Being Yellow ~ The Royle Family

It's a Boy!

2010-03-12T14:18:00.008-06:00

It's a Boy!

Elliott Alexander Daniel Royle

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Welcome to the World:

"Elliott Alexander"

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The New Addition . . .

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Welcome to the World Baby Royle!

Elliott's Slideshow @ www.beingyellow.blogspot.com

Feeding Time at the Zoo...

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In this Video Clip Charlotte-Amélie practises Animal Noises.

(www.beingyellow.blogspot.com)

Best Friends

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Papa's little helper...

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Merry Christmas from Naperville, IL

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Charlotte-Amélie Rose Royle
18 months

More Snow

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Santa

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Clearly Santa wasn't a big hit! But Mummy & Daddy had fun nonetheless ...

Snow

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The snow was not as huge a hit as I had anticipated... She was annoyed when it got on her gloves... so I took her gloves off.... but then she was annoyed when it got on her hands! So the whole venture lasted about 5 minutes. Hamlet seemed to have fun though! Maybe round two will be better :)

Breakfasts

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Breakfast-time is not particularly exciting in our house... but for anyone that is interested... here (beingyellow.blogspot.com) is a clip of the usual long drawn-out affair! Charlotte-Amélie recently decided to take a strike from eating regular cheerios with milk from a bowl for breakfast, and enjoys a selection of fruit instead.

She has many words now... which are hard to catch on video.... but one of her favourites is "Nyuma-Nyuma" which means any type of food (or drink) that she decides she wants. Sometimes it means water, sometimes milky-milk, sometimes cheerios, etc.

Other favourite words include "Bad Dog" (usually directed at Hamlet), "All Done," "Hi" (which she continues to say to random strangers everywhere), "Bye", "Chip," "Pasta," "Cream cheese," "Pooh Bear," "Bird," "Tree," "Chicken," "Papa"and "Dadee." "Mama" is still her most frequently used word, and tends to mean "I want that." "Mamamamama" usually translates as "Get me that," but can also mean "I want mummy" or "somebody pick me up."

... I just found this older video clip of Charlotte-Amélie having Breakfast a few months ago, right before we moved... thought I'd post it along with the other "Breafasts" one!

Granny & Grandpa . . .

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Grandpa & Charlotte-Amélie in her new room Grandpa painted- it was totally beige before - even the window & trim!

Granny & Grandpa Part II . . .

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We had a great Thanksgiving Dinner... Montana Ted did a great job cooking! Mum & I had the turkey dinner & Dan & Dad had bison pot roast ;o)

Thanskgiving Parade

2009-11-29T14:18:00.011-06:00

We took Granny & Grandpa to see the Naperville Thanksgiving Parade... culminating in Santa's visit and the turning-on-of-the-lights. Fun was had by all!

Thanksgiving

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Grampa's Handywork

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Grampa & Granny are here from Northern Ireland this week, and thankfully Grampa doesn't mind painting... so we set him to work on Charlotte-Amélie's room. She still needs some new furniture... but in the meantime, I am glad to see it starting to take shape!

The Kitchen

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Hammie's Favourite Room.

Fun in the yard... more leaves.

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Charlotte-Amélie & the mites enjoy playing in their new backyard. Dan meanwhile enjoys his new leaf-blower. The previous owner very kindly left him some manly things.... which he was very excited about, such as a garden hose, ladder, the blower and a rake & some other treasures. We got a new fence up this week, as I was tired climbing under bushes to find Hammie in the neighbour's garden. I think he has a thing for their German Shepherd. Yay for Classic Fence company! We have all the tribe enclosed now, which means no more bush hopping for me.

Ophelia Belia tries her hand at being a pumpkin for October 31st.
Charlotte-Amélie is quite amused!

Bye Bye Prairie Avenue . . .

2009-11-06T20:14:00.021-06:00

We took some time before we moved last week to say goodbye
to our favourite neighbourhood hangouts.
We'll miss you South Loop!

Little Pumpkin & Lotsa Leaves!

2009-10-31T18:49:00.006-05:00

Charlotte-Amélie's outfit from last year still fit (actually much better than before!!) So she enjoyed this year's October 31st as a Little Pumpkin again. We took her trick or treating to a few neighbours' homes. [I think Dan just wanted some candy for himself!]. Hamlet & Ophelia came too, dressed as Eskimos.

Family

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Charlotte-Amélie - 16 months

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Hamlet Cuddles

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Best Friends! I think Hamlet is a good sport. He lets Charlotte-Amélie hug him. Meanwhile, Ophelia runs in the opposite direction when it's cuddle time!

Fall

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Pumpkin

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15 Months

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Last month we got to visit the Doc's Office for Charlotte-Amélie's 15 month appointment. She spent most of the time running round the examine room... in fact the Doctor was 'impressed' with the fact she didn't actually stop the entire time she was in there :o) She said 'she just doesn't stop, does she?!!'

When asked whether Charlotte-Amélie could say any words (they look for about 3 at this age)... I explained how she can say a number of words, but the ones she uses consistently include: Mummy, Ginga (Milky-milk), Uh-Oh, and, she can sing Baa-Baa Black Sheep. The Doctor looked a bit surprised when I said she can sing, so I started singing Baa baa Black sheep, and Charlotte-Amélie began singing along. She wasn't really expecting that yet! Anyway, here's a few pics to show that Charlotte-Amélie had fun, while mummy got a bit bored waiting so resorted to snapping some random photos! Charlotte-Amélie doesn't usually get to run around in her nappy (Dr. Seuss cover for Dan), but she was ready to get examined, annnnd get a dose of vaccines!