Just A Couple Cute Photos

'Till This Place Shines Like The Top Of The Chrysler Building!

Let me assure you that we haven't actually assigned her chores yet... this cleaning session was completely unprompted. (Must just be in the blood!) The best part is that she was singing tunes from "Annie" as she went along... add the fact that she's wearing her favorite velvet "cow dress" with socks and this shot is one in a million.

Easter

We had a somewhat strange Easter up here in RI. All three of us are sick, so we didn't make it to church, but I couldn't resist dressing Anna up anyways. We had a little Easter egg hunt for her in the back yard and gave her a couple little presents including a princess wand. The wand has a button you press for the "barrriiinng" noise and, as expected, she's been pushing it non stop all day long. In other news, I didn't think about starting Easter dinner until 4:30 which was just plain dumb, so I think we're getting Chinese food tonight. We're determined to get our act together by next year. Church, ham, the whole bit.

Sleeping Who?

yeah... that's what she said.

Cute Saturday Morning Photo

I've had a hard time resisting Baby Gap lately. Yesterday I picked up this cute headband/handkerchief to match an outfit she already had. We'll see how long she keeps it on!

...actually...

No photos today. I just wanted to share some funny things Anna's been saying:

Last night, I sat down at her little table and asked what she was going to make me for dinner. She says "Ummm, sgetti! Hol on. Be white back!" and runs over to find the fake plate of spaghetti in her kitchen. So cute!

We were up in her room sitting in the rocking chair and she points to the toile pattern on the seat cushion and says "Angels... mmm, axe-ly (i.e. actually), babies." I guess she got that from me. When she's trying to identify something and gets it wrong, I say, "Well, acutally, that's the color blue" to let her down easy. I can't believe she picked that up!

This morning she was looking for a piece to her little tea set and when she finally spotted it, she exclaims "Dere she is!", which, of course, is what Josh and I say when we see her. Agh! All the talking is a little overwhelming somedays, but on the whole, super cute.

I Love This Kid

I finally got a video of Anna singing some of her new favorite songs and saying two of her new favorite "excited" phrases, "AWESOME", and "OH GOSH!"
I also got this great video of Anna dancing at "reading" group at the library. All the other kids sit with their moms, but Anna insists on going up to the front and spinning in circles for everyone. She's not singing along like usual in this video (I'm amazed at how many songs she suddenly knows the words to!), but she is showing off her hot moves and finishes up with her standard "AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN" demand for more music.