The rest of America Day

So where were we? Well, after Bluet had moved her stool so that she could turn off the light all by herself, we headed off to 'Freedom over Texas', the Mayor of Houston-endorsed festival of Freedom and Texas. It certainly was an experience.

We stood for a while while Bluet looked at some people on stilts, which fascinated her. Miss Texas was also there, but we forgoed the chance to have our photos taken with her or the stilt people.

  Then Bluet sat still for about 30 seconds to watch some drumming

The best bit for Bluet was getting to eat some 'Italian Ice' (basically sorbet) which was pretty delicious (all the other food seemed to be deep fried turkey legs the size of my head, so we had to go home for dinner).

And, of course, Bluet got to eat some patriotic cake when we got home. She tends to eat cake by first eating the icing with one finger, dipping it in again and again until all the icing is gone. Then, if she is not full, she eats the cake.

America Day Part 1

The 4th of July has rolled around again, giving us a day off work and Bluet a day off school to celebrate Britain becoming independent from America. This morning has been fairly laid back, mainly because Bluet was so excited for this day of celebration that she awoke at 5.30am (a very unusual occurrence, fortunately). We started with a swim (no-one else was up so we had the pool to ourselves for the whole time, which was nice as Bluet mainly wanted to 'do a big splash' and jump in the pool over and over).

Meanwhile, Emily was upstairs baking a very patriotic cake. Bluet was enlisted to help with the icing. She licked the bowl so clean I was able to put it back the cupboard without washing it.

Later, we will go out looking for flags and other signs of patriotism and celebration.

Happy America Day!

Elvis Sneer perfected

What better way to celebrate our 50% American baby's first America day than dressing her in the stars and stripes and heading to the hot dog eating contest on Coney Island?

Instead, we are going to relax and read our books this morning (whilst Bluet is considerately sleeping) then we are going to enjoy this National holiday by going for a picnic in the park this afternoon. Maybe we'll catch some fireworks on the way home?

Here are some of the latest videos and pics of Bluet playing for your delectation. Taken yesterday, so almost hot off the press. I think they include footage of smiling and sneezing.

Bluet is already thinking about reading