David and Michael played a little tennis the other night and, naturally, Amelia was curious. They were nice enough to "let" her be the ball girl. And she took her duties very seriously; retrieving balls and stacking them in the holder attached to the net. She even hit a few balls while there. (Take a good look at that face - she loved every minute!)
Amelia LOVES to read. I found her on the couch a couple of nights ago chanting, "Once upon a time. The end." Pretty cute, eh?
Boy, the 4th of July was a busy day! Early morning found us 1) sleeping through the neighborhood flag-raising ceremony and then 2) off to march in the Evergreen Neighborhood Parade. Amelia had her trike basket loaded up with salt water taffy and threw it out into the cheering crowd. Sadly, by the time she would aim and toss, it usually ended up landing somewhere in the street only to be smished by the bicycle behind her in the procession.
After the parade, we had a pancake breakfast in the park, played on the playground equipment, and ate snow cones and sticky cotton candy.
The girls (and grown up boys) bounced on the trampoline in the Moss backyard.
Amelia discovered that the watermelon on the table matched the watermelon on her shirt so she ate about twenty pieces.
When it finally grew dark enough, we wandered around the corner to a neighborhood firework display and enjoyed the show (until some dummy pulled out the big fireworks, clearly purchased out of state, that were super dangerous - so we left).
Amanda, Caroline, and Amelia were very focused on filling their shopping baskets and running them up to the check out. Caroline was clearly shopping for an army. Amanda was making sure the shelves were full of product. And Amelia was busy pushing the button that spoke, "We need a price check on lane two" again and again. What a fun afternoon!
