Patience - not a Steffen virtue

Can't get enough of this pasta!!

The Lego jackpot!  Every color, every size!

Have you ever tried to go somewhere on one of the first weekends it opened?  I did and had no success.  The weather for the weekend called for rain and we had another dumb house showing for Saturday.  I say dumb, well because I mean dumb.  It is not only me, but the whole family - even Marley - is getting frustrated with them.  It gets great response, but nobody wants to buy it.  Oh well maybe an addition is in the works.  Anyway, sorry about the rant.  Back to my story about the weekend.  Last Saturday since it was suppose to rain, that took the zoo out of play, so we decided to try and go down to the new aquarium in Crown Center.  We headed down after a nice family nap to check it out.  I was in the back when I heard Mom say "oh boy", not in a good way.  We parked and went to check it out.  We got as far as the back of the line and was told by a security guard that the wait was only 1:45 to 2 hours.  WHAT!!!  I tried to explain to her that even I could not people watch that long without getting a little antsy.  Then I explained to her who my dad was and there was no way we were standing in line that long to look at something that I would not even remember.  So we went to the Legoland Store, which by the way if you haven't heard there is a Legoland coming in May.  I LOVE legos so am totally excited.  We also watched people run through the fountains for awhile.  We then went back over to Crown Center where we found this really fun place for me to play and boy did I have fun.  Even with so many other kids around I held my ground.  On our way out we hit the Crayola store where I colored and played with chalk, so all around it was a fun day and by the way weather guy...it didn't rain.  Thanks, thanks a lot.

Legos make me happy!

Ready for school!

These goats were a bit TOO friendly for my liking

On Sunday we went to church in the morning and had another showing at 11 am, so we couldn't go home after church.  We decided rain or not we were going to go see some animals.  We headed to DeAnna Rose which wasn't far from church.  We saw cows, goats, pigs, ducks, turkeys, and all othere things that my dad says Cedar County people would make fun of us for going to see.  I guess up there you can just drive down the street and see pretty much all of those animals for free.  My dad said he is going to take me to Aunt Rhonda's and see so many cows, I will lose count.  I can't wait for that.  I was getting sleepy and hungry so we went to Sonic and picked up lunch and had to eat it on the way home, because.... how do I put this nicely....When I get tired I am not pleasant to be around.  Needless to say Mom tried to keep me awake as long as possible, but Mom you trained me to be like this, so live with it.  I've also decided that Sundays is a day of rest, so rest I wanted to do.  I am pretty sure I read that somewhere.  As you can see, I have become quite the pro at reading my bible.


We got home and took another great family nap.  Are you catching the trend on the weekends?  Let me just say that I am not the only one cranky if nap time is not achieved.

Oops...dad caught me doing a bit of tumbling

On Tuesday we had our scheduled "Parents as Teachers" meeting, but not at our house this time.  Dad picked me up and we met mom at this amazing place.  There were so many toys I really didn't know what to do but try and play with them all.  Let me explain, since we are trying to sell our house I have been limited to a few toys (not like I had a bunch before we were trying to sell, but come on).  I had so much fun playing in the kitchen, legos, pushing everything, every kind of toy, tunnel, foam block you could think of they had.  We also learn what kind of food I should be eating and how big of servings I should eat.  We also ran into 2 'old' friends...Violet and Harper - there too.  It was great seeing them, but I kept getting side tracked with the healthy food I was eating.  Turns out I am a fan of zuchinni muffins, but outside of that I managed to avoid all the things I don't like...you know, vegetables/fruits.  Anyway, all around it was a great night.  While I am thinking of food, I found this cool widget that tracks how big Baby Steffen 2.0 is compared to fruits and vegetables (see it next to my age tracker!).  I figure if I get use to this new addition being my least favorite things, it can't be so bad when it comes out, right?  Last week it was an avacado (which I actually don't mind when it comes in the form of Chipotle guacamole), this week it is an onion.  Yuck.

This past weekend was maybe not as jam packed with activities, but fun nonetheless.  My highlights were a trip to the park with the whole family on a beautiful day and sitting on the deck enjoying a fire in the pit.  It was awesome!  Sunday, mom and I did some shopping on the Plaza at the new H&M and I scored some cool things....then we went and had a yummy dinner with Stephanie.  I enjoyed talking with her... from across the table at least!  She is going to have a new friend for me (or maybe more so my new sibling - as they will only be a couple weeks apart!). 


Amelia OUT!

Oh, forgot to mention that my favorite thing to do these days is help unload the dishwasher.  Some say that is weird, but I like things to be in place.  Thus my love for puzzles.  Anyway, here is a video of me at work.


A few more fun pics.

Yep, I made it to 6 high tower at Village Inn last weekend!

Doing some cheerleader moves with dad.

I love getting my balloon at HyVee!

An Egg-celent weekend

Yes, I am that girl.  Using corny play on words, just go with it!  All my updates revolve around the great weekend I just had.  You see, it was a long weekend for me because school was closed in observance of Good Friday.  And an extra bonus was grandma Janice was here when I woke up Friday morning.  No school...and grandma.  Score 1 for me!  I was excited to see her right away...nice to see her in person instead of skype.  She was here all weekend to hang out and spend some quality time with me.  I'll try to give you some of the highlights, and as always....share pics.

