Anna hasn't napped for a two years now.  She just started to take showers on her own (instead of baths with her sister).  She still can't tie her own shoelaces, but that is my fault for not teaching her yet.  She rides her bike like a daredevil.  She hosts a restaurant called "Anna's place" on our side yard and it includes a tip jar for fake tips.  She told me last night that she wants "to be an artist just like Picasso" and that she was "copying one of his painting in school yesterday".  Can you tell I'm feeling really nostalgic that my baby girl is growing up?

But when I told her that some people get to watch over animals FOR A LIVING, she absolutely grinned.  There's nothing she wants more than to overrun our house with animals.  Hamsters, cats, birds, fish, dogs, bunnies, chinchillas, horses, squirrels, toads, and kangaroos have all been requests at one time or another.  Finally, at long last, our cats have let her into their personal space.  Chief lets her carry him around like a doll.  And she loves him for it.