My Anna Girl

What a joy to have this girl in my life. She keeps me on my toes. Here is a little about Anna as a big four year old.

• Loves to sing around the house. She sings all day long. In the car, at dinner, while she's playing, it never ends. Except in primary. She refuses.

• A bit of a perfectionist. Anna doesn't like to do things unless she knows that she can do it near perfectly. (Hence the no singing in Primary. She doesn't know all the words to the songs...)

• Loves Isaac fiercely from a distance. She still doesn't like Isaac getting up in her face or into her stuff. But she misses him terribly when he's not around and loves to show him things she knows he will love. "Look Iys, its a ______!" (insert tiger, truck, ball, etc.)

• Is into all things Madeline. Anna loves the books, the show, the French accent.

• Speaking of accents...Anna is always picking up and trying out accents while she plays. First, it was a British accent gleaned from the cartoon Kipper. Next, French from Madeline. Now she's picking up a New Orleans accent from Princess and the Frog.

• Loves her animals. Anna's bed is a constant pile of stuffed friends. There are a few that make the rounds and then end up back in the animal bin, but for the most part she sticks to five or six friends. (Kit Kat, Teddy, Lion, Little Kitty, Raccoon and Tiger.)

• Everything is named Anna. Besides the aforementioned animals every thing else is named Anna. All her dolls, the rest of her stuffed animals, toys from McDonald's all don the name. When naming time comes around she seems to think really hard, "Hmmm. I thiiiiiink he should be naaaaaamed.....hmmmmm. Oh! How about Anna?" Big surprise every time.

• Spends at least an hour a day washing dishes. She will pull up a chair to the sink, gather a bunch of bowls and spend the longest time washing dishes and usually making a pretty big mess. Good thing water is so easy to wipe up.

• Despises cleaning up toys. It's a fight every time.

• Is the master negotiator. Everything is a negotiation. Minutes stayed up. Number of bites taken at dinner. Amount of toys to be picked up. Menu items for lunch. It goes on and on.

• Tells dad about her day every evening. As soon as Jeff gets home from work, Anna will follow him around and tell him all the things she did that day.

I'm so blessed to have such a healthy, vivacious, funny, loving daughter. Happy Birthday dear Anna!