Another Day in Paradise

Isn't that what a day with a 3 year old is ~ well, except for the "exerting your independence part" lol

After her shower last night this was the "look" she went for (notice the pen hanging like Daddy does his)


She is very serious about her flowers getting enough sun and water. The ones in the pot she painted last week are coming up and she is so excited!



Our art project today involved foil, glitter, paper and LOTS of glue! It is very pretty in the sunlight and is currently in our kitchen window : )

As usual she carried a stick around the entire time. Usually this is a "wand" but mostly today it was a walking stick.

It was a little chilly today but she kept saying "home no" over and over so we did a lot of inspecting of plants and flowers and generally just enjoying the morning.

Happy Easter!

Two baskets waiting for two little girls. Of course for the second year in a row Malia's would be attended to by her big sister. Funny when Annslee saw the book in Malia's basket she looked at us and said "Malia share" : )


Of course you have to bite the ears off your bunny first!

The bunny brought two movies, some bubbles, candy, and lots of other goodies including a purple bean bag chair. By far her favorite gifts were the purple peep purse and the lip gloss. She has carried the lip gloss around and her lips are always shiny : )

After cleaning up we went to church where Miss Annslee felt particularly sassy in her dress~ notice she has lip gloss in one hand and a motorcycle in the other : )

We picked some fresh flowers in a nearby field for her to add to the cross

Here is our attempt at a family photo~ yeah, she was being silly

After nap we went to my sister's house for dinner and an egg hunt. There were about 150 eggs and three kids hunting. My seven year old nephew hunted but wasn't still enough for any pictures so here are the two "little" ones and yes, notice she found the golden prize egg!

Here are the cousins before the hunt and for those keeping count, this is her 5th one this year!

Jacob, Gabe and Annslee with their LOOT!

As promised here are some pics of the egg dyeing : )

There are a lot more pictures from my sister's house but I will save those for later : )

Egg Hunt X Two!!

This morning we got up and Annslee had waffles and hot & spicy cheese-its for breakfast then we headed to the FCC egg hunt! Of course Mia was there so big hugs were in order : )

Last year the girls started off on the swings too ~ go HERE to see all those pictures (then come on back)
She is a hunting master now...basically it is Chinese squat, egg, Chinese squat, egg , etc...it is pretty effective and she did get a lot of eggs!

I am sure someone got a better group shot than I did and I will post it if I get it but this one cracked me up. Basically Annslee was sick of us trying to get a pic of all the kids so she put her bucket on head which did get a big laugh from all the parents (enlarge if you need to but she is the one with the purple bucket on her head LOL)

Here she is with Jia~ another Qichun girl who lives here. Qichun is a very small villiage in Hubei so it is amazing that we have a family so close!

Annslee is going to be such a great big sister....she loves pushing others on the swing

After the FCC egg hunt we went to our second one of the day and the Easter Bunny was there : )

There was a lot of art and crafts and of course she loved the painting part

She saw the Easter Bunny a few times and kept telling "him" alll about the carrot she was leaving for him

Our girl LOVES animals so she really wanted this bird to sit on her finger

and gave this bunny lots of kisses!

Earlier today we went to the grocery store and she picked out the "best" carrot for the Easter Bunny (seriously she spent a long time looking through all the carrots looking for the perfect one) She also wanted to give the EB the picture of the rabbit she made at school this week ~ hope he likes all of it : )

*We did color eggs tonight but I already had so many pics I thought I would wait and post those later. Happy Easter to everyone : )

Sneak Peek

We put on her Easter Dress and went to take some pictures. I took 230 pictures so I haven't had time to go through them. Honestly, the sun was really bright and I haven't learned all I need to about my camera but with a subject as cute as mine I still got some good shots. I will go through them and post more later : )







I rarely do black and white with her but I loved the look of this one with the focal black and white :)




*this has nothing to do with these pics but we just got home from our Good Friday service and I have to tell you all that my new little "talker" was making me laugh ~ not really appropriate for the service. She finally is "parroting" something most kids do around 18 months or so. Tonight when the pastor was reading scripture she was repeating some of the words "son" "done" "ear" "man" and speaking of ear when they got to the part where Peter cut off the slave's ear, Annslee said "uh oh!" rather loudly. : )

Spring Has Sprung

It is Sunny and 65 here today but of course it is getting colder for the weekend ~ just in time for Easter : )

I know you have all seen this picture because I sent it to Connie for my blog header but I have never really posted it and I love it. This was taken when Gigi was in town. It looks like she has Zoe in a choke hold but I assure you no animals were injured in the taking of this picture : )

This is another one that Daddy took of the girls as we headed out to our tea party


Below are her school pictures. When we arrived I noticed that the "girl" backdrop was a white table with a tea set and yes, my child was in jeans. I asked them if she could do the "boy" scene and they said of course. I told her teachers to just go with the tea set if she protested but she didn't.

The director laughed and said none of the boys would keep their feet crossed but Annslee had no problem with this.
Hope you all are ready for Easter!!

Ballerina Soccer Girl

Today was another busy day~ School, Art class, (nap), Dance class and our first Soccer Game! When we were geting ready for dance she thought her shin guards looked good with her gymnastics outfit. She had just gotten out of the shower so her hair was wet and the "look" just made me laugh! I think it would have been even funnier if she had chosen one of her tutu ballet outfits instead of this one but she liked that they matched. Seriously, check out that crazy expression!

She had a great time today on the bars and yes, she took off the shin guards before we went. Of course her St. Pat tattoos were still on.

After class we changed quickly into our soccer gear. Their team is called the Green Dragons!! I can barely stand how cute she looks in her soccer uniform. Her cleats are so tiny and so stinkin cute!! You will need to enlarge these collages to really see her faces : )

Of course there are 5 boys on the team and 2 girls so she and her new friend hung out the whole time : )

For a first timer who had been at school all day and then dance/gymnastics class she did great. She was kind of tired but still was a trooper. When she was on the field (and not talking about snack) she was one of the fastest ones. That girl can move!!

Nothing is more fun than watching kids this little basically just run into each other LOL

Luck of the Irish

Well, I have a little Irish in me and Daddy has a little~ Annslee is the luck part because we sure are lucky to have her!

Of course I told her I wanted a pic of her in her St. Pat shirt and she had to be silly ; )

We played Hide-n-Seek and this was her favorite hiding spot : ) The best part was hearing her count to 10 when I was hiding. She was literally screaming out the numbers at the top of her lungs and usually skipped 7 for some reason

Ok Mama...is this a better spot??

Hope you all had a great St. Pat day. Today was her first day at her new preschool and she did great. The teacher note home said "Followed directions very well. She had a happy day!" Yay!!!!