Sep 11 2010
Walking backward upside down
Annada walking backward upside down.
Annada has a new favorite book, “Silly Sally Annada.” In the book Sally Annada walks to town backward upside down. It has now become hard to get Annada to walk forward right side up!
She has also begun giving “leopard kisses” (licks) from the book I read her before naps, crawling like an ant from Babybug, running around with her mouth wide open like a hippo from a book about a colorful chameleon and flapping her arms like the butterflies Meme showed her.
Tonight I was giving Annada a bath when she overheard Marc mention praying. “Annada pray,” she said.
“What do you pray for?” I asked, hoping she would say Mommy or Daddy.
“Boats,” Annada replied.
“Boats?” I asked. She’s never even been in one. “Yeah, boats,” Annada replied seriously.
“Is there anything else you pray for?” I asked.
“Doggies. Annada pray for doggies.” She replied.
(And she is still talking about Aunt Rona’s dogs!)
3 years ago when we first bought our home we knew we loved everything about the neighborhood… except the cranes (and later the armadillos, but that is a story you need to ask Marc about). They are loud at 6 a.m., peck cars, stop traffic (because they are protected there are huge fines for running one over), run at you if you get too close and are constantly trying to break into our house by running through our sliding glass door (they have left huge scratches).
We grumbled about neighbors who fed the birds and swore we never EVER would.
Until Annada fell in love with the birds.
At first she would run to the sliding glass door to watch them. Then she starting crying when it rained because “Birds wet! Birds wet!” Finally she would watch with fascination as our neighbor girls would feed them.
Yeah, now we feed the birds. And if they would quit trying to break-in, we’d even like them.
(Thank you for the shirt, Aunt Lucy!! And a shout out to Jess for amazing pictures. This neighborhood has talent!)