We had to get out of the house Friday over lunch since some people were coming to look at it (I still don't know what I think about all these strangers walking through and seeing my room, clothes, toys, etc).  So we picked up some Runza and headed to the park.  I was way too entranced with the kids and ducks to focus on eating, so I didn't eat anything much to mom's dismay.  I know....I didn't eat a Runza.  What was I thinking?  But as you can see I survived just fine and had fun walking around the park and showing grandma the cool play town they have there.  After dad got home, I was introduced to step 1 in the Easter egg fun.  We dyed eggs!  I really had fun putting the eggs in and out of the glass, I also put some fun stickers on and did some coloring with the magic crayon, but I must say, I think dad got into it the most of all!  They turned out pretty great, don't you think?!


Friday night I got to hang out with grandma while mom & dad went to go see the Hunger Games.  Mom had been dying to see it, so was super happy when grandma said we could go.  I think she was glad to hang out with me.  Who wouldn't be, right?

doesn't the look on my face say it all?  Get me away from that thing!

Saturday, was round 2 of egg fun.  How so you ask?  Well we went to go to my very first easter egg hunt.  The bummer of it was though that they moved it from the park to an indoor center (because it started raining).  The place was way too chaotic for my (or mom's) liking.  So I really didn't do much 'hunting'...I did get a couple of eggs in my basket, that I totally love carrying around.  And got lots of people watching in.  Mom made me go sit next to the Easter bunny, NOT my idea of fun.  I was told I did much better last year, but as you can see....I was much younger and more naive!  I enjoyed the afternoon much better where I enjoyed playing with grandma in the back and going on a walk with the dogs.  Mom and dad left to go to a party for a future friend that is coming, and left us to hang out.  Fine by me!  I was pretty worn out by the time they got home for bath and bedtime.

playing fetch with Sadie

Sunday we woke up and went to church, which as always was a blast.  After we came home I enjoyed round 3 and 4 of egg fun.  1st I got to go out in our yard and search for eggs to put in my basket.  It was so much fun, and I would say that I am pretty good at it.


For the past few days I have had almost as much fun just playing with the plastic eggs and taking the candy out, lining it up and putting it back in.  Why would I want to eat it?  Mom keeps telling me I will like it, but I don't believe her.  But, I did finally give in and try the marshmallow ducky they gave me.  I have to admit....it was really yummy!!  I 'helped' mom make some deviled eggs with the ones we dyed (I am a pretty good peeler), but was not going to give in and actually take a bite out of them.  Even if they are not a vegetable...

 After we finished our dinner, I was ready for a nap.  First I had to give grandma hugs before she headed back to Lincoln and tell her I would see her on skype soon!

Once I woke up from nap, we spent some more time playing outside with some new fun toys.  Since it was the final day of the Masters, dad decided he needed to go get me my first set of golf clubs.  I think he had more fun hitting the ball than me, but I thoroughly enjoy putting the clubs in and out of the 'bag'!  I also got some new sidewalk chalk which I find quite fun.  I also find it quite fun to scoot around in the part I have already colored.  Thus getting chalk all over myself.  What is wrong with that?  I will try to show you some of my masterpieces as I perfect my skills this summer!  Until then.... Amelia OUT!

this is our family 3 way kiss.  I love it!

And more Easter pics.....

Not so fast!

Ok, changes are still coming my way...but apparently not with the speed I was led to believe.  The people who were buying our house 'wasted our time' so I hear so now we are back to keeping our house clean for new people.  Not my idea of fun, as I like my toys spread all over the place so I can see my options.  Oh well, I am just sticking mainly to my puzzle (which I have totally mastered), and books.  Mom and dad came home last weekend saying they had found some good houses for us to move to....but I guess that is on hold too.  Oh well, I am along for any ride they want to take me on. 



Swimming with Dad



Mom & dad have been preoccupied with all the house stuff, but we did manage to do some fun things.  I went swimming with Mom and Dad over the weekend,  it was definitely warm enough to do it outside, but no pools are open yet, so we went to the indoor one down the street.  They had a mini lazy river that was super fun.  I even tried out a floaty board and got to watch mom and dad go down the fun slide.  After church on Sunday we went to Costco where  I sampled some food and played in a fun playhouse.  I wasn't happy when it was time to leave, but they didn't care.  We also watched the NCAA final four,  I was so close....if Ohio State just would have one I would have been in the money.  Oh well, since I don't even know what money is yet I am not so disappointed.  Other than that we laid low,  so I will just let the pictures do the talking this time around.

 

Playing at Costco

I went to dinner with my friend Maddie and her parents tonight at one of my favorites, the Blue Moose.  I ate 2 chicken strips, while Maddie ate my fruit.  That is my kind of friend!


Dad says that I still have some work to do with my oral hygiene...maybe he is right.

Here are some more videos you might enjoy of me watching some Elmo You tube videos.

Mom and dad think that it is funny that I make the fishy face every time I see Elmo's fish Dorothy.