Today we were doing our Bible story in school and it was about Heaven. There is a line in the Bible story that says, “And best of all, God lives in Heaven. We’ll talk with Him and live with Him forever.” After I read that, Amelia’s eyes got really wide and she said, “We get to talk forever in Heaven?” Oh yes, baby girl, all of your dreams will come true since you’ll be able to talk all you want in Heaven!
That’s what Amelia’s do October 14, 2009
If you know Amelia at all, you’ll know that the girl talks nonstop! I am convince that every thought that goes through her mind, comes out of her mouth!
Here is a snippet of a conversation that she and I were having in the car today. My first statement was made after she had asked her 5th or 6th question about something I said:
Me: Ok, Amelia that’s enough questions, just hush.
Amelia: I can’t hush. That’s what Amelia’s do… we don’t hush.
Ain’t that the truth, sister!
Overheard October 1, 2009
I thought this was a cute enough story to deserve its own blog post! Every so often we mention to Amelia that my mom (her Mawmaw Thomas) is up in heaven, but that if she were still here with us she would totally bring moonpies and other snacks to Amelia every time she saw her. So the other day, Jack was playing in the family room and I was in the kitchen. Amelia had been in another room and she ran into the family room and said this to Jack, “Jack, when we get to heaven, Mawmaw is going to give us moonpies!” Too funny.
Picking Pineapples August 20, 2009
Ok, I have yet another renewed commitment to blogging. Who knows, maybe I’ll stick with this one.
Did I ever mention here that I’m homeschooling Amelia? We made that decision a few months ago and began doing the A Beka curriculum with her. It’s been amazing to see what she’s already learned. About that same time we also decided to enrol her in the Classical Conversations homeschool program. Today was our first day doing that program. It was interesting and we have a lot to learn before next week, so wish me luck… oh and wish Amelia luck too.
The first thing they did in class was to have each child come up in front of the class and introduce themselves and tell a little bit about them. So it was Amelia’s turn and she gave her full name. Then the tutor (that’s what they call them instead of a teacher) asked her what was her favorite thing ever. Since she’s been talking nonstop lately about her Cinderella party that she’s going to have on her November birthday (she’s apparently been planning this for a while because I had no idea about it), I figured she’d say her favorite thing is princesses or something like that. Oh no, not my Amelia. She stood there for a couple of seconds and finally said, “Picking pineapples.” I just burst out laughing as did the rest of the kids and moms. I think she has officially established herself as an odd duck!
One nice thing about the program is that it is currently meeting at our church. I had been planning to go to the one in Clermont and so I’m glad I only have a 7 minute drive now instead of 30 minutes! After classes, we all go outside and eat lunch at the picnic tables and the kids have a chance to play on the playground. I let my kids go over there without me since there were plenty of kids running around. At one point, I took a look over and there was 2 year old Jack climbing up the metal ladder thing all by himself. By the time I looked over, he was almost at the top (probably about 6 feet in the air), so I bit my lip and held my breath and just let him keep climbing. I wonder how long it will be before we’ll be calling 911 for him.
Are you a superhero? April 17, 2009
Amelia and her Daddy were having a conversation the other day. I’m not exactly sure how it all started, but at some point they started talking about being a superhero. Here’s the rest of their conversation:
Daddy: Am I a superhero?
Amelia: You’re almost a superhero.
Daddy: What do I have to do to be a superhero?
Amelia: You just have to save the world.
Well, then, if that’s all there is to it, you’d think there would be more superheros, huh?
We started gymnastics classes yesterday. Amelia is in the Tiny Tots class and Jack and I are in the Mommy & me class. For Jack’s class it’s pretty much just a time to play and learn to take turns. Amelia seems to really be liking her class and it gives her a safe way to jump on stuff without killing herself.
Last Friday (Good Friday), the Orlando Cooleys went to Ft. Pierce to visit the Ft. Pierce Cooleys. The Ft. Myers Cooleys were also there. It was Mawmaw’s birthday, so Amelia was very excited. Since we were staying in Orlando for Easter, we had our egg hunt while we were down there. Here are some pictures from the day.
Here’s me showing Jack where to find the eggs:
Ted installed a tire swing while were there, so everyone had to have a turn on it:
Daniel went a little wild on the horse swing:
Here are some pictures of Daddy and his kids:
Here is Mawmaw and her cake:
And finally some of the grandkids.
All of them after the egg hunt:
On the swing:
And Mawmaw with the younger 3 grandkids:
More Amelia-isms April 3, 2009
Some of the stuff that comes out of her mouth is quite hilarious!
