Thursday, July 30, 2009

Hey, pretty girl!




One thing all Hendersons have in common is they are all super-incredibly tall. They're also quite good-looking, too, but so is the rest of Amelia's extended family. Of course, Amelia inherited a superb blend of superstar abilities and assets from all of her families: the Driscolls, Sowinskis, Powells, Duggans, Crews, Armstrongs, and Duggans: love, compassion, humor, artistry, smarts, athleticism, and some others that I don't want to give away just yet.
This reminds me of something my dad told me once. I was about 12 or so, and he told me that he and my mother were put on this earth for one purpose: to create the world's most perfect child. Who was that child? Me! Me....I was that child!!! Whether or not that was true, or it actually worked, who knows, but it was something pretty big for me to live up to. Of course, he probably told my brother and sister that too, but I remember feeling that I was incredibly special at the time.
Anywho....this brings me to the conclusion: Austin and I were created for this purpose: To create the world's most perfect child.

Friday, July 24, 2009

Is that a crocododdle?

Empanadas



I made empanadas a few days ago....spicy beef for dinner and cinnamon peach for dessert. Mimi helped with the dough....first she helped cut in the butter with the pastry blender, and then she helped knead it out. She's a great helper in the kitchen.

Thanks Grandma Sally




My mom sent a box of clothes for Mimi, and she just loves getting mail. She yells "Present!" She immediately wanted to put on the sunglasses, a new shirt, and a headband. Here she is having a snack of chocolate ice cream (she lurves chocolate) and hanging out with her doggie sibling Buddy.

What's new with Mimi

Okay, it's been a while since I've listedAmelia's accomplishments.

Here we go:

Can count to at least 16, and can also count objects. Meaning she can identify if there are 2 ducks, or 4 frogs.

Knows all of her colors: white, brown, black, pink, purple, yellow, green, red, blue, orange.

Can identify the following shapes: circle, square, oval, rectangle, triangle, heart, star, pentagon, and diamond.

Addition: knows what 1+1, 1+2, 1+3, and1+4 is...than ks to a song that we sing.

Songs: The number song, Itsy Bitsy Spider, ABC's, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and Ooh Eee Ooh Ahh Ahh Ting Tang Wadda Wadda Bing Bang, and of course, all of her songs from her kids shows.

She has grown up so much in the past few months....it's almost like talking to an adult. Of course, she still doesn't know how old she is, and when you ask her what her name is, she has no idea, but we are still working on that.