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!