Growing up

Lately I've been doing some really grown up things like drinking from a cup and trying on daddy's shoes. Here are some photos that mummy has taken recently. I do look grown up don't I?!

My weekend

I had a lovely weekend. On Thursday night we went for dinner at the Hilton hotel. We sat at the beach bar and while we were waiting for our food to arrive mummy took me for a paddle in the sea. It was really warm! Warmer than my bath and the current was really strong so the waves were quite high. I didn't really like it. We looked at the camels that take tourists for rides along the beach and then we had dinner. I was really good and the staff liked to come and say hello to me. I didn't really like that as I am still shy.

On Friday Daddy booked us into the Westin hotel which is not far from where we live. It was lovely. First we had brunch and then we went to the pool. I love the pool and I especially love pools where you can walk in. I like to walk - or run in - over and over again and I love sitting down in the water. I think I tired mummy and daddy out! After that we went to our room which had a lovely big balcony and I went to sleep.

The next day we went back to the pool and I just repeated what I had done the day before! I fell in the water a couple of times and went under but mummy was there to pick me up straight away. I didn't mind going under though.

Oh, and before I forget, I can march and run on the spot now. Mummy and daddy think its very funny!

Mummy is starting to think about enrolling me for some classes when we go home. I really hope I can do Monkey Music again as I loved it. I still love listening to the CD.

See you all soon.

Lots of love

Amelie xx

Copy me!

Mummy has noticed that I copy her and daddy a lot more now. I love to watch what they do and then have a go myself! One of my favourite things to do is to get a tea towel from the drawer and start dusting with it. Mummy says that she's trained me early! I also like to apply cream to myself (and mummy!) after a bath and I love throwing away my own rubbish. I'd been watching mummy do it and decided that I could do it just as well myself. So I did!

I can point to my head, nose, mouth, feet and hands now and can recognise quite a few animals from pictures. I can't say what they are yet but when mummy says "where's the duck?" I can point to it! I can also follow a lot of instructions and love to help mummy around the house. My, how I have grown :)

See you all soon.

Lots of love

Amelie xx

This is where we live

As we are leaving Dubai in a few weeks time I thought I would tell you about where we live whilst I still remember!

We live in a place called Jumeriah Beach Residence (JBR). There are 36 tower blocks in JBR and we live in one called Murjan 6 on the 6th floor. Our apartment is very big! We have three bedrooms and a maids room. Lots of people in Dubai employ maids. The maids room is very small with no air conditioning and only a shower above the toilet. Mummy and daddy use this room as a storage room. We can just about see the sea from our windows and balcony but soon we won't be able to as a hotel is building an extension and it will block the view! We can also see the Palm.

We have a balcony, its not very big but mummy and daddy have put a paddling pool and a sandpit out there for the days when its too hot to go outside (a lot of the time at the moment!). There are five swimming pools nearby and mummy takes me swimming.

We live very close to a place called The Walk which has lots of restaurants and hotels. It gets very busy at the weekends, especially in the winter when its not so hot (but still very hot if you are from England!). People like to drive down The Walk in their fancy cars and it can get very noisy with lots of traffic jams. Sometimes this keeps mummy and daddy awake but not me so much. I can sleep through anything!

There are a few grassy areas and a playground but its a bit rubbish as it only has two rocking horses and an aluminium slide that gets really hot in the sun. We don't go there very much.

Well, that's where we live!

Amelie xx

Summer holiday pics

Mummy promised to upload some pics so here they are! We had such a lovely time and I can't wait for the next one. Holidays are so much fun!

This is me with my cousin Poppy:

I can do it myself!

Since we've been back in Dubai I've decided that I want to be more grown up. I'm using a fork now (mummy tried to teach me to use a spoon as most babies master that first but I decided that a fork was much more grown up). Mummy and daddy are very pleased as they could only give me finger food before - I wouldn't let them feed me. No way!

I'm also using a cup now. I'm not so good with the cup and often I just throw water all over myself (or the floor!) or I gulp it down too quickly and then cough a lot. I think that's really funny and I laugh when it happens! Mummy lets me practise with a cup at meal times and I am getting better.

See, I'm good aren't I?!

Lots of love

Amelie xxx

I want it and I want it right now!

Mummy says that over the past few weeks I have become a "right little madam". I think by this she means that I  have started to throw tantrums! I scream a lot when mummy says I can't have something and also when she tells me that I have been naughty. When we stayed at nanny and grandads nanny taught me the sign for naughty (its when you pretend the hit the back of your hand) and now I do it all the time! Its a bit embarrassing for mummy and daddy as I don't pretend to hit my hand, I actually do hit it! Mummy and daddy are worried that people might get the wrong impression. Heehee!

I have grown a lot in the past few weeks and I can now reach most tables, drawers and the kitchen counter. Its great fun as I can pretty much get what I want. Well, it was until mummy and daddy put everything out of my reach. The spoilsports! I can also open most bottles and zips are a doddle!

Its really hot here in Dubai but not as humid. Mummy is thinking up things for us to do during the day. I'd be happy in my paddling pool all day but mummy doesn't think I can spend all day in there.

Here's a picture of me doing one of my favourite things, lifting  my dress up and walking round with it over my head!

See you all soon

Love Amelie xx