Cookies

Annalise "helped" me make cookies a few nights ago. It was fun but messy!

"So excited!"
"Helper, Helper. Help Mama."

Her excitement faded when she saw the electric mixer. Apparently it is very scary!

Almost finished!

Delight!

Annalise had some fun with Nana last week. My Mom came to visit while Jon was out of town on a trip with high school students.

Lunch at Central Market that included M&Ms

The M&M mess required either a bath or playing in the hose. We chose the hose...



Annalise swam in her "tiny pool"

Following Directions

Annalise was asked to go sit by Noah so they could have their picture taken. Here are the results-

Mister Noah

Noah has started smiling lately. It is darling! You will have to overlook his eye boogers in all of these pictures, he is having some tear duct problems. He really loves the aquarium bouncy seat!
I don't know why this picture keeps turning sideways... ENJOY!

Pretty Princess

Efficiency (plus chaos)

Random Pictures

While we were at my parent's house Annalise and Noah "enjoyed" a bath together in the sink.
Annalise loves her new stroller for her baby. She pushes it everywhere!
Annalise loves to help me do anything with Noah. I found her feeding him a few days ago.

THE BEACH!!!

We just got back from a week at the beach in Seaside, Florida with my parents and Thomas and Amy. We had an awesome time.

The trip got off to a rough start, Annalise was super sick and the weather was terrible. After the first day and a half passed, the weather and Annalise's sickness both cleared up. The water wasn't as clear and pretty as it usually is there because of the storms.

Annalise thought that everything about the beach (sun, sand, waves, water, fish, tide pools) was incredible and she spent lots of time running around and squealing with delight!

Here she is getting her first glimpse of the beach-

Here she is swimming with Jon-

Playing in the sand-



Catching fishies- she kept saying "Hi Fishies" and waving at them inside of the bucket.


Annalise also enjoyed her first candy bar out on the beach one afternoon-

Noah chilled out and relaxed the whole week. He looked really cute in his board shorts and surfer shirt but I didn't get any good pictures of him in that whole outfit.




Thomas and Amy built Annalise a My Little Pony throne in the sand-



And here is some general beach silliness, how else do you eat lunch when you're at the beach?

Baby Stroller

Annalise has a Cabbage Patch doll she calls "Baby Stroller." I think she chose this name because she also has a little doll stroller that she pushes the doll around in. Here she is pushing the empty stroller while wearing Amy's sandals.


We decided to see what would happen if a real baby was in Baby Stroller's stroller. Noah looks GIANT! I think he and Annalise are going to be the same size in a couple of months.