The past few weeks have been full of fun - a trip to the county fair, a day at the zoo, some bridesmaid dress shopping and a few other day trips. One of Annie's birthday presents from us was to see Signing Time live in Peoria this past weekend, so she had a chance to be up close and personal with Rachel Coleman and Hopkins. She was pretty excited to see "Rachel and Hopkins" and especially excited to see all the "kids" that packed the auditorium with her. We purchased a new signing time book at the show, and I was so proud of her at dinner afterward, she got out her new book, and flipped through it, reading, signing and saying each word like a champ. Tables around us were gawking and asking "how old is she, she can read?!" Of course ;)
Annie's also added a few new words and phrases to her repertoire. One I just discovered is "holdjya"...I must obviously say "do you want me to hold ya?" pretty often, because she's sped that up and turned it into "holdjya" and uses it as a verb. She'll stop walking and stand there with her arms out and say "Mommy holdjya". She also will grab my face with her hands and say "look at me mom"...usually followed by a hug or a smooch -- pretty sweet. She's still good at passing out back scratches and mini massages - but she likes to request them in return as well. She knows what she wants, I'll scratch her back for her, and she'll say, "Mom, two hands...ok, now two hands massage". Aaaand, she sings now. She's taken a real liking to the musical "Annie" and will actually sit in awe for nearly two hours watching it - and usually spends the next few days asking us to sing "Annie songs". Of course she also sings her favorite signing time songs on her own - I'll catch her mumbling to herself and realize, she's singing entire verses of songs!
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| At the county fair. |
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| No dairy...but cow kisses are ok! |
Annie's first carnival ride - we had to make a few extra trips down the big slide.
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| Who needs a suit? We passed the spray park at the zoo, unprepared...Annie looked at me, pointed to the kids playing in the water and said "ooks awesome!" (looks awesome). I said, Annie, we didn't bring a swimmie or a towel. She looked back at the pile of kids playing in their clothes and gave me a little shrug -- so in we went :) |
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| Off to the post office! Annie helping Mommy keep up with all of the new family packets for the Galactosemia Foundation Outreach Team. |
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| Waiting for Signing Time show to start. |
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| Annie waving to Rachel and Hopkins from her seat in the balcony. |
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| A little star struck! Annie was all smiles and a real chatty cathy while we were in line to get her picture with Rachel...once we got up there, she was speechless ;) |
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| Relaxing in Grandpa's chair after a big day. |
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| Just a little light reading before bed ;) |
