Beginning and end of spring break

Dan had his spring break last week and mine is just about to start. We went up to Michigan with Dave and Mary Jo just for the weekend to enjoy the hotel, pizza, pool, and Sauna. Anya got to go swimming. She was scared at first and it didn't help that the water was kind of cold. she held on really tight even though she was wearing a life jacket. Toward the end we got her to kick a little bit and move her arms around. Otherwise, she just wanted to hold on tight. When we were done, we just sat in the sauna for a minute to warm up. Anya definitely seemed to be a little finnish girl right at home in the sauna. Anya did great on both 5 hour trips! We are glad to be back, but it was a nice little weekend away.

Anya and the circus

Anya's daycare did a unit on the circus. To end the week they asked us to dress the kids up as clowns with wacky hair. This is Anya in the morning before we went to school. Note the purple crocs (look like clown shoes to me) She loves brushing her teeth. She will do it as many times in a day as we will let her! They did face painting and made balloon hats. She had a lot of fun. Here are some of Anya's latest sentences "I want a pickle"
"no I want milk not water" "I wanna go downstairs" "Momma, momma, momma, I wanna watch dora!" She is definitely talking more and more each day! Today she woke up from her nap singing "winkle winkle little star.." and then when Dan went in the room she said "baby is sleeping!" and pointed to her baby doll in it's cradle. oh too funny.

oops here's the one with the 3 crayons.

Big Girl

Anya has graduated from her highchair seat with a tray to just a booster seat. Now she can sit at the table with the big kids. She LOVES to color (we are still working on staying on the paper and not eating the crayons). You might notice in the picture she has already found a way to be most efficient at coloring...3 colors at once. She has also graduated to totally feeding herself with a fork or spoon from a bowl. She used to need a little assistance and we would never trust her with a bowl that would end up on the floor for sure. She is getting better day by day. Today we played dress up and her Disney princess of choice was Cinderella (mom's favorite too). Then she just wanted to carry around her bucket and wand. Too funny. She is such a happy girly girl!