Computer savvy kid

Aanika got a late Christmas/early birthday present from us a couple of weeks ago. Kevin bought the Certified Home Manager (mom) a new laptop as her Christmas present this year so Aanika was the recipient of our 8 year old behemoth. It’s very scary to stand by as your almost-3 year old works the mouse and gets herself online, opens her games, manages to play the games without help and then close it all down when she’s done! Here she is on Momma's toy.

It’s almost Aanika’s 3rd birthday! I can’t believe how fast time goes when you have kids to keep you occupied. We’re going to have a birthday party with her play-buddies at Incredible Pizza Company which is a new pizza place here in town. They have kid-size bowling alleys, putt-putt golf, go karts, bumper cars and an arcade and it’s all set in the style of the 1950’s. We went to check it out a few weeks ago and she just loved it. We’ll do our next update with what should be some pretty fun party pictures.

With Aanika’s birthday coming up, we’ve been commenting a lot about how much she’s grown and changed. So here's a walk down memory lane with 3 pictures all taken on about the same day over the last 3 years.

2006 - off and running

The holidays are over and we’re already halfway through January…where does the time go? Christmas with Aanika was an absolute blast this year! We weren’t pushing the whole Santa issue but when we told her ‘Santa’s coming to bring presents’ she declared that she didn’t want him in her house! Ok then. Aanika got NO gifts from Santa this year but plenty from all the people that she knows and loves. Here she is decorating mama on Christmas morning.
She’s turning into a big girl and is really starting to show us what she’s going to be like as a person. Her language skills are advancing all the time and she doesn’t miss a thing when you’re talking to her. She’s getting very independent in taking care of herself and is not afraid to say what she does and doesn’t want or like. Luckily for us, she’s very sweet about it and uses a lot of ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ when she does it. She still loves school and gets really excited when she knows we’re going to see Miss Cathy and Miss Tammy. They do a great job with her! I can’t imagine what she’s going to be like when she starts school full-time.