Sniffles and Snuggles

Wee Annie Sniffler was on the sick side earlier this week, and was struggling to get to sleep when I arrived home at about 9:00. Offering to give Mommy a break gave rise to the following exchange:

Do you want Daddy to hold you?

Doesn't Daddy give good snuggles?

(Now feeling slightly hurt) Mommy has to use the bathroom, do you want Daddy or to lay on the couch?
Couch!
(Now really hurt) Fine, have the couch.

She ended up with me and fell asleep within a couple of minutes. I almost woke her up to ask how she could sleep with such inferior snuggling going on (but didn't want to face the wrath of Mommy)

Bye Bye Shoes

Well, she has finally outgrown her very favorite pink shoes. These sparkly gems were the first (and only) non-food item she has ever asked for. She has already moved on to mommy's heels. She has outgrown 2T sizes but is a bit small for a 3T. They really do grow a little too fast.

A Day in the Life

Inspired by Click (the camera) from Go, Diego, Go, Anais decided to document life from her view. You can find the results here. She may have a real talent...

Gym

Gym has ended and Anais learned quite a bit. She can now do pike, tuck, and straddle positions, as well the tabletop move. She loved class, but is moving on to music next week.

Little Artist

Here she is with one of her favorite art mediums. As you can see, she is quite skilled at blending and cutting.

Bathtub

A few weeks ago our sweet bird bathtub passed away at the animal emergency hospital. (We think from an infection). We miss her very much. She was a great companion.

To the Beach

The weather was nice enough a couple of weekends ago that we felt the need to get out someplace. We headed down to the Tacoma waterfront along Ruston way and just puttered around for a bit (click the picture for the full gallery of images).

I tried to help her explore the beach, which was uncovered due to low tide. Her interest was much more in throwing anything and everything into the water. "This is called seaweed" SPLOOSH "That rock has barnacle" SPLASH "Do you see the shell?" SPLOT

It would be nice to say that throwing stuff was the best part of the day, but instead Anais' highlight was the discovery of a car buried in the sand (courtesy of sharp-eyed mom). Once it was found, it was pushed along everywhere.