I Spy

We all headed out to Pelican the first weekend of May for some fishing and to see our property. It was a great time to be out on the boat. The water was calm and the weather was clear. We didn't catch any keepers, but we had a fun adventure. In fact, as we pulled in to Elfin Cove, we noticed a familiar face greeting us. We didn't think we knew anyone in Elfin, but alas, we found a friend. The girls couldn't believe he was there. Maybe you can see him in the pictures?

What on earth is a big stuffed Mickey in a chair doing sitting out in the wilds of Alaska? It's a long winter in Elfin, I bet. Or maybe the paparazzi finally got to him.

non-aerial wolf hunting

Seriously, we went out looking for Romeo just after Amelia's birthday. Headed out to the Mendenhall Glacier, but didn't see him nor any sign of him. Instead of shooting the wolf, we shot ourselves.... with the camera! We don't use the guns for the wolves, only for the bears (see next post).Here is Gwen's first attempt as a shutterbug! She took this perfect picture of Amelia and I next to LOTS of snow... it is finally spring now, but we had a long, dark, snowy winter. Yay for sun! Yay for warm! Yay for no shoveling!

...but let's talk about presents!

Here's the birthday girl with her big sister at the birthday dinner. She's already gunning for the gifts methinks.

A great book (anything by Boynton is awesome in my, um, book.) from Great Grandma Lockwood aka GiGi. Also, see those little bookmarks in the lower left corner? Orange flower with green square below? Well, we planted those. They have seeds built right in to he biodegradable paper and now they are plants. If I remember I'll take a picture and show you. It was a fun project to do with the girls. Thanks GiGi!

Amelia LOVES her Doodle from Grandpa and Grandma. She and Gwen actually fight over it fairly regularly. Thanks a lot! No really, we enjoy it quite a bit. We spend many an evening playing "Mommy, what do you want me to draw now?"

It's a choo-choo! Which is what Amelia is actually saying a she pulls her imaginary train whistle string. This is a 3D puzzle train that moves, from Granny. Love it!

Just a beautiful girl with a cherub face moving on to the next present.

Strawberries for dessert. Looks like she approves, huh?Oh, and these next several pictures illustrate the ham side of Amelia. Once she opened this dress that Granny made, she had to try it on immediately and then model it for us. She has this new thing where she says "cheeeeee" whenever she wants to have her picture taken. (And she does it a lot!) So she had the dress on and kept yelling "cheeeeee!!!!!" in a squeaky, highpitched, adorable-yet-progressively-louder voice until I got the camera rolling. She's really quite the little insistent superstar. No hair, can't really talk yet, but she gets her point across with no problems and in a big way.

My mom also crocheted a few handpuppets/wash mitts for her. This seahorse is her favorite, which makes sense if you know how much she loves Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle.

Amelia is TWO!

Cake: scratch butter cream with whole wheat flour, in a stack of rounds
Frosting: store-bought cream cheese - verrrrry sugary!
Decorations: purple flowers and green leavesAmelia: preciousI'm not sure if she was thinking that she had to sneak up on the candle or what. She was kind of hiding her eyes and laughing about the flame. Maybe it was just too much for her. She LOVED the part when the lights went out and the singing began.....