Anna in the pumpkins.

Riding a bunny "train" car (hooked to a tractor).

Holding a baby chick.

Giddyup, big wooden horse!

She also really enjoyed trying to feed the animals in the little petting zoo.  I say “trying” because she tried to feed them like she gives treats to the dogs: hold it out in your hand and then chicken out at the last second and drop it on the ground in front of them.  Too bad, because the goat and sheep had such soft tickly muzzles and tongues.  I want to go back just for the petting zoo!

Sisters ready for school.

Smile!

Now a funny face, mama!

Reading a book and ignoring the camera...

After we put Carolyn on the bus and I managed to drink a little coffee, we headed down to the school and waited for them to open up the doors.

Anna picked out the penguin backpack.

Anna showed her teachers the little treasures she brought with her in her backpack, then made a beeline for the Mr. Potato Head set they had out.  She barely looked up when I said “bye”.

Oh, yeah, bye mom!

Her favorite parts were apparently snack and the playroom.  Is it just my two girls that think lunch/snack & recess are the best parts of school?

Hooray for preschool!

So little...and yet, so big!

She was a tiny bit shy at first, but then warmed up pretty quickly.

Sitting in the teacher's chair already...

She apparently thought she needed to show off every bit of knowledge she’s already stored up, as she walked around the room pointing out various things that had her name on them (her star for circle time, her nametag for her seat, her coat hook, etc.) and counting aloud all the numbers she saw.  Then, instead of building a tower out of the alphabet blocks as she was instructed to, she lined them up in alphabetical order.

Oh, it's an "O"!

I really hope her teachers didn’t think I coached her to do all that…

She charmed the pants off of everyone there, and added a bit of sunshine to an otherwise sad occasion.  Carrie helped lighten things up as well, and took the entire open casket thing completely in stride.  I’m not quite sure how she accepted it so easily, but I’m glad for it.

Back at my grandparents house, Carrie managed to convince nearly every single adult there to take her around the woods for walks and help her pick up acorns.  And Anna spent the afternoon being danger baby – not only walking, but standing up in the middle of the room without pulling up on anything, and climbing up and down the porch stairs.  Oh, my.

While Denis and the girls were hanging out on the couches, Anna took her first couple of teeny-tiny steps.  Of course, she wouldn’t repeat it, but she did it, which means it’s only a matter of time before she’s running after Carrie!

Carrie discovered that she can stand on her tip-toes in the shallow end and have the water only come up to her neck.  She’s getting tall, my big girl!

So she was.

Anna really likes this new chewy thing…

Today, I found a tooth!  Her bottom right central incisor, to be exact.

Maybe tonight Anna will remember how to sleep all night again?