Telephone

Anais has officially fallen in love with the telephone. Not only does she climb of a myriad of objects to reach our landline, but also talks frequently on her Disney Princess phone my mother bought her as a gift.

A quick thank you to my mother for a lovely visit. I hope your flight was comfortable and all is well.

Birthday

It is December 5th again, and I am very lucky to have a good portion of my family in Washington for my birthday this year. Peter is taking me to the Melting Pot to celebrate and was very sweet with his gift giving. He braved the world of craft stores to buy me patterns for Anais and her dolls. (I recently learned to sew thanks to his Aunt Mary and am quite excited to try out my new skills on baby clothes).

As for Anais, she has been enjoying her time with Grandma, Aunt Sandra, Uncle Seth, and her cousins. She is especially fond of her older cousin Hailey and will hold hands with her as they walk around the house.

Here's the little lady hard at work taking care of the yard on a windy day. She enjoys picking up leaves for the yard waste bin and is always ready to rake or sweep. What a helper!

My First Jack-O-Lantern

Here she is carving her first pumpkin and creating her first choice of a costume...pumpkin mustache girl. We thought she would enjoy this activity and she looked like she would too. After all the excitment of getting set up, she put her hand in the pumpkin and was disgusted. She did not like the gushy inards. Still, she quite liked the seeds and was very proud of her Elmo Jack O Lantern.

Super Chair

Here are a few shots of Anais in her second favorite chair. (Her first favorite is her "thinking chair." She sits here to watch TV or movies). The first shot has her coloring and throwing crayons on the floor to learn about gravity. Such a smart girl.

Next is one of her first experiments with both a fork and spoon.

The last photo is a shot of her painting a special gift for a family member. She enjoys painting and has taken the time to decorate her very special super chair with several of her favorite non-washable shades. Don't worry, the pink paint on her nose has been removed to preserve her status as our prettiest child.

Shopping

Anais is now in a shopping cart phase. She fills the cart, pushes it to the kitchen, throws all the objects onto the floor, then walks away. After being prompted to clean up the floor and place the items back into the cart, she repeats the process.

She also likes to tip it over and use it like a bench. She is quite creative.

We are almost done with her playroom and are going to pick out fabric for her bedroom tomorrow. It feels good to get things organized and decorated.

In brewing news...Peter is going to brew his first batch in the new home this Sunday. Hopefully, all will go well.

For those who don't know, if you click on the photos, you can get an enlarged version now.
I hope this feature will make it easier for all.

Silly Girl

Here is the precious one in some silly moments. As you can see, she is quite the character. Even though she is charging into the terrible twos in full force, she still finds time to make us laugh a little bit every day.

Right now she is taking a gymnastic/dance class once a week. She ignores half of what the teacher says and does tumbling all the way through class. She loves a good somersault.