Amelia's b-day

Before I forget to do so, let me tell you about Amelia's birthday. Prior to the big day, mommy wrapped all of Amelia's gifts and stacked them neatly in the family room - surrounded by balloons. My theory was that brown boxes from amazon.comwouldn't attract anywhere near the attention that the wrapped packages would, so I wanted to leave the boxes unadorned until the last possible minute.

The girls and I got up early so we could drive to the airport to get "uncle Mike." While Amelia was messing around and dragging her feet (as usual), I helped Diana downstairs. Once Diana had reached the living room I turned my attention back to Amelia. As I called to Amelia upstairs I heard the familiar sound of gift wrap being torn. I barely reached Diana in time to stop her from opening her sister's gifts.

Driving to the airport to get Mike was fun. Diana became a bit grouchy toward the end of the drive, but Amelia loves going to the airport any time and for any reason. Mommy and Amelia were very happy to see uncle Mike again, and Diana took to him immediately.

On our way home, after a brief stop at my old college, "uncle Mike" asked Amelia what she wanted for dinner. He may have coaxed Amelia a bit, but her response was "Texas Roadhouse!" The last time we ate at Texas Roadhouse Amelia was eager to dance with the waitstaff, so this time we requested they play "Cotton Eyed Joe," so she could dance along with them. Of course, with all of the attention (and because I had my camera at the ready) Amelia was too shy to dance.

The staff sang "Happy Birthday to You!" at our table and gave Amelia a special ice cream sundae with four spoons.

As a cute sidenote, when uncle Mike briefly left our table during dinner, Diana fussed and cried almost as much as she does when mommy leaves.

Once we got home, we opened gifts and ate cupcakes. Amelia and Diana were so full at this point that they barely touched their cake. (Though Diana didn't eat a whole lot of cake, she did make a big, big mess.) Amelia and Diana opened Amelia's gifts together, and it's possible that Diana didn't know that this wasn't her special day as well. Amelia loved all of her gifts and frequently said, "Oh, I love this!"

Since her birthday, Amelia has enjoyed being four. We've been having a lot of fun with uncle Mike, and I wish he could stay past this coming Tuesday.

Lisa