Amélie in quiet time

Each weekend day, we ask Amélie to stay in her room for an hour of quiet time. Generally she whines, and doesn't want to stay very long, then finds ways to ask for a drink or help to do something or another...

Today though, she has been in her room for over an hour, listening to Taylor Swift, and Miley Cyrus, and Beyoncé... Just hanging out, singing and dancing in her room on her own.

Pretty impressive, and as I was downstairs listening, I was thinking that this was pretty much a preview of the teenage years...

The Seeds of Stand Up Comedy...

Here is the latest show from our budding stand up comedian:

More pictures from the summer

Here are some more pictures from our summer:

Summer treat for Amélie - a spongebob squarepants ice cream:


Amélie is getting better and better at writing her shopping list of dad:


Merf and Amélie went for a ride during Merf's Birthday:


Cool style borrowed from school:


Movie date with mom (and THE popcorn - fyi, this is a medium popcorn...):


Also, mom pretended to know how to grill stuff:


We've been really lucky with the weather it's still quite warm these days, and we are taking advantage of being outside as much as possible!