Anna this Week

This week a toy catalog came in the mail.  Anna LOVED the idea of getting to circle things for a wish list.  She circled everything of course.  I think using a pen in a book was the real gift. :)

This week, Anna also got her crafty and creative on, too!

This little project started on the potty when she used the last of the toilet paper.  Daddy was not available to change the roll so she figured out how to remove it ALL BY HERSELF.  She played binoculars with said toilet paper roll til she realized she could unroll it and still keep it entirely intact.  Oh glorious revelation!  She saw a blank canvas of course and hightailed it to the playroom where the markers are kept.  She then proceeded to trace her own hand for the first time ever ALL BY HERSELF.  I was so impressed with her initiative and the fact that it is a recognizable hand tracing that I could only chuckle at the other fact that there was more ink on her hands than on the paper.  We oohed and aaahed over her artwork and she went on her merry way.  Later that night we found this fixed to the side of the fridge as well as a number of magnets strewn around the kitchen floor.  What was impressive to us about THIS development was the fact that Anna went all the way upstairs to her room to retrieve her stepstool, carried it all the way downstairs, and situated it in front of the fridge ALL BY HERSELF in order to proudly display her goods ALL BY HERSELF.  We had no idea all this was going on.  It was truly endearing to discover long after she went to bed and to figure out what all she had done without our knowing or our assistance.  That is a lot of orchestrating for one little girl. 

And that is a lot of activity and travel for a toilet paper roll, too. :)