Sesame Street

Emily gave Anna a box of books from when she was a kid.  Annalise loves the Sesame Street books that were in with them.  The first thing she wants to do each day is read at least one of them.  These books go on walks with us, in the car, to the potty and pretty much everywhere we go!  Anna even sleeps with them!  Thanks, Em!

Tutu

Auntie Emmy got Anna a cute little tutu that she likes to put on and spin around the house.  Frequently I have to convince her to take it off to sleep!  She tends to run and spin a lot when she has it on and I have had a heck of a time getting a good picture so these are about the best I can get for now.  Maybe when the novelty of it wears off she will slow down with it a little bit!

Duckies and Fishies and 18 MONTHS OLD!!!!

My little baby somehow turned 18 months old this past Saturday!!  I just can't believe it! At 18 months she has been up to a whole lot!  She is still a talker (just not too much out in public) and now says quite a few sentences as well.  She can count to ten if you prompt her.  If she counts on her own she generally skips 4,5 and 6.  While she knows many letters, her favorites are W and X by far.  Whenever she has a crayon or a piece of chalk she will ask for a W or an X to be written.  Her favorite things to do currently are to look at books, do her puzzles, play with beads, clothes and jewelry, color and walk the yard exclaiming at every little thing she comes across.  She loves to look for rabbits but whenever she sees one she says she wants to kick it!?!?!?  This is the only time she says she wants to kick something other than balls.  I am not quite sure about where that comes from becuase she is very gentle with everything/one (except for sometimes to our cat).  I could go on but to sum it up the stuff she says really keeps us laughing!
On Annalise's 18 month birthday, Emily and I took Anna to feed the ducks and fish at, well, I don't remember what the place is called. It is a golf course/fish hatchery located just outside of Benton.....yeah......I still don't remember. Anyway, Annalise had a blast feeding the fish and feeding/chasing/quacking at the ducks. On the way home we stopped for frozen yogurt which she also enjoyed!

 

Getting some food for the fish.

Getting more food.

Throwing the food into the water.  She would only take one pellet at a time!

Walking across the bridge to find the ducks.

She found them!

Getting food for the ducks.

More duck feeding.

And more duck feeding...

And more duck feeding!

Enough of the feeding!  She was chasing after them!