mama, can i be a race car driver when i grow up?

cars

cousin alex generously shared with amelia his ginormous car collection, including a battery-operated ferrari, which you'll see in the next post. i think there's something so adorable about little girls playing with toys traditionally associated with boys. i plan to buy her toy guns next. haha.

great-grandma and amelia

getting a back massage at breakfast with one of those nifty asian wooden massage thingies: hanging out at nancy yiyi's house:

patty cake, patty cake...

amelia didn't quite get it at first, as you can see here:

but soon thought it was lots of fun!
she's also showing off her physique rather nicely in this last photo:

no eyes, big front teeth

sultry august day

brief respite from a lime bar

playing with uncle david and grandma kwon

our new car

the itsy bitsy spider, the video

coney island redux

grandma kwon is visiting, and we thought we'd try out our new car and go to coney island. turns out, it's much easier to get to coney island on the subway. that said, it was breezy and cool--a brief respite from the humidity we've got inland.

come on people, can't you keep up with me? i can walk around this bench myself!
hey seagulls, come over here!
nothing beats getting swung around by mama.
i'm cute.

new york aquarium

we had a lovely day at the aquarium with amy, jen and baby henry. after amelia got accustomed to the fish tanks, she happily stood there, waving at all the fish, telling them to come to her. here she is watching a seal frolicking towards her:

then and now

the last time we were at coney island was about a year ago. check it out.

on the boardwalk:
on the subway coming back:

conversations with amelia

include some back and forth, then some speechifying, and finally some fake crying to top it all off.

hello llama

we went to prospect park zoo with talia today. here's the behind of the llama i was desperately waving at:

here's me and a sheep:
here's talia trying to give me a kiss:
it was a lovely, lovely day!

like father, like daughter

tickling and snuggling with poppa

pool time!