October

Wow for me--two posts in two days!  Gotta get caught up sometime and what better time than when I'm procrastinating with my report cards!  Oh boy. 
Well, October has been pretty crazy here--lots of meetings, parent teacher interviews, Thanksgiving, getting ready for baby (lots of laundry!), and who knows what else.  And with 5 days of school left I'm feeling the pressure of a crazy week and looking forward to being done! 
So Anneke has just been tagging along this month.  She's still doing great at the babysitters, loves playing with her friends.  She's still growing like crazy!  She's putting together a lot of two-word phrases, with the most recent being "No, Now!".  But it's fun to hear all the new words she's learning and copying.  She's continuing on with her stubborn streak (I can't imagine where she gets that from) and when she decides not to do something, she won't.  For example, she is currently refusing to sit on any kind of a booster seat at the table (only at home, of course, at the babysitters there's no problem!).  She's getting into drawing lately--or rather having us draw the things she dictates, which lately is involving hearts, apples, and circles.  But she did pretty well on her own circles today!
Here are a couple of pictures from this month:

 Licking off the beaters after Mommy made some pumpkin spice bread.

 Playing with "Bear" and her car.

Saying hi to the baby and she was also giving it kisses, but Dave wasn't fast enough to catch any of them.....
So the next month will be a whole new ball game!  Hopefully everyone adjusts well, but we'll see what it brings!

Our Pumpkin Turns 2!

So being way behind the times here I figured it was time to update the blog....Here are some pictures from Anneke's second birthday:

On her actual birthday we celebrated with Grandma who was babysitting Anneke that week.  She also spent the morning "celebrating" with her friend Jolene, which didn't go that well.  It turns out Anneke doesn't like sharing her own toys....she's fine with sharing Jolene's everyday, but not her own.  So Mom said there was a lot of crying on Anneke's part.  We'll have to work on the sharing thing.....

 We had some cake with candles, which Anneke really liked this year.  She blew them out all by herself!

 Then on Saturday we had a little birthday party with Grandma and Grandpa, Oma and Opa, and Uncle Nan and Aunt Rachel.  Anneke had a great time spending time with everyone and playing with all her new toys.  Dave and I got her a train set which she is still playing with, thankfully!  She opened some of the trains first and had to drive them all the way around the table before opening her next present!

 We tried a sparkler on her cupcakes which she was not such a fan of.  After the sparkler we put some candles on one and she liked that a lot more.  Unfortunately she was not at all interested in eating one of the Minnie cupcakes that Mommy made for her!  She was too full on M&Ms, jelly beans and chips with dip-dip!



And here's our big two-year old!  Anneke we are so proud of you and can't believe all the things you've learned this year!  You've learned so many words in the last year:  animals and their sounds, colours, and so many others.  You've learned to run and jump and dance.  You love to play outside and have been such a big girl at your friend Jolene's house everyday!  You've become such a big girl!  We love you as big as the sky, our princess pumpkin!