Creative Aunt Sara...

Aunt Sara got creative (and probably pretty accurate) with the picture below...

PC Answer and Loud Babies

This first video is of Anna giving a very PC answer when asked who she loves more, mommy or daddy... She has us figured out!

Emma-Grace is quite vocal. We don't remember Anna being as loud as Emma-Grace at this age. I think it is becuase when Anna was a baby she didn't have a crazy 3 year old sister who only knew how to be LOUD or asleep running around. Emma-Grace needs to be louder than Anna to be heard and I think she has figured it out at a very early age.

Oh, yeah, I forgot to add that you do hear Anna call me "vanessa" and I call Anna "ariel" from the Little Mermaid movie. Who is Vanessa you might ask... she is the young attractive form that Ursila takes on to make Prince Eric fall in love with instead of Arial... she is the pretty evil girl. But Anna doesn't really get that, she just thinks there are two princesses, Vanessa with brown hair and Ariel with red hair.

Sisters and Cupcakes

Grammy and Grampy made cupcakes with Anna the other day. She loved them and enjoyed cleaning off the utinsils.

Anna having a snack before dance class.

Anna has also been really affectionate with Emma-Grace...

And just some pics of Emma-Grace. Anna doesn't sit still long enough to get a picture of her, unless she is sitting next to Emma-Grace, so don't think I am forgetting her... that is why most of Anna is in video format on the blog.

I just love this picture of Emma-Grace yelling at me!

Fishing and a Jealous Wife

Ken flew down to Florida (and boy were his arms tired!) last weekend for his friend Alan's wedding. They went fishing for the bachelor party and had a great time. I, of course, am completely jealous! He cought an Amber Jack as well as a few who got away. This one was the only one that he brought on board. It was 18-20 lb, he can't remember exactally. My jealousy calmed down a little, because the biggest fish I ever caught was 22 lbs... but don't tell Ken that. We can let him think he is the king...

This is also a test to see if Uncle Alan is checking in on the blog as a dutiful uncle should... so he better call once he sees this!

Bride Princess

We watched Eloise Saves Christmas yesterday and there is a wedding in it. Anna was inspired by the bride and her veil. I swear, Anna comes up with this stuff all on her own. I was sitting with Emma-Grace and the next thing I see is Anna walk out of her play room all ready to go. She is holding a plastic bouquet of flowers from her Fisher Price Doll Hose Bride doll. They are about one inch by one inch.

Anna also is very good at knowing her letters. Lately, when she looks at something, if it looks like a letter, she will say so. Such as, a straight french fry looks like and I and a bent french fry can look like an L or J depending on which direction she holds it. So today, we got Wendys for lunch and out of the blue, she built the letter H out of her french fries... she is so smart... after all, she is my daughter! OK, I guess Ken might have something to do with it too... She also made the letter Y and T, but the camera was pretty much dead by the time she got around to the other letters.

Falling Asleep & Princesses

This is Emma-Grace's routine when she is about to fall asleep. It is pretty noisy, but it is what works for her! Of course, you can hear Anna at the end of the video. She doesn't understand "inside voice". She is either LOUD or sleeping. No in-between.

Sister Love

Anna LOVES Emma-Grace. Just some video of them loving each other up!