Off To Ballet Class

Anna took her first (non-parent involved) ballet class Wednesday afternoon. She was really excited to go and I think she had a good time during the class. The only thing she has told me about it so far is ... "I dance like a fairy ice princess." I think that life can not be much better then fairy ice princess except if you maybe add a musical pink pony sidekick.

3 Year Check Up

The big three year old is weighing in at an even 30 lbs (50%) and has grown a full three inches from last year to measure in at 36 inches (40%). The doctor thought Anna was doing very well. Happy and healthy ... well sort of ... she had a little sniff in her nose today and Anna told him that there was "a bee in my nose!" The doctor also thought Anna's language skills are not quite what he would expect a girl her age to have. Pronunciation is a hard skill for her ... so she is going to go to a speech therapist at the end of the month for an evaluation. I am pretty interested to see where she actually is on the scale of language and what idea's the therapist has to help her.



One phrase that she has no problem saying is "Cheese!!" Around here if you want to take her photo you must first pose for one of hers.

Sweet Potato Smiles

Waiting For The Crown

Anna's friend Katie gave her a book about fairy's for her birthday. In the book the fairy's spell out her name as the new fairy queen. The book came with a crown. This idea of a book naming her and the actual crown is amazing to Anna ... each time we read the story she is still very innocently surprised that the fairy's name her the queen .... so very sweet. Last night, after her story, I told her that she could not have the crown in bed with her. When I went to check on her this morning I found the crown is on the pillow under her head.



She also had gotten up sometime last night to cover her little fairy's up.

Anna's Zoo Photo's

Anna, Sam, Charles, and I went to the zoo this afternoon. Since Nana and Pop pop's bought her a camera for her birthday, she spent the afternoon taking photo's of what she saw ...

The inside of the elephant enclosure .. looking at baby Sam (Sam the elephant .. not our Mr. Sam) feet.



The outside elephant yard looking a Packy's legs.



The photo of the cougar was quite a good one.



Charles in the cafe.



And Sam and I once we got back home.

Birthday Video's

I am fortunate enough that one on the mom's at the party made this video of Anna (and her friend Henry) blowing out the birthday candle.

Three Years Old

Miss. Anna, our Joy Maker, is three years old today. She is the most wonderful thing that has ever happened in my life and I feel so lucky that I am her mother. She has brought a lot of laughter and fun into our little family. It amazes me to think that in three short years she has gone from a teeny tiny beautiful infant to a big girl sister .. wearing panties and fairy wing, packing her soap filled purse and going off the preschool. It is so hard sometimes for me to let her move forward .. but I have no choice and now she is three.

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