Uh oh!

Anna and I were playing around with the camera the other night.



I think she is finally realizing that I'm taking pictures of her!


In this video, Anna was dancing to Beyonce's "Single Ladies". Within the first three bars of music or so, she knows that it's the "whah uh oh" song and requests it by that name!



The next bit of news is that we got a little pool for Anna for the backyard. On the first night we put it up and Anna kept watching me while I was taking pictures. I put the camera down and turned around to do something, and UH OH! The camera went for a swim, thanks to Anna. Soooo, no more pictures for a little while. Shaun and I are working on getting another camera. Hopefully it will be sooner than later... :-(

Since we've been home...

We went to visit Sara, Mick, Kristen, and Mike at their new house in Baton Rouge!



Sara, Mick, and Kristen came to eat lunch at our house!




Anna and Daddy have been playing golf on the putting green that Daddy made in the backyard



Anna shows Daddy where to put the ball in the tee box



Anna is showing Daddy how to get a hole in one



On Saturday night, we went to Pooja and Ameya's engagement ceremony. Pooja looked beautiful!



Deepa was spunky!



Aji tried to make Anna happier with some chocolate, but she was too tired... :-(

Trip to the Northeast!

On Thursday, 6/4, we flew up to New Jersey. Anna LOVED the bus that took us from long term parking to the terminal in New Orleans.



She enjoyed looking out of the window on the airplane.



We stayed with Shaun's Aunt Lois. Soon after we arrived, Kirstyn, Mackenzie, and Sydni came over to play. Since Kirstyn and Anna are so close in age, they played really well together!



Mackenzie told us about her walk she was participating in to fight Breast Cancer. She raised the 3rd highest amount of money and won tickets to the Bronx Zoo!



Sydni was busy with her softball and soccer teams most of the time that we were there, but the made sure to spend some time with Anna too.



Kirstyn spent the night most nights that we were in New Jersey. She and Anna really had a good time together.


Shaun's cousin, "Como Mike" also came to visit with his wife, Isabel. We had not seen them since our wedding, and we missed their wedding because of Hurricanes Katrina and Ike- their wedding was 9/24 and all flights out of LA were canceled.



Nanny gave Anna many baths in Aunt Lois's sink!



Mackenzie helped Anna to put her helmet on.



On Sunday afternoon, we drove to Wyckoff, New Jersey and ate dinner my Aunt Emily, Uncle Nick, and cousins Alec, Heather, and Nicholas. We stayed overnight and the next morning, we went to Nicholas's very own Starbucks store!



Nicholas gave Anna a cookie with M & M's, which she promptly picked out and ate, leaving the cookie. What a strange kid.



Emily saw us off from the store, promising to meet up with us again in Cooperstown on Thursday.

Cooperstown! (part 2)

On Monday morning (6/8), we drove to Cooperstown, NY and stayed at my Aunt Emily and Uncle Nick's house.



While Anna's cousins were in school on Tuesday, we went out to a sandwich shop for lunch. We saw several people from Louisiana there whose kids were at the Dreams Park for baseball. Anna ate salt and pepper.



From the hill at Stephanie and Francis's house, you can see Emily and Nick's house.



And from Emily and Nick's house, you can see this barn at Stephanie and Francis's house.



In the barn there are lots of animals. As part of a state repopulation project, the Nolans raise baby pheasants. Here is Catherine holding (terrorizing) one of the pheasants.




Anna liked the pheasants, but she REALLY liked finding (planted) eggs in the chicken coop.



Claire is so photogenic!



There was LOTS of room to run amok in the fields.




A few of the Nolans in front of the Hairy Men's Club- a shack up the hill where Francis and the not-very hairy kids sleep on special occasions.



Inside of the Hairy Men's Club. I couldn't get a pic of the new mascot, Nuts- a squirrel.



Catherine sold us some (pretend) strawberry scones from the window of the Hairy Men's Club.



Claire, Aiden, and Anna search for some (real) wild strawberries.



On Wednesday, Stephanie let the kids play hooky from school and we went to the Farmer's Museum. Anna got to milk a fake cow with a little help from Cate.



They had a section where you could dress up in old-timey style clothes and take a picture.



Here is an old watering trough turned wishing well. Anna thought it should be a water fountain and we had a tough time keeping her from drinking the water inside.



Then we rode the carousel. Instead of horses, it had all different kinds of animals. Anna rode a pig for a little while, then we sat on a stationary swan.



We ate ice cream cones after dinner that night. I'd have to say that Stephanie is the best ice cream cone stuffer that exists.




Here's Owen- a 9 month old cutie



Francis and Luke sang a version of "For What It's Worth" to Anna, changing the lyrics to something about eating cheerios and getting sent to bed.



A new member of the Kiss army??



The Nolan four showing me how quickly they can eat a bag of goldfish. It took about 3 minutes.




The Nolan four showing all the ways you can play on a driveway- here's a slip'n slide.



My Aunt Emily came up on Thursday afternoon.