Visiting Tom & Abby

In mid-May, Kevin headed to Boston for a week so Kate & Amelia went to Muscatine to visit Tom and Abby.  We spend a day at Niabi Zoo where we got closer to a picture of the three kids smiling at the camera.  On the Saturday, Tom had his fourth birthday party which was fire-engine themed.  The kids had a great time running Auntie Suzie's obstacle course to put out the fire and save the puppy, putting out fires in her windows and patio and hitting the fire truck pinata.

Amelia fed a giraffe, I just missed it with the camera :(

Amelia was excited to see the zebras to match her shirt

The closest picture of the three of them yet!

Minnesota

For Memorial Day weekend, we headed up to Minnesota to visit Grandma Becky, Grandpa Jim, Uncle Mark and (most importantly in Amelia's eyes) Raf.  Saturday we headed to the theme park at the Mall of America (one day Amelia may realize that there's shopping there too!) then to Mark's for dinner and smores around the bonfire.  It warmed up on Sunday for our trip to the Twins game.  Amelia paid a bit more attention to the game this year in the run up to her T-Ball sessions this summer.

New Room Finished!

Amelia is all moved into her new room and is doing a wonderful job of keeping it tidy so far.  It's a lot more purple than it looks in the pictures.  We now need to add a fan and some black out curtains.  But that's next week's task list :)

Clothes

The other night when Amelia was supposed to be sleeping, she decided to pick out her outfits for the next couple of weeks.  Very cute, and impressive matching of outfits, but the breaking of hangers and repeated putting away of clothes was not Mummy's favorite activity.

Gymnastics

Amelia has been doing gymnastics for a year now and really enjoys it.  For the last class of the year, the Mummies got to join in.  Other Moms did cartwheels.  Amelia and I skipped.

Florida I - Disney Animal Kingdom

We started our Florida trip with a day at Disney's Animal Kingdom.  After a slow start, Amelia discovered the drums, the joy of anticipation of meeting characters, and the feeling of accomplishment of having got their autograph.  The actual act of talking to them, was still a bit daunting though :D.  The Lion King show was amazing. . . maybe next time we go Amelia will be awake for it.  She did enjoy Finding Nemo though (Grandma dozed through that one).

Florida II - Disney Magic Kingdom

We visited Magic Kingdom twice.  Once in the evening for Mickey's Christmas Party then for the whole day.  We were shocked at how late we lasted.  Amelia enjoyed the parades, meeting princesses (and anyone else we ran into), and even a few rides.  Apparently, the Pooh ride was too scary though.