Toy Parade

Ana has taken to making great toy "paths." As seen above, the window ledge is one of her favorite places to line up her toys in parade fashion.

In addition, she is very pleased to see her grandpa from Mississippi this week. As are we all.

Up, Up, and Away

She's finally done it! Anais has learned the fine art of climbing up a slide. She has been working on the important skill for about 6 months and is quite excited to have achieved her goal of defying gravity and avoiding pesky stairs. Congratulations Ana!

Treasure Hunting

We went out on Friday morning to "treasure hunt" - or for our non-2 year old readers geocache - in Point Defiance park.Anaïs had a blast exploring all the places we stopped along the 5 Mile Drive. For lunch we went to the Antique Sandwich Company (in the nick of time to top up the peanut butter and jelly reservoir before a meltdown occurred). Pictures are here.

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.