Sunday, August 30, 2009

More celebrating!

We had a family dinner after church to celebrate Baby Eli and say good-bye to Grandma Pat.

Baby Eli more an outfit that his dad wore as a baby.

We COULD NOT get a picture of all three kids looking at the same time.

My mom filled up the little pool for the kids to play WITH but not to play IN... it wasn't too long before they had all gotten wet. Here's Anna Kate wiping out! She kept trying to slip by spreading her legs out like she was going to do the splits.

Baby Eli gave me a smirky smile!

Grandma Pat opening up her cards.

The kids had fun playing hide & seek. Anna Kate hid between the bushes until Molly found her.

The girls had to work together to find Luke hiding behind a tree.

Grandma and I gave Anna Kate and Luke turns swinging in the towel. Anna Kate wanted to give Grammy Pat a turn!

We had a fun evening together as a family!

Special Sunday



We headed down to Puyallup to celebrate two special things. My grandma is leaving this week to serve a mission in the family History Center in Salt Lake City. It was her last Sunday here and she was asked to give a talk. It was Baby Eli's special day too. It was his blessing day. It was fun (and noisy) for all of us to be together at church.



Just a cute picture of Anna Kate with Grandma and Nana!

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Swimsuit Cutie

The weather ended up being pretty nice so we decided to head to the beach. I asked Anna Kate what swimsuit she wanted to wear. She chose her strawberry one.



I had her wait inside before getting in the car so I could take a picture. She posed like this all on her own!



Too cute!
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Friday, August 28, 2009

Hooray!



Anna Kate was playing with this little toy.



I asked her what it was. She said, "Mommy!" I told her it was a man and asked her what he was doing.



She said, "He says 'Hooray!'"

On a completely different note... Anna Kate asked to wear big girl panties this morning. I was very excited and found some Minnie Mouse ones for her to wear. Within a half hour she was already wet... bummer! However, I put on a pull-up and she kept it dry all day! Of course that meant I spent all day asking her if she needed to go potty and making her go anyway when she said "no." I don't think she is quite ready yet.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Imagination

Anna Kate's got a fun imagination coming more and more alive everyday!



She told me her fruit loops were Mickey Mouse. The purple ones were his ears and the green one was his face. She said the red one was his feet. Then she reminded me that Mickey Mouse does not have a shirt... she's really bothered by this!



I was on the laptop and heard Anna Kate dragging this fold-up mini kitchen toy towards me. She got it open and then told me that she was looking at pictures on her "puter." She was moving her right hand all around as if she was using a mouse. I took a few pictures of her so then...



... she had to take some of me! She told me where to sit and then she said, "I need my camera. Where is it? Oh, there it is. I get it mineself." She "clicked" away!



Today this bunch of links was a lasso, a jumping rope, a seatbelt, a necklace and a hat!

More funny things Anna Kate has said...

Anna Kate tossed her spoon on the floor and I gave her a warning. Then she tossed her fork on the floor. I was telling her how we don't throw things on the floor. She said, "I sit on the couch for two minutes and then I play with my toys. Sound good Mommy? Sound good?" She's already making deals...

I called Mike's work and put the phone up to Anna Kate's ear. Mike answered how he always does, "Hi, this is Mike" and Anna Kate said, "Hi Mike!"

We told her we were going to the swimming pool and she said, "Ohhhhhhhhh! I will put on my giraffe jacket (her life jacket), go in the water, put my arms out like an airplane, kick my legs and SWIM!"

Edited to add more:

Anna Kate's new favorite game is "hide and seek" but she calls it "count and seek." Makes more sense doesn't it? After she counts and says, "Ready or not, here I come!" she looks around and says, "Where is you?"

We were reading a book today and the mother duck was sad. Anna Kate kept talking about a drip and I couldn't figure out what she meant. Then she pointed to her face and said "drip' - she was talking about a tear since the mother duck was sad.

Anna Kate was eating Life cereal for breakfast. She took a break from the cereal to eat her banana. By the time she got back to the cereal it was soggy. She took a bite and then she spat (or is it spitted?) it out and said, "I spit it out. That cereal is NOT good."

Mike said, "Come on Princess, let's go wash your hands." and she replied "I'm not princess, I'm Anna Kate!"

Grandma got Anna Kate a Disney Princess night-light. She loves it because she can play when she is suppose to be sleeping. One night we heard her singing in her room an hour after we put her to bed. We went in to check on her and she said with a big smile on her face, "Go out and shut the door." She wanted to keep playing!

We turn off the night-light before we go to bed. The other morning she woke up about an hour before she usually does crying, "My princess light is off! My princess light is off!" Mike went in, turned it on and told her she needed to go back to sleep and she did for almost an hour more.

I put on jammies that had words on them. She said, "Read it to me." I told her it said, "I am berry cute" and she said, "Yes, I AM berry cute!"

The other day she came out of her room with two diaper genie refills on each arm and said, "I'm ready to go swimming!" They looked like the arm floaties she's seen kids wear at the beach.

Her new phrase is, "I do it mineself!"

She flipped my shoes over, put her feet on top of them and then slid around the kitchen floor. She said, "Look at me! I'm riding a skateboard!" I really don't know where she learns half of this stuff!

Monday, August 24, 2009

Bright eyes behind the bowl



Anna Kate's new favorite meal... cereal in a bowl with milk! She thinks it's great to drink the milk out of the bowl when she's done.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Silly Sunday Pics

Lately, Anna Kate has been difficult every time we try to take a picture however Mike has come up with a solution. He makes a game out of it. He tells her how to pose in silly ways and then in sweet ways. He usually says, "Cross your legs and put your hands in your lap" just in time for me to snap a picture.

Today Anna Kate was playing with her Cinderella doll. I heard her say, "Sit down Cinderella. Cross your legs. Put your hands in your lap." (Unfortunately, Cinderella is like a barbie doll so she can't cross her legs or really put her hands in her lap.) I found Anna Kate's toy camera and she pretended to take lots of pics of Cinderella!

She's such a fun girl!

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Fun at the pool!



Our Primary had a pool party! Anna Kate had a great time in the pool "swimming" which meant she walked around the shallow end moving her arms. Mike grabbed the camera to take a picture of her and she wrapped her arm around me and smiled! Woo-hoo!
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Just Monkeying Around






Anna Kate likes playing on the big toy out back BUT she has suddenly developed a fear of bugs and there are usually a few hanging around. I have done my best not to show any worry or alarm when it comes to bugs even though they aren't my favorite thing but she's still afraid. Even when my cell phone vibrates on the counter she gets scared thinking there's a bee in the house. I'm really hoping she gets over this soon. We live in the forrest so there are going to be bugs!

Friday, August 21, 2009



Anna Kate filled up her little van with her dollhouse people. The little sister is driving and the baby is in the cradle in the back!



Some days she will play with the dollhouse for almost a half-hour. It's so cute when she makes them talk to eachother.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Super Coloring Girl!



Anna Kate loves to color. She usually identifies something on the page she wants to color and just colors that... like all the flowers or all the wheels on the page. She doesn't stay in the lines quite yet but she's getting better all the time.



She asks me to draw circles and then she turns them into faces. The one on the left is a sad face and the one on the right is the happy face. She always draws two eyes, a nose and a mouth but this time she added "cute little hair" to these ones.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Last day at the beach?!?



Anna Kate found a little wagon and made herself comfortable!



She also had a great time with Sadie in the pirate boats.



Especially when Mallory was pulling her around the lake.



It was my favorite time at the beach too... I only had to keep one eye on Anna Kate thanks to Mallory keeping her entertained!

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Old toy... new fun!



Anna Kate rediscovered a toy! She was singing along to all the songs it played.
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Monday, August 17, 2009

Fairhaven Park

We headed to Fairhaven Park to play and have a picnic with some friends. Mike was able to join us on his lunch break.

Anna Kate had a great time with our friend Mario! He was so helpful with her on the big toys and helped her on the slide. Anna Kate loves older kids so it was perfect!

I knew the water sprays would be coming on but I didn't think it was quite warm enough to go in. I brought an extra outfit just in case Anna Kate got a little wet. Good thing because she got SOAKED! I guess it was warm enough for her!

Sunday, August 16, 2009

sunset at the lighthouse

My cousins Mindi and Amy were in Everett with their families for Mindi's husband's triathalon. We made the drive down to see them and to meet Mindi's cute baby girl.

Anna Kate had a great time. First of all, it was way past her bed time. Second of all, she got to see and do all her favorite things - play at the beach in the sand, watch the water, see a train, a boat and a kite. Plus she got to see a lighthouse and she thought she was the one turning it off and on! :)

Here's my cousin Mindi and I. We have a picture of the two of us together since we are like 4 years old at every family reunion. We had to take one as part of the tradition!