Amelia the trickster

Saturday Mike's parents hosted a baby shower for little Diana complete with cake, decorations and balloons. Diana received many lovely gifts - some of which were quickly annexed by Amelia. There were also party games, which Amelia took to immediately.

For example, the first game was a test of skill. The goal of this game was to drop clothes pins into an empty plastic gallon jug. Mommy got to go first. My first attempt to drop a pin into the jug was a miss, and so was the second attempt. However, whatever pins bounced off the side of the jug were quickly collected by Amelia and carefully placed inside the container. Amelia thought this was so fun she placed herself between mommy's hand and the jug intercepting the following seven pins and putting them in place giving mommy a final score of 9/10.

Daddy went next and Mike was much better at the game than I was. Luckily, Amelia stepped up acting as my secret weapon and dumped the pins Mike had successfully landed almost as quickly as they hit the bottom of the container.

Yes, I won by cheating - but it was all in fun.

Today Amelia again proved that you can't turn your back on a toddler. During our trip to Starbuck's today Amelia and I shared a cupcake and a mocha. Once the mocha was fairly cool and safe for Amelia to sip I held the cup to her lips. Well, Amelia dribbled mocha on her chin, so I sat my drink down and went to get a napkin. When I returned (seconds later) I saw Amelia carefully set the mocha back on our small table after having spilled a large amount of the beverage on her clothes.

You just never know what a two-year-old will do next. I'm surprised so many of us make it to three.

Lisa