Uncle Mike and Aunt Amy's Party!

Here's Anna on my last day of school. She even got to sleep in because I didn't have to report until 8 am!


On Sunday, Edmund and Kathy had a garden brunch for Uncle Mike and Aunt Amy. Here are Grandma and Anna.


Anna had a good time playing the piano.



Uncle Stephen imparted some of his music knowledge on Anna.


I'm hoping she inherited more music ability than I did. Even her random plunking sounded better than my 6 years of lessons at times.


We climbed up and down the stairs A LOT!


Here is Uncle Brad with Anna. Since he is practically related to us, he gets the title of "uncle" along with Michael and Stephen.


Michael, Anna, me, and Amy.


The members of the wedding party who were there, with the exception of Shaun. Michael and Amy have some really wonderful friends- they drove 11 hours to get here on Friday night, just to turn around and drive back on Monday.


It was pretty warm, so of course, Anna started stripping down. Yes, she did swim in a bathing suit, but I didn't get a picture of that.


Sorry, I couldn't resist!


Anna LOVES Dingo!


Anna feeding Dingo once I wrangled her into wearing some clothes.

For Grandma and Grandpa

As you may know, Anna REALLY likes dogs. She said "Mitty" (Smitty) before "Grandma" or "Grandpa". This makes them feel VERY important. I guess it's all relative, because Anna said, "Fritzie" before "Mommy" or "Daddy".

Final Countdown

We're in the final days of school, and cannot wait until we don't have to blast Anna out of bed at 5:45 in the morning. Luckily, since it is close to the longest day of the year, it gets light fairly early now! Here she is on a particularly good morning. She even chose a dress and a bow to wear!


This dress was mine when I was little. Notice the Cinderella shoes that Anna chose to match.


I just like this picture of her. I had just told her that she had to wear "real" shoes. Cinderella shoes are not allowed at school.


Now that it's finals week, we are finished a little earlier and have more time and energy to play in the afternoons with Anna. Do you see the drool coming out of her mouth?? Shaun hasn't noticed this yet. Hopefully he won't reach up in his hair and get a wet surprise...


What a goof!

The Hamster

On Mother's Day, Anna got in her hamster wheel and
gave me the gift of laughter!! She is so silly!


Anna made a tent out of her hamster wheel. She's into surprises right now!

Potty Adventures

So Anna is not really interested in the potty. In fact, she always denies the need for a new diaper. When she told us that she needed to go, we asked her if she would use the potty.
"NO!"
"How about going outside like Fritzie?"
"Kay"
Nothing there...


Where is the rest of the potty??


Duh! Potties work WAY better as hats!

Needless to say, we had a failure to launch.