I am grateful for my little girl Anja. She just loves cooking with me. In this picture she is making pumpkin pie. She stirred and stirred and helped make the pie that we ate at Thanksgiving. It was delicious. When I'm in the kitchen, Anja comes in and asks if she can help. Today she was disappointed when she saw that I had made brownies without her. But she was quickly cheered up when she learned that she could have a brownie after she ate her dinner! She is not only a helper in the kitchen, but in helping play with Fischer throughout the day. She loves to set up a picnic in the family room, hallway, the boys room, or her room...with Fischer. She gets the place settings out, the food, and talks with Fischer as they sit and "eat." It is darling!! I showed her yesterday how she could set up a 'tea party' with her dolls. She LOVED it! And after I had set up everything she asked, "Mommy, will you leave please?" She wanted to have her tea party with just the girls! Oh, one more thing. A month ago we were walking through Costco and she spotted the barbie house. Oh...she fell for this toy! She said, 'Mommy, that's what I want for Christmas." ooops, I'd already gotten her a gift from Santa, so we called Gram on the phone and asked Gram for this doll house. Well, of course Gram told me she would get it for her! (I returned to the store in secret) Anyway, we put the tree up, decorated, and I wrapped some presents. It's still 2 weeks from Christmas and she woke up yesterday morning and said, "Mommy, I didn't get the doll house for Christmas." (proceeded by very sad face) I quickly told her it wasn't Christmas yet and not all the gifts were out. She went from sad to happy in a flash...once she realized there was still time for the 'perfect present' to appear! I love my little Anja. She is a girl who is definitely ALL GIRL. And we wouldn't have her any other way! LOVE YOU ANJA!!!
