Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Latest "Firsts" in Ann Arbor

Pigtails! Hooray her hair is finally long enough. She has her Mom and Dad's straight hair so her little wispies would not stay in. Now she looks like a big girl. (even if I have to throw it together, crooked lines and all).Buckling in. Anna is all about buckling the buckles herself, whether she is in the seat or not.Avoiding bedtime... no this isn't new, but she is finding new ways to get comfortable instead of just getting in bed. "Signing Time with Alex and Leah" from the "Yibrary." Yes, according to Anna that is the ONLY thing that exists at the Library. This girl LOVES these videos, as you can tell they truly keep her attention.Avoiding looking at the camera forces me to get her attention and snap a picture, even if she isn't smiling.
"Mine do it" Miss Independent is learning all about getting dressed and doing things alone. She is great at unzipping her coats and giving them to me. I had to snap a photo of her in her little red riding hood coat. It is so cute! Taking Mia on a walk all by herself, okay not really, but we can pretend.

Making her first Snowman! Which really wasn't THAT interesting to her, but it was fun for the rest of us.
A beautiful day in Michigan. These days are hard to come by, but we actually had 3 or 4 in a row! This is the backyard of where I Nanny.

Fiona teaching Anna the art of Snow Angels

Anna learned that through the trees there is a playground, so of course that is where she headed right away. However it is another 1/2 mile walk and Eilidh (the one year old) was sleeping. It was very hard to deter Anna. The last time we went there she wouldn't leave and I had to carry her and Eilidh through the snow while Anna screamed bloody Murder, kicked and got mad at Eilidh for starting to scream as well. Needless to say we will wait until a little better weather or figure out if we can drive there.
Eating Snow, luckily Anna was preoccupied with something else, and didn't learn this activity let. Fiona, however, is a gold medalist.

Here is Anna preoccupation... trying on Fiona's gloves.

The view master, Jammies, and headphones....





1 comment:

Sarah said...

She looks so much older than the last time we saw her...especially with those pigtails. So cute!