"Where We Going?"

Ami stayed in her bed all night :)

We got ready for the play date with Sarah at the park.

Ami was being Spiderman.

We dropped Papa off at work and went home.  We made some food and chilled out.

Later on...  Ami got naked.

She put on her coat and said, "Where we going?"

We later went to Roma's after we picked up Papa from work. Larry was with him.
Papa bought Ami some more 'squishy friends.'

Have I shown you my monster vitamins!!!????
Oh dear they are ginormous.

The End

Columbia Family Fun Day.

Friday was laundry day.

Ami played with play doh. We went to Target and open gym. 

After her nap, we went out for ice cream. She was so proud of herself throwing away her trash from across the way.
She kept saying, "Bye, Momma!  Bye!!"

And this is one of her funny faces.

Jumping to Saturday morning, we left at 9 to get to Donna's Cafe at 11 to meet Dad-Daddy, Mom-Mommy, and Uncle Nick.

Ami got some gifts- a big blue book of beginners readers stories and a Cabbage Patch Doll named Brianna Veronica.

Because Donna's was having technical difficulties- the power was out- we hopped across the street to Eggspectations which was delicious.

Ami had wheat toast, eggs, fruit and milk and a side of Dad-Daddy fun time.
I had cinnamon raisin french toast topped w kiwi, cantaloupe, mango, strawberries, grapes and banana. It was really good.

And then we shared some yummy cake.

After lunch we went to Centennial Lake for a little walk and playground fun.

We went out for ice cream by the Enchanted Forest and my old apartment. Ami said, "A castle!"
It was sweet.

We parted ways w the fam and headed over to Mema's.
Ami played w blocks as Mema and I talked.
I told Mema about our day, then she asked if I wanted to go get dinner. I said, sure.
:)  Mema called Donna's and their electricity was back on.

So Ami, Mema, and I went there.
Ami fell asleep in the car and stayed asleep all through dinner. Mema and I ordered corn fritters and the grilled peach salad. Oh man, so good.
A jazz band consisting of drums, bass, and keys played Beatles songs. I wish I was sipping wine, as I was feeling very Columbia-hip.

After dinner, Ami and I headed home.
It was such a lovely day.

It's really easy for me to be with ppl who share similar ideas of respect.

Tammy's Visit.

Ami and I had an early morning walk around the neighborhood and played on the playground.

Then we drove to MD and visited. My Aunt Tammy and her two girls were visiting from BC. The gathering included my grandfather (which was so weird) so it really was like a family reunion. The only ppl missing were Tammy's son and grandson.

There were toasts to Mike (birthday), Mariel (joining lax), Brandon building his house, Alicyn graduating H.S., it being the first family reunion that no one had cried, and the civility of my grandparents being together.

Thursday's Monster is Full of Face.

 Ami's helping me fold laundry and decorate my Love Monster templates...

And this is Ami's new jungle gym....

Here is some artwork my I.D.s did today.  We worked on mixing primary colors and only using primary colors. It was lots of fun.  One of the ladies said it was weird only using 3 colors. I said, it gives me a sense of power knowing I can make all kinds of colors using only 3 colors. Do you feel like that too?  She said yes.

Then I met up with Papa and the Monkey.  I brought a Wawa lunch.

That evening, we went out with Craig, Lauren, Alix, Moo, Billy, Gabby, and Larry to Fujiya. I was really excited to see Ami's reaction.

This is the remnants of Ami's umbrella she got with her milk.

Green Tea Ice Cream!!!  Ami devoured it.