What Anna's been up to

Pictures in no particular order.....of some of the things Anna has been doing the last few weeks. Some of the things she has been doing I can't capture on camera! Little stinker- she is really settling into this role as a 3 yr old. :) For instance, I didn't take a picture of her room after she colored all over it with black crayon...or with yellow chalk. And I didn't take a picture when she told me she needed her "burporizer" (vaporizer) on tonight. I did take some cute pictures of a recent playdate with sweet Emery.

I didn't take a picture when she told Adam that he was stinky (cause he had some intestinal issues that night) and maybe he went poopy. And I didn't take a picture when she put her pants on backwards and neglected to put on panties at all... and I didn't realize til she had run around like that for most of the afternoon. But I did take pictures of her spraypainting the driveway with Daddy.

I really wish I had gotten a picture of her at Walmart in the checkout line when she folded her hands and prayed "Dear God, Please help me be a really good girl and make this a "special occasion" so mommy will buy me a PEZ..."

But Aunt Julie did pass along this picture of her and Papa wearing the Patriots hat and headband.

I didn't get a picture when she asked two nice ladies for their names so they wouldn't be "strangers" anymore cause after all, if you know their names, then they're not strangers! And I didn't get a picture of her throwing her cheese in the trash can because I told her that she couldn't have a cookie until all the cheese was gone.... guess I'll need to be really specific with this one... But I did get a picture of her decorating our backdoor with Halloween clingies with Daddy- and acting like a scary ghost.

And finally, I didn't get a picture of her rescuing animals with her Diego backpack, singing Oh Oh Oh It's Magic at the top of her lungs, dancing in the living room, or being so brave when I have to leave her for classes or walking, but I have gotten some great pictures of her favorite new toy....an old mattress that was supposed to go home to Gma but somehow ended up in our living room being bounced on, slid down, hidden under, danced on, laid on, climbed up, and generally providing so much fun for a little 3 yr old that I am not sure how we will ever get rid of it!

btw- I call this my flower child picture- check out that long hair!

Happiness... one iced white chocolate mocha at a time..

I know I've once again gone into blog hiding. I don't have time to explain- I have a micro test drawing ever nigh that I am terribly unprepared for and must become completely ready to regurgitate her notes back to her by 1 oclock tomorrow so my time here is limited. About 30 minutes ago, I began to wonder how in the world I was ever going to prop my ever so tired eyelids up long enough to learn these pages of notes about microscopes and animalcules- yes I spelled that right- its what he called them, and toxic substances in the cell walls of bacteria when the brilliant voice of my friend Julie whispered right into my ear...well at least I think she did- she's not really here right now and I'm really tired so I suppose I could have hallucinated that... anyway... I heard .... "coffee, my friend, coffee is the answer!" So off I headed, with notes in hand, to the nearest Starbucks with a drive-through. (I'm in my jammies and it's way to much trouble to put on shoes, am I right? One venti iced white chocolate mocha with one less shot of espresso later (full fat milk and whipped cream - why yes... I will... thank you) and I am feeling quite the surge of happiness and energy! Too bad I still have these pages of notes to learn otherwise there's no telling what I could accomplish!

Here's my all time favorite quote on coffee- from the movie/cartoon "Open Season" - its about a deer and a grizzly bear that team up and this deer who walks and talks finds a cup of coffee in the garbage and tries a sip.....

Elliot: (takes a sip) Yuck. (takes another sip) Yuck. (yet another sip) Yuck! (caffeine finally kicks in) It's terrible and wonderful at the same time! It's like freedom in a cup!

Here's to freedom my friends! And to waiting til the very last minute to learn your micro notes....