Amelie: T-ball and Mani-Pedis

A few weeks ago, Ajay took Alia to T-ball solo because sometimes when Amelie goes, it becomes a competition for Daddy's attention.

She even dresses the part! And this girl works it....

So in response to Alia's need for some of Ajay's undivided attention, Amelie and I headed off to get our nails done. And yes, I'm straight out of the pool here so please excuse my appearance!

And can I just say that Amelie was a dream. Little toes and little fingers were painted and she was so patient. She waited and waited and waited for everything to dry and in the end....

...there were some pretty cute little fingers and toes!

Tempranillo

Ajay's working 24 hours today. 

I took the girls to the hospital to see him for dinner.

On the way home, I told the girls I'd like to stop at the wine store for a bottle of Tempranillo. I asked both girls if they could say Tempranillo. They both said it in unison. 

Amelie asked, "what's Temranillo?" and I replied, "it's Mommy's favorite wine at the moment". Amelie responded, "why do you like it so much?" and Alia chimed in with, "Amelie. It's simple. You like bears. I like frogs. Mommy likes Tempranillo."

School Photos Spring 2013 by Gillian Crane

So although there's really no explanation needed, I'll make a couple of comments. Yes, I hot-rolled Alia's hair the morning of school photos, and yes, they are ironed and pressed and preened and shiny only because we were early to school and the photographer snapped the photos immediately on arrival, before paint, dirt, paste, water, mud or any other school-related stuff could end up on those clean little people!

Amelie, age  3 1/2

Alia, age 4 3/4 

And yes, at this age, those fractions matter. A lot.

T-Ball!

As our season draws to a close, I realize I haven't blogged a single time about the Auction.com Animals...Alia's first T-ball team here in Laguna Beach.

Well, the season began with Alia's little team of 9 or 10 boys and 2 girls. Turns out? The two girls on the team are very strong competitive players! In fact, when the big brother of a player accused him of playing like a girl, he quickly replied that Alia and Ella are strong players, so he'd take that as a compliment. Yes,  a 5-year-old boy came up with that one on the fly!

Among the highlights of the season thus far would have to be the time a ball was hit between first and second base resulted with a massive pile up. Every player on the field dove onto the ball. Including the runner between first and second. Talk about "you just can't make this stuff up". And who came up with the ball? Alia, of course. She's quite the little fielder!

When I ask Alia what part she likes best, throwing or catching, running or hitting, she replies with throwing, hitting and running. Catching is still a little scary. But this girl loves running the bases. She loves making contact with the ball. Oh, and applause. She loves applause.