Amelia the parrot

Amelia is a sweet girl, as we all know. Last night I was helping her get ready for bed when she started saying, "Oh, mommy's tired." I was really tired as I often am over a reserve duty weekend and laid down on the air mattress on the floor of her bedroom. Amelia tucked me in by placing both of her favorite blankets over me and then handed me toys to snuggle with. What a sweetie.

Once I got up to leave, Amelia had a request of me. To ask a question or to make a request, Amelia simply asks a question or makes a statement as if it were coming out of mommy's mouth. Last night she said directly to me, "Let me get horse, pony and dragon for you." What she meant was that she wanted mommy to walk out to the living room and retrieve these three toys for her. She can be very demanding at times.

But at least I didn't have her yelling in my ear. While grandma was here she attempted to sleep in Amelia's room. The first night it took Amelia forever to settle down. Finally at around two in the morning she became quiet, much to grandma's relief. Then, as if getting her second wind, she loudly sang directly into grandma's ear, "Old MacDonald had a farm..."

At 4:30 in the morning Amelia asked grandma to get her some water. Her throat was probably dry from all the singing.

This is why mom and dad never give in and sleep with Amelia in her room or allow her to sleep in their bed. If Amelia has an audience (and sometimes even if she doesn't) she'll sing songs and play all night long. In fact I'm not convinced that she always takes a nap during nap time. She was acting pretty loopy during dinner tonight...

Lisa