Getting better

You all will be happy to know that Amelia is finally getting over whatever it was that she had. Though she seemed lazy today, she perked up in the late afternoon and acted like she was ready for a trip to the park. So, I brought Amelia and Diana to the "brown park" after a trip to the store. Both girls had a great time.

Amelia's favorite thing about the park is the other children. She integrates herself into groups of older kids and acts like a part of their family. Today she spent a lot of time chasing two older boys who had been playing together. When the sun started to set I told her we would be leaving soon. She answered, "But I want to chase the boys." I reminded her that she would have most of the rest of her life to chase boys.

Diana is learning to go down the slides by herself. She gets really excited when she reaches the bottom of a slide by only holding loosely to mommy's hand. In fact, when I tried to get Diana to sit on my lap and go down a slide with me she protested and fought to go down alone. She's getting to be such a big girl.

Mommy's almost figured out how to record and send photographs with her telephone (speaking of big girls). If you're wondering about this shot of Diana, she insisted on sitting all the way forward in her swing seat and looking down as she swung back and forth. I guess plain old swinging is boring now.

Lisa