Anna's First Haircut

Tor a long time, Anna Rose was strongly opposed to getting any kind of haircut, saying she didn't want to end up short hair. She didn't want to look like a boy.
But then one day, Anna pulled her own hair while putting on a shirt, and she was finally open to the idea, though a little scared. So, I showed her a YouTube video of a little girl getting her first haircut. It was colorful, and set to calm, pleasant, little kid music. Anna was sold.
So, finally, on 1/26/2013, she got her first haircut, at "Shear Fun" in Avon.




Afterward, the four of us went out for lunch. As usual, Anna chose "the Chinese place."
Sam, who has good taste when it comes to food, stole my egg roll.  He was pretty proud of himself.  Also, if it looks like kind of a dumpy restaurant in the background, that's just because it's a really dumpy restaurant.  But the buffet is pretty good.

Anna playing spies. She and her stuffed purple pony are in disguise. She was the “Countess Hoffenfoff,” and the pony, or "Agent Pony," was…wearing a shoe on its head for a disguise. 

• January 20, 2013 (11:06 am)

______________________________________________________________________ Sunset last week when I was getting ready to take Anna to her dance lesson. Hard to believe it was so cold with a sky like that. January 20, 2013 (11:00 am) ______________________________________________________________________




 “Are you lookin’ at me?” (at Pittsboro Town Park) January 16, 2013 (10:46 am) 

from early/mid January: Guys’ night out with my little buddy Sammy. (at Hardee’s / Red Burrito) He went with me to get some signatures from a client who is buying a house in Lebanon. It turns out little Sammy really likes Hardee's burgers. He also ate a pickle slice. the looks on his face were priceless. I have a video of that to find later.

From 11/30/12, Tumblr: I'm sitting up, in the middle of the night with a very unhappy one year old. His new molars are wreaking havoc on his gums, and he's just miserable. This is fatherhood. I sure do love this little guy.

Anna the Artist, "painting a very colorful world."

Just another day :)

Sammy was playing on the couch with Anna today. He started to crawl toward her all cute, and I thought, "how cute." He picked up some speed, lowered his head and Bob Sandersed her right in the side. Fortunately, Anna is pretty tough.

Just a picture from the back yard on a warm day (unseasonable doesn't even begin to describe how nice it was that day) in either November or December.

It's one of Anna's hideouts in the yard. There's a small ash tree with a runner (root) that goes up and over the base of a cottonwood and has a small tree growing out of it. There are lots of low hanging branches making a low canopy and some tall weeds right next to it (some areas cannot be mown due to large roots sticