Stickers for Grandpa

My dad is in town for a few days to help us with our big move. Anna's having a great time with him. Today she decorated him with stickers.

Thank you for the pig, Aunt Dotsy!

My Aunt Dotsy sent Anna a really fun Christmas gift- a stuffed animal pig that had it's feet (hooves?) wrapped around a nice soft blanket. The pig has become one of Anna's favorite toys. She loves to give him piggy back rides. Thanks, Aunt Dotsy!

A Mommy confession

I'm a little bit embarassed to post this one... I had a weak Mommy moment a couple of days ago and purchased a Thomas the tank engine ride on toy from Craigslist. (Does anyone remember Silver Spoons?) Now, I did get a great deal on it, but it breaks just about every toy guideline I've created for myself. I prefer not to buy Anna toys too many toys that 1. have batteries 2. have syndicated characters on them 3. are huge pieces of molded plastic (due to the environmental impact). I can give myself a pass on rule #3 for this one because I purchased a used toy (yay for Craigslist!), but this toy blows rules number 1 and 2 right out of the water. In hindsight I'm not sure what came over me. My arguments to myself were that Anna would LOVE it and that it would keep her occupied while we moved and unpacked. She does really enjoy this toy, but in hindsight I can't believe that I bought it. Oh, well. At least we have more space to keep toys in now.

Helping Mommy pack

A swing for Anna

Mulch phones

Flowers from the market

This morning Anna and I went with some friends to the Farmer's Market to pick up some produce and some hanging baskets for our new deck. Anna looked very festive on the way h0me with the baskets hanging from her stroller.

I recently purchased an adorable little beach chair with an umbrella for Anna. This morning I put on a Baby Signing Time video for her and sat her in her little chair to watch while I did dishes. I peeked in a couple of minutes later to find Anna sitting not in her cute little chair, but on a... balloon. So much for fancy furniture.

Picnic time

Today Anna and I went to a garage sale and picked up a little plastic table and chair set for $5.00. It was a beautiful day so we decided to have a picnic dinner on the deck and let Anna try out her new table. She thought it was pretty neat. There are two chairs and every minute or two she'd get up and switch to the other chair. We remembered why we usually strap Anna in for meals- she had a great time walking around but ate very little dinner :).

Look, Mommy! A plane!