Ho, Ho, Ho

Anna learned a new trick - telling me what Santa says. Enjoy!

Anna also learned how to take the lid off a cookie jar and spill the contents all over the kitchen floor, which explains the abrupt ending of the video ... have I mentioned how much I love our almost 16-month-old?! She NEVER stops. NEVER.

The Boo

This is how I found Anna Thursday morning - cuddled between two babies. She's been obsessed with her babies these days, always wanting to hold them, feed them, shush them, and, as of Wednesday night, read them bedtime stories. We had covered these two babies up as I was putting Anna to sleep, and I thought it was precious that their coverings were 100% intact the next morning (UNLIKE Anna's, might I add ... hers are long cast off to the bottom of the bed!).

Thursday night we played and had dinner with Nichole, Josiah and Addy (who Anna now remembers and says "Siah" and "Addy" when asked to identify them). Nichole had these two cute superhero capes she made, and Anna and Josiah had fun wearing them around!

Playing with Addy:

And Josiah:

Checking out the tree ... Anna with the coveted tv remote in her hands:

Anna found these hilarious glasses to complete her superhero persona ... I think the glasses, water all over her shirt, and bloated post-dinner belly really make her a force to be reckoned with :-)

Looking forward to a weekend of playing and getting ready for Christmas!

Breakfast With Santa

As promised, here are a few pictures from the Breakfast With Santa from Saturday. Anna liked Frosty and Santa from a distance but was less than keen on being around either of them alone. Enjoy!

She gave Frosty a high five!

Yeah ... she wanted nothing to do with Santa without Mommy close by. She was pointing to his nose and glasses and smiling with him when I was holding her. Don't worry - I whisked her away the moment after the camera snapped this!

Dancing!

Here's a quick video of Anna dancing to Kidmo's Preschool Worship dvd ... she's been dancing more and more these days! When I picked her up from school on Friday, she and I danced to some music that was playing on the radio in her classroom. One of her buddies from class came up and wanted to hold my hand, and when I held it, Anna took her other hand and started dancing away. It was the cutest thing!

I took Anna to a breakfast with Santa this morning and hope to have pictures to post tomorrow. Anna wasn't a huge fan of Santa, but she loved everything else!