What A Weekend!!

Anna's birthday party was on Saturday. We had a crawfish boil, along with a more palatable fare for the kiddos (chicken tenders and mac n cheese). Anna spent most of the afternoon/evening running wild with all of the other kids. Her feet stayed dirty even after her bath, despite the vigorous scrubbing I gave them. Hannah was there, and she and Anna had so much fun!!
Jenny and Lena came to the party and gave Anna some new art supplies (aka floor decorators)


The party was dominated by teachers- just about every adult there either is, or was a teacher. Wow!


On Sunday morning, Anna wanted to get dressed right away and play outside with her toys.





She's figured out how to make her car go forward now!



Next we went to the Parker Coliseum to see Ag Magic- basically a farm/petting zoo for the little kids. Anna LOVED seeing the animals up close! For some reason, a puzzle piece of a cow just doesn't cut it...

Here is Anna mooing at the cow. He just MIGHT have been intimidated.


...OR NOT...



We were trying to get Anna to pet the goat and lamb, but she was more interested in the guy handling them.The highlight of the farm animals was the table of one day old chicks. Anna spent a lot of time holding and loving on the chicks.

She ended up getting a little upset when we told her that she couldn't kiss and hug the chick. So I guess if we want Anna to ever kiss or hug us, we'll just have to dress up like animals.



Anna is still working on the sound that a pig makes.



Once we had finished with the farm animals, we had the awesome idea to walk across campus to see Mike the Tiger. By the time we got there, Anna had her head on my shoulder (even more brilliant- we didn't bring a stroller). While Shaun went back to the Parker Coliseum to get the car, Anna and I escaped into the gift shop for a little A/C!


There was a little boy there who found the foam fan claws. He chased Anna around the store, yelling, "Rharrr!" So Anna found another foam claw and chased after him...

Happy Birthday, Anna!

Anna got a bunch of presents from us after school. She was really excited about her tricycle.


She knew what to do with the wrapped gifts too!


Since she has such a shoe fetish, we got her a set of Disney Princess shoes, which she refused to take off...



Also, this goofy tutu and foo-foo headband.


So here is Anna experiencing ALL of her toys at once. The princess shoes made riding the tricycle a bit difficult, but Anna persevered.

LOVELY!!

The Banana Twins Turn Two!!

Last Saturday was Hannah's 2nd birthday party. The theme was "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse". Since Hannah and Anna were born less than 24 hours apart, we schedule birthday parties on different weekends so that we can attend each other's.


Anna took the eating part of the party very seriously.


Here's the birthday girl modeling her Minnie Mouse dress that Christie made for her.


Anna is wearing the dress that Christie made for her birthday last year. Isn't Christie talented?!


We got Anna to pose for a photo with me on my birthday!

Fuper Friday!

Today MJ and I went over to the outlet mall to get Anna new clothes. We also found this fabulous blue tutu and a really (pretty) ugly pair of shoes. They were covered with purple sparklies and were so funny looking that I had to buy them! The minute I showed them to Anna, she plopped down on the floor and put them on. Then, she started doing some ballet.


Anna had her leg up in an attitude, but I couldn't catch it fast enough. Where does she get this stuff?? Certainly not from me.


Here are her new sunglasses. Hopefully she won't give them to Fritz.


It's pretty fun now that Anna has realized what the camera does. She will even say "cheese"!




Poor Fritz. He really puts up with a lot. He will lay passively while Anna lays on him, hugs him, pulls his tail and whiskers, and even kisses him.



Nanny and Poppy stopped by to pick Anna up to spend the night. Shaun and I are going to Ruth's Chris for my birthday tonight (we've never been there before!). Anna brought Barney.


This is one of my favorites. Anna LOVES her Poppy!



All ready to go! Anna was telling me, "Go, mommy!" I guess she likes a break from us sometimes.

A Super-dee-duper Easter!

The Easter bunny brought Anna lots of chocolate and jelly beans. He tried hiding some eggs, but Anna felt that her time was better spent eating and sharing with Fritz.



We had Easter dinner with Nanny and Poppy. Nobody else came because it is also Passover.



Nanny and Poppy brought Anna a stuffed Barney.


Barney was accompanied by a "Sing and Dance With Me" DVD for our listening pleasure!


Anna is giving Barney a huge hug. Too bad she won't give us any hugs.


Anna even shared her jelly beans with Barney.


And, she ALMOST fits into Nanny's shoes!


It was a nice Easter Sunday despite the cool weather and thunderstorms. We are enjoying our spring break from school and getting some much needed rest.