Happiness on a stick

Remember this stuff? Oh, yeah!




Anna saw it at the store and immediately knew she must have it.



Some assembly required...



...but soooooo worth it!

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What's Anna Reading?

While Daddy shops at Woodcraft, Anna decided to read up on some new craft skills.



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Scary Fun

Happy Scariest Day of the Year!  Yes, I mean Election Day, not Halloween.  

Halloween wasn't scary at all; it was F-U-N!

To commemorate Halloween, we took Anna in costume to a local park for a photo shoot.  I just love her "Curiouser, and curiouser!' look in this photo.  She made a wonderful Alice, although she would rather carry her sword instead of the cute white rabbit because who ever heard of fending off a jabberwocky with a rabbit.

Anna picked out the design, and we set to carve our jack-o-lantern. While we were cleaning out the innards, Anna did a dead-on imitation of Linus from 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown' and said, "I didn't know you were going to kill it!  Awwwww!"  We roasted the seeds and ate them, just to show that pumpkin who's boss.

Ta Daaaaaa!

It was a great night.  Excuse me while I raid her candy.

Where's Your Smile, Crocodile?

Anna was in the cast of a play called "Where's Your Smile, Crocodile?" through our local Civic Theatre.  This is the same academy that she participated in early this year.  She had such a wonderful time, she's been begging to do it again ever since.

You may be asking yourself, "Why are they paying someone to teach their child how to be dramatic, when it's obvious she could already teach Meryl Streep a thing of two???"  My answer is...hmmmm....that's a good question.  Seriously though, she's having the time of her life, and it's obviously good for her self-esteem.




Last Thursday was the final night of class, culminating with a performance.  Anna's role was Kyle's Mom.  Her lines were, "Where's your smile, Kyle?  Why don't you go outside and play.  You'll soon find it again."  She nailed it!  We were so proud.  The kids each drew what they thought their character looked like and ironed it on to t-shirts with their character name printed above.  It was very cute.  The play lasted less than 10 minutes, which was just about right.








In the audience was a surprise guest...Ethan, Anna's fiancee.  He brought her flowers.  They were her favorite color.  Awww, he remembered!

It was a great experience for her AND us, and we'll certainly be signing up for another session in the near future.