Birthday photos part one

First we have a photo of Anais and her baby cart from Seth and Sandra. (Thank you!) She loves to put various babies in it and push it around.

Then is a shot of her in one of her many "pretty dress." She loves to dress up a little every day, but really enjoys her pretty dresses.

The last photo reveals her makeshift birtday cake. She, like her mommy, much prefers the icing or topping to the actual cake. She was very polite eating the whipped cream and strawberries, but refused to touch the cupcake underneath.

I will post more photos soon. Next us--The Chuck E Cheese adventure.

Here are a few pics of the angel on her birthday. The first shows Anais and her baby cart from Uncle Seth and Aunt Sandra. She loves to put various "babies" in and push them around. Next, Ana is happy because of her "pretty dress." She loves wearing pretty dresses as often as possible. Finally, I have a shot of her makeshift birthday cake. She, like her mommy, cares less for the cake and more for the icing (or whipped cream in this case).

Scientific Method

I just went upstairs to find Anais performing an experiment. She's got a shopping cart full of items from the playroom (books, dolls, stacking cups, etc), and she's taking each one and attempting to stick it to the refrigerator. She sticks it on the fridge, lets go, it falls, and on to the next one. Very deliberate, very intent, and very cute.

Happy Birthday Anais

This is a picture of our little one a year ago. Can you believe how much she's grown? Today she is two. I will be posting photos of her second birthday after our exciting dinner at IHOP this evening. She will be dining on a chocolate chip pancake with a smiley face on top. Very exciting. Thank you to all of those that gave her gifts and good wishes. She is enjoying them all and hasn't played with any of her old toys in four days. Happy Birthday to our darling girl.

More on the Wiggles

A bit more on the concert. I highly recommend those wanting to see a great show with their kids to see the Wiggles. They gave 100% in their performance and seemed to really love their jobs. When Captain Feathersword came out Anais gasped and cheered with excitement. She sang and danced and had a great time.

After the concert we had mac and cheese at TGIF and she got to sit in a booster chair next to mommy. Two thumbs up for the entire experience.

Mythology

We had the pleasure of going to see The Wiggles in concert on Friday (21-March), and I'm sure Jan will give a full report (someday...). I took Anais down to see our seats while Mom stood in line at the souvenir stand (hey, gotta have something from your first concert - ultimately a Captain Feathersword doll and hat). On our way back up the steps, we encountered a mother with kids carrying two roses. Each rose had its stem bundled up in a baggie with water (sort of like you'd expect a carnival goldfish). It seemed somehow wrong to me (not unlike my idea to throw diapers - clean only - at the stage).

The longer I contemplated it, the more wrong it seemed to have your kids throw flowers at The Wiggles, no matter how good they were. It just wouldn't be appropriate for a 2-year-old to date a Wiggle. Not even Jeff - who's clearly the cutest.

At any rate, I swallowed my concerns and upon parting with money for baubles, we took our seats. It was only after Janice explained that the roses were for Dorothy the Dinosaur that my concerns were assuaged. Apparently she's a rososaurus and loves to eat roses. Who knew...

The lesson is to learn the mythology before passing judgment.

Someday a Clotheshorse...

or how practicing the art of removing one's shirt can go horribly awry. She seemed content to wear the shirt over her head for another 15 minutes or so.

For the record, I considered covering her pot belly as well....