A Day in Paradise

Just thought I’d jot down a few “Annie Antics” before starting work this morning.

Annie has been growing up so fast! She has a mind of her own and it really works! It’s amazing to see how her thought patterns develop. One of the things that she has been really on about the last few weeks is “bad dudes”. I have no idea where she got that term from but she is always on the lookout for “bad dudes”, I think if you are wearing a bicycle helmet you have 90% chance of getting thrown into the “bad dude” category.

A few weeks ago Annie and Stella were walking down the road when two guys came along on their bikes. Just when they got in hearing range she pointed her finger at them and said “look mom, bad dudes” at the top of her voice. Thankfully, they were very amused and stopped to chat.

The last few days Mia has been a bit sick, so after dinner I’ve been taking Annie out for a walk so that Stella could put Mia down early. We usually walk down to the Main (river) which is about 15 minutes away. Annie is a fantastic walker, and really enjoys going down there. They have a boat club by the river, so we watch the people go by in their skulls. I was talking to Annie about the different parts of the boat when these two younger boys came by in their skull. They were obviously beginners and were making a bit of a mess out of it, so I told Annie that “these boys aren’t very good”, to which she promptly replied “Yes, they’re bad dudes and will stop their boat and will come and take Annie away from her daddy”. I seriously don’t know where she comes up with these things.

One of her favorite cartoons has been “Winnie the Pooh on a blustery day”. There’s this part in a song about how Winnie the Pooh had to “rescue his supper”. Yesterday while walking home I said something about supper, and then asked her if she knew what supper was, to which she replied “Yes, supper is Honey”. Very smart kid!

Mia Update coming soon!