Friday, we went to Concord for her birthday celebration with Mommy's family on Saturday at lunchtime. We had a fun pizza party complete with a beautiful Frozen cake, again that she helped make. She had lots of fun with everyone and loves all of her wonderful gifts.
Then, on her actual birthday, got got her present from us
and also had her neighbor friends over for a little Frozen-themed tea and cookie party, which was lots of fun. It was so funny to see all the little girls trying to be on their best behavior!
So, it was a fun birthday weekend for our little princess, who can only be described as a princess. We really think that she lives in her own personal fairy tale/musical. Anna does not feel dressed unless she has a dress-up princess dress on over her clothes, complete with glass slippers and crown (sorry, TIARA) at the minimum - ideally, jewelry and hair adornment are included as well. She loves the attention that she gets in her get-up and does not seem to mind being extra hot or uncomfortable in it. We try to not let her leave the house in it, but she has worn it to the occasional store or Erin's gymnastics class where there are large groups of people around to admire her.
I know I wrote this last year, but Anna is such a delight. She is very emotional - usually happy - and very enthusiastic about life in general. Some (Mommy) might call her needy, but she just loves to be involved with what we are doing and likes to have attention at all times. Where Erin is more happy to play on her own and use her imagination, Anna likes to have people around to interact with. She did well in her first year of preschool this year, with a good report (stamp on her hand) every day and no mention of discipline issues. She can be shy at first, but quickly opens up and then does not stop talking. She is already a master of manipulation and can manage to outsmart both of her parents without blinking an eye. Some of her interests right now are art (coloring, painting, chalk, play-doh...she is a painter and a sculptor), cooking, reading, princesses, princesses, and princesses. She is about to finish her dance class for the year, which she enjoyed. Her imagination has really started developing, and she loves to play pretend games with her little friends, which is so sweet.
Physically, she seems to be doing well. She is not the eater that Erin is, but she seems to go through the typical cycles of eating well and then not so well. She continues to be a camel, drinking like crazy. We aren't too concerned about it, but do keep an eye on it. She still wears a diaper at night, but we expect that to go away in the near future. She will have her check-up tomorrow, so we'll get some more stats on her then. She definitely towers over a lot of kids her age. She continues to have the ASD/heart defect, but we're off the hook with the cardiologist until October. They may talk about surgery at that time, which we are really hoping will be the minor catheter procedure.
So, there's our Anna. She is a joy and we treasure her every day! While we fear for the teenage years, we are excited to see her grow and learn more this year!
