Letters

Annikka is working on writing letters and she wrote her name all by herself!

From March/April 2011

Clap your hands

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.



If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.



If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it ...

From March/April 2011

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.

Easter baskets & egg hunts

From March/April 2011

Easter morning started earlier than Joel or I would have liked, but it was fun seeing the girls with their Easter baskets.

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Contrary to what Annikka might tell you, her basket had more than candy in it but apparently the candy made a bigger impact.

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From March/April 2011

This was the first year that we tried doing Easter egg hunts. First, there was one held at our church. Annikka had a lot of fun finding eggs.

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And we came home with more than enough candy.

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Eila also participated, finding a very cleverly placed egg. :)

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And she was given another by Cameron, the boy who was the acolyte the night before at her baptism.

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We had another egg hunt at a friend's house that afternoon. Each preschooler was given a picture and clue to lead them to an egg.

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Annikka's clue:
Buddha came around to ease the suffering of women and men
And we'd be glad to see him if he came around again
Your treasure is around him, near his big fat tummy
And if you look inside you'll find something that is yummy

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It was a busy but fun day.

Baptism

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Eila was baptized tonight at the Easter vigil service.

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Although it was a bit challenging to have the girls up late (turns out the Easter vigil service is much longer than a 3 1/2 year old or 10 1/2 month old can possibly sit through), it all went well.

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Peek-a-boo

Eila has been playing peek-a-boo for months (probably since she was 4 months old or so), but for some reason we never recorded it before now.

Easter eggs

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were dyed at our house today. I don't think Annikka remembered doing it last year, but she did a good job. And she was very excited to learn that pink and blue make purple!

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Eila liked the colorful eggs and may have been interested in trying to help put stickers on them. But she did what any 10 1/2 month old might do with 2 objects in her hands, she banged them together (you can see the green egg didn't fare well from the experience).

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So we left the stickers to Annikka.

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Self feeding?

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No, not really. But she's willing to get messy.

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I think 2, maybe 3, spoonfuls made it into her mouth.