The other day she was sitting on her Daddy’s lap. He asked her if she was his girlfriend and she said yes. He said that was a good thing because he only let his girlfriends sit on his lap. And to that Amelia said, “You silly old chum!” What? Who says that? Let alone a 3 year old.
Then this morning, Amelia was trying to get me out of bed to make her some breakfast. So I said I was stuck. She looked at me and at the bed and said, “There’s no honey on there.” What a nut!
And for a total change of topic, here are some more scrapbook pages:
I feel so loved March 26, 2009
We were all sitting in the family room tonight playing, when Amelia walks up to me, puts her arm around my neck and proclaims in such a loving voice, “Sometimes, I love you.” That girl cracks me up! Another of her favorite things to say is that she almost loves something… which means that she really likes it a lot. As in, “I almost love cookies.”
Today, I took the kids to a gymnastics place and they each took a trial class. Jack’s class was a Mommy and Me class, so I was with him the whole time. He kind of melted down during the class, but I think we’ll be enrolling both of them in the classes. Amelia had a blast in her class. She was a little afraid of the bigger trampoline they had, but overall her teacher said she did well. And she was in a class with 4 other boys. The teacher said she kind of showed the boys that they were actually supposed to listen to the teacher.
And on another note, here are some more recent scrapbook pages:
Not much March 15, 2009
Not too much going on around here. This past Thursday, the kids and I went to Sea World. We have season passes, so we try to go once a week during the cooler months just for the morning. We usually see the dolphins, penguins, sea lions and the whale and dolphin show. But this week, Rick, Miriam and all the kids happened to be going during Elisabeth’s spring break. She works at Discovery Cove and gets a few free tickets to Sea World out of that. So they all got in free. Amelia was so surprised to see them when we walked up. Miriam took her and Jack off to see the penguins and I got to ride some roller coasters!!
Then after we all watched the whale and dolphin show, we headed over to the kiddie section. They have several rides over there including a roller coaster for kids. This year, every time we get close to Sea World, Amelia will start asking if she can ride the roller coasters since she can see them from far away. I have yet to convince her that she has to be really tall and really old to ride those roller coasters. So when we got to this roller coaster, she was all excited because she could ride it. Well, Jack was being cranky, so I stayed with him while Amelia went on the roller coaster with Marissa and Dalton. After I got Jack settled down, I was able to run back over to the roller coaster just as it was about to take off. And I got there just in time to see Marissa and Amelia getting off the roller coaster without having gone on it. Amelia wasn’t screaming, but she was kind of freaking out and losing all of the nerve she claims to have about going on roller coasters.
So after she got off we all went on the tea cup type ride they have over there. She loved that. Then we went on another kind of fun ride that she loved as well. After that one, we kept trying to convince her to get back on the roller coaster and try again, but she was having none of that. So Marissa and Dalton went to ride it and Amelia and I were going to watch. As we were standing there, I kept trying to convince her to ride it and eventually something I said clicked and she agreed to go on it as long as I held onto her and as long as it wouldn’t go too fast. Well we rode it and after it was all done, she said, “That was fun!” However, she didn’t want to ride it again.
While Amelia was riding all of those fun rides, Jack only wanted to play in the water section they had. So we stripped him down to his diaper and let him go for it. He loves playing in water and had a blast putting his hand into the shooting fountains.
Yesterday, I met up with a someone I’m friends with on an online message board about scrapbooking. We met her at Planet Hollywood in Downtown Disney. Here are a few pictures from then.
This is Melissa (the friend), her son Kieran and Amelia inside Planet Hollywood:
Here are Jack and Amelia playing in the water fountain outside:
If you look closely in the picture above, Jack was in the process of turning himself around so he could just slide right into the water fountain and play. Well, this was his reaction when I wouldn’t let him do that:
Amelia and Kieran:
Melissa and I:
And last, but not least, here are a few more scrapbook pages I’ve done recently:
Knock, Knock January 23, 2009
Amelia thinks it’s funny to tell knock knock jokes. But she has a slightly different take on them. First of all, if I’m the one starting the joke it goes something like this:
Me: Knock, Knock
Amelia: Who’s there?
Me: Boo
Amelia: Boo what?
Me: (I say the punchline anyways even though she kind of missed the point of the joke) You don’t have to cry about it.
We just think the “Boo what” line is absolutely hilarious!
Then there’s the version when she starts the joke:
Amelia: Knock, knock
Me: Who’s there?
Amelia: {insert the name of whatever her eyes land upon in the room she’s in} For example, shoe
Me: Shoe who?
Amelia: You don’t have to cry about it.
This morning was a pretty funny time of knock knock joke telling around here.
