What I Want to Be When I Grow Up

Today Caleb was supposed to dress up for school in a costume that represents what he wants to be when he grows up.  He decided he wants to be a writer.  He wanted to just wear normal clothes and carry a notebook and pencil.  I was FINE with that.  No elaborate costume needed!  Well, he just got home from school, and declared, "I decided I didn't want to be a writer, so I was an undercover police officer instead."  Hmm.  Wonder where he got that idea?

Birthday Girl!

Anelise turned two last Saturday!  What a big girl!  When you ask her how old she is, she gets a big smile on her face, says "two!" but still holds up one finger.  We're working on that.  :)

Anelise is such a happy little girl.  Her personality is so easy-going, fun, and pleasant.  She is usually very obedient and gets very sad when she needs to be corrected.  She plays well with her brothers, as well as by herself when they're at school.  She brings so much joy to our family!

Verbally, Anelise is definitely ahead of the curve.  At least she's far ahead of where the boys were at her age.  She uses complete sentences and often copies phrases she hears us using.  What we hear the most often these days is "What's ___________ doing?" (Ethan, Caleb, boys, doggie, etc.) or "Where's _________?"  Yesterday she brought me a sticker, put it on my shirt, and said, "there you go, Mommy."  Some of my current favorite words are "eyebrows" (i-bowsh), "cookie" (tooky), and "whoops" (woopsh).

For Anelise's birthday, we had a very informal party.  Mom Baker and cousin Krista came for lunch after the boys' soccer games.  We had pizza and the butterfly cake I had made.  (Sadly, the frosting I made didn't quite do the trick holding the cake together, so it was starting to fall apart.)  After lunch we opened presents.  Anelise also skyped with Dad Baker and Mom and Dad Ippel to open their presents too.  Anelise loved being sung to.