The Evolution of the Imaginary Friend

When Amelia first had an imaginary friend she just would borrow her real friend, Alessandra's imaginary friend Cauday. It has progressed since then, oh my, has it progressed. Here is the current layout of all imaginary friends. It changes frequently though.

The friends that are and have been consistent for a while are McCole, Stephanie, and Queen Molalina. McCole is Amelia's best imaginary friend. She often has full conversations with her. McCole had red hair and wears a green shirt and tennis shoes. McCole usually lives with her aunt, although sometimes her mom and dad live there too. Stephanie has pink hair and wears a pink dress. She is mainly around in conjunction with McCole. Queen Molalina wears a tiara (of course), a pink dress that goes to her toes and high heels. We often have birthday parties for Queen Molalina, she most often is turning 10 but sometimes is turning 64-82. Sometimes we use a fake cake and sometimes we have to bake real cupcakes or other treats for the party.

There is also Emma and Vanna. They are usually only around when we are having a birthday party for Queen Molalina. Sometimes they also like to go swimming. Emma and Vanna are sisters. One of the newest friends is Nya. I don't know much about Nya except she likes to go shopping with us and has horse named Princess. Amelia will ride Princess through the store.

The funniest friend is Daa-Daa. Daa-Daa is her naughty friend. He is also the only boy. He is the one that makes messes and has a bad attitude. Daa-Daa is always convincing Amelia to do naughty things. Amelia will even tell you "Daa-Daa is my bad friend." You really have to watch that Daa-Daa, he is bad news.

Thanksgiving

Today we are heading up to Cripple Creek to enjoy a delicious dinner with a wonderful family. There are many things I am thankful for. At the top of the list, of course, is my family. I would be lost without Philip and Amelia, everday I remember how lucky I am that I get to be Amelia's mommy. I am also thankful that Philip and I both have good jobs and they allow us to not put Amelia in daycare. I am thankful that I always have and have had a roof over my head, clothes on my back and food in my stomach. I have a great life and I am very blessed to have it!

Well without further ado here is another post about Amelia (surprised?). Tuesday she had a Thanksgiving program at her school. They sung two songs, one about being special and the other about thanking the Lord. It was very cute and brought tears to my eyes. It made me realize Amelia is a big girl now, she is growing up so fast and if it is possible, I love her more everyday. Philip was able to take an extended lunch break and be there, Grandma Patty was there too and even Cyan came. Cyan even helped cook the feast, she helped with the stuffing and the vegetables.


Singing "I am special"

What a cute little indian

Eating her feast

Amelia was so excited to have Cyan at her program

The Next Dara Torres

Here is my little swimmer. She is always asking to enter a race.

Amelia's November Verse

November's character trait is goodness. Here is their saying: "Do not forget to do good and share with others."

Amelia's First Field Trip

Since I am so far behind in my blogging I am going to do 4 posts today and probably more to come tomorrow or so. Last Tuesday Amelia got to go on her first field trip. I went with her class to the Ecumenical Services food pantry. All the kids brought in food to donate and we got to walk it over there with the 4 year old class. First the director sat them down and explained why we brought the food and how some people don't have any food. They talked about Thanksgiving and the kinds of food you like to eat. Amelia's favorite was pumpkin pie, she definitely is my child. My favorite part was getting to see all the kids walking in a line, it was so cute.


Waiting for the other class


Listening the the director


Putting all the food up on the table

Walking back to school

Playdate at the Park

Last week, with the weather in the mid 70's, we celebrated by spending the whole morning at the park with our friends.


A train slide, which is different from the Electric Slide.


Amelia gets to be the caboose now.


You would think each girl would use one slide but there is where you would be wrong.

Zoo

In preparation for the cold and miserable weather that we are having this weekend, we had a playdate at the zoo on Friday. It was relatively warm and we had a great time. We spent nearly 4 hours there with our friends. The kids all had such a good time together.


Feeding the giraffe puppet


They insisted this was a rhinocerous ride


Alessandra, Marco and Amelia

The girls were hiding

They held hands through most of the zoo, it was pretty cute.

Glow Golf

I bought a certificate to the glow in the dark golfing online for way cheap. Amelia is always asking to go in there everytime we are in the mall so since Philip had Wednesday off, we decided to go. It was pretty fun. Amelia's favorite part was putting the balls though the glow machine so they would glow brighter.

Kites

Today at school Amelia learned about the letter K. Mrs. Bradley had such a cute idea to make a kite out of a plastic produce bag. Amelia was very excited to show everyone how it flies.