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This was a cute moment, where, when playing with Jay's old cell phone and after me clipping it on her dress, she immediately asked for a tie and glasses (so she could complete the "Papa" look). I couldn't help but oblige. Of course, the shoes are only something he wears at home on special occasions. You'll also note her mastery of the letter "w" (she actually now knows all her letters) and the hiccups.
Another cute moment, not captured here, as I explain the world to her: Whenever she sees something she wants to do, like operate heavy machinery or cut her own nails, I explain that's something she can do when she's older. So last night, on the way home from picking up Jay at work, Annie sees a fire truck and says to us both, "That's not for Annie. Annie does it when you ooolllder." (Annie still refers to herself as either "Annie," or "You.") Glad to see the kid has dreams.
And on a final note of importance, the naps, for now, seem to have returned! Day 3 and counting... fingers crossed.
Despite all the cute and wonderful things Annie is doing these days: singing, doing more and more "pretend play" (you should see her put "sugar" into her teacup, it kills me), doing more and more "pretend play" with the cats (much to their shagrin), there is one giant elephant in the room casting a large shadow over all of it. She has ceased to nap, almost entirely (last week, there was only one, brief rest for Annie and Mom both). We knew this day would come, just hoped it wouldn't be so soon. I'm hanging on to the hope, though, that it's a phase that she'll pass out of soon (fingers firmly crossed), mostly because it's started to effect her night sleep. One time this week she was up from midnight until 3, another night she wouldn't fall asleep until 9 (which, with no nap under her belt, was super, super late for her). Needless to say, I am feeling like I don't know what the heck I'm doing as a parent, but try to remind myself that at least I'm giving her the opportunity to sleep, and that's about all I can do at this point. But, of course, if this continues, I will have no qualms about sending her to preschool one extra day a week so we can both keep our sanity. Otherwise, that may be me you will be hearing about on the evening news running down the street in her bathrobe.
Annie, her pop and I headed to Austin this long weekend so we could finally say we've been to more than one city in Texas--oh, and to bond as a family and all that jazz. We had a great time. Annie enjoyed it so much she didn't take ANY naps... Nope. Not one. Needless to say we were *thrilled*. But we tried to keep her busy despite her delirium. She did pretty well, only having one day which was a tribute to her best "terrible twos" impression we've seen yet. We walked to the state capital building (the tallest in the country, proving that everything is, in fact, bigger in Texas), went on a train, climbed a mountain (OK, it was more like a lot of stairs, but Annie was very proud), and visited the world headquarters of Whole Foods, which was basically Whole Foods on steroids (but I'm sure they're organic, environmentally friendly steroids). We also visited their Children's Museum where Annie got to pretend to drive a subway. I think she was pretty sure she had died and gone to heaven (and given her sleepless state, I'm not overstating that; the kid was drunk with tired). Now, we're back. Still no naps. I think Annie's just excited for all the change that's on the horizon with our new president that she decided to enact some of her own. I like the intention, just not the vehicle with which she chose to accomplish it.
