)
M: Barack Obama!
a: no no no no no no mommy it's MY BAMA!

Starting 2009 with lots of activities!

We have been doing lots of exciting things in these first weeks of 2009!

Playing with my new favorite companion the kitty:


Getting my first hair cut at a salon:




Enjoying the Merry Go Round music with daddy:


Playing dress-up with Rena at day care:


And posing with Merf while on my first girls weekend in French Lick, IN:


After all these exciting adventures, we feel we need a vacation :)!