Amelia's Quiet Book

Thanks to ideas and links from Wendy, I was able to make this Quiet book for Amelia. It only took me a few days and I really only used felt and the glue gun.

Here's the cover, I don't know if you can tell, but those are pictures of Amelia.
Page 1: You can button, tie the bow, and zip the zipper, which is the pocket where you keep the shapes for page 2.
Page 2: Shape matching, one set of shapes is glued down and you match with the other set.

Pages 3 and 4: The Ocean, the bottom left is the pocket

Page 5: Rainbow, clouds, sun, mountains which are the pocket.

Page 6: Barn with animals, I'm not very good at cutting out animals freehand, I need to use a template. The doors on the bottome open too, but the top part is actually the pocket.

Page 7: Letters, Amelia's name (all in pink) and the alphabet in various colors.
Page 8: Flowers and leaves, the pot is the pocket.

We'll see tomorrow if she likes it! Thanks for the help Winnie!

Gingerbread House

Amelia felt the need to get cozy the other afternoon. She wanted her jammies and hat on. She was very cozy for the rest of the day.

We decorated a gingerbread house for family home evening last night. Amelia hasn't really had candy before, but she loved it.

Can you see the blue candy in her mouth?

Papi did most of the frosting and I did most of the candy. I think it turned out pretty good!

Here's my angel that my mom made me. I had to lay a pretty heavy guilt trip, but I got it! Now we are ready for Christmas!

Christmas Pictures

We were trying to use self timer.

Is it weird that one ponytail is longer than the other?

Red Dress

Karli said this was Haylee's dress and has been through her girls and now Amelia. She got a lot of compliments at church and just looked ready for Christmas.

She hasn't tasted a candy cane yet, but she loves to break them.

Zoo Lights

Children's Museum

Our playgroup went to the Children's Museum in November and Amelia had a great time. She's learning to interact a little more with the exhibits. Rolling in the rain forest room. They have a dance dance revolution game, but I couldn't get an action shot.

Building in the rain forest room.

THis is a new exhibit they put in called Veterinarian. They have stuffed animals and Amelia is actually sitting in one of the cages. They have an area to "wash" the animals and take their x-rays, it's pretty cool.

Backpack and French Braids

Amelia loves to wear Papi's backpack, but it is way too big. We got her a little one for Christmas so we'll see how she likes it. This is her french braids at the end of the day.

Can you see how she is crossing her legs like Papi? She copies everything he does.

Front view of braids.

Back view of braids. I have to put on a movie so she is hypnotized enough to let me do it.

Puerto Rican

Abuelo y Abuela sent Amelia a typical Puerto Rican outfit.

Just Having Fun

New Camera

Just testing out the new camera!

Cheese!
Julie gave me some great instruction on how to cut Ricky's hair and it really turned out good! Thanks Juju!

"I can actually hear you getting fatter."

Trip to Washington

Ricky had to go to camp last weekend, so Amelia and I went to Washington for a few days (thanks to Nana!) We had a great time seeing everyone and celebrating Halloween.

Steven didn't want to look at the camera, so Shawn helped him.

Amelia on Oliver's bed.

Cousins!

More cousins!
I'm not sure why they are grabbing their feet.

Quite the little model.

Bye Nana, thanks for a great trip!