Back to the ole routine

We arrived back in Indiana Saturday night and everyone has a little jet lag. I thought I was immune to the effects of traveling from PST to EST, but I found last night that no matter how tired I felt I could not fall asleep.

Amelia, despite a little jet lag, is doing well. She's showing signs every day that she wants to be treated like a "big girl." This morning I suggested Cheerios for breakfast and she happily replied, "Ok!" then headed over to the table, leaned over my usual chair and repeated, "Up, up, chair" while trying to climb the chair with her feet. I sat her on my chair and let her eat breakfast like mommy and daddy would. She did a pretty good job, though her chin barely cleared the edge of the table.

Nearly every day, in some small way, Amelia demonstrates how clever she is. Tonight, she developed yet another version of "Old MacDonald" that surprised mommy. I have already been impressed by her singing, "On farm - fish! Swim swim here, swim swim there" and "On farm - butterfly! Flap flap here, flap flap there." Tonight's song was very clever. I thought Amelia had painted herself in a corner when she began with, "On farm - mana (banana)!" but she followed this with, "Yummy here, yummy there, here yum, there yum..." This little girl has a great imagination.

Lisa