Papa's little helper...

Merry Christmas from Naperville, IL

Charlotte-Amélie Rose Royle
18 months

More Snow

Santa

Clearly Santa wasn't a big hit! But Mummy & Daddy had fun nonetheless ...

Snow

The snow was not as huge a hit as I had anticipated... She was annoyed when it got on her gloves... so I took her gloves off.... but then she was annoyed when it got on her hands! So the whole venture lasted about 5 minutes. Hamlet seemed to have fun though! Maybe round two will be better :)

Breakfasts

Breakfast-time is not particularly exciting in our house... but for anyone that is interested... here (beingyellow.blogspot.com) is a clip of the usual long drawn-out affair! Charlotte-Amélie recently decided to take a strike from eating regular cheerios with milk from a bowl for breakfast, and enjoys a selection of fruit instead.

She has many words now... which are hard to catch on video.... but one of her favourites is "Nyuma-Nyuma" which means any type of food (or drink) that she decides she wants. Sometimes it means water, sometimes milky-milk, sometimes cheerios, etc.

Other favourite words include "Bad Dog" (usually directed at Hamlet), "All Done," "Hi" (which she continues to say to random strangers everywhere), "Bye", "Chip," "Pasta," "Cream cheese," "Pooh Bear," "Bird," "Tree," "Chicken," "Papa"and "Dadee." "Mama" is still her most frequently used word, and tends to mean "I want that." "Mamamamama" usually translates as "Get me that," but can also mean "I want mummy" or "somebody pick me up."

... I just found this older video clip of Charlotte-Amélie having Breakfast a few months ago, right before we moved... thought I'd post it along with the other "Breafasts" one!