Sweet Annie

Annie is seeming more and more like a big kid. Here she is, in a picture sent from her preschool teachers today, she's sliding on the "Otter Slide" that the nature center had created for their Frosty Fun Festival last Saturday. She is a trooper with all the snow gear, putting it on at least three times a week (for preschool) if not more. We all attended the Frosty Fun Festival (I'll post pictures soon, I promise) and Annie enjoyed showing us the kick sleds they use, and we all did snowshoeing and watched a few puppet shows, and roasted marshmallows.
She told Siri the other day that the way to get bigger was to eat good foods and have birthday parties. The motivation to grow is amazing in her right now, if we're trying to convince her to eat something, we simply have to say "it'll help you grow"and she'll at least try it.
She had some sun glasses on the other day while Siri was playing a guitar. I was busy in the kitchen, so Eric was encouraging them to leave the kitchen to play. He said "let's be rock stars in the living room." That seemed to get them out of the kitchen. When I looked up, Annie had retrieved her rock collection and was showing them all to Eric. She didn't know what a rock star was, but was certain that, quite logically, it should involve her rocks. It is amazing to see her brain making all sorts of new connections, and to observe her problem-solving and discovering and wondering at the world. She continues to delight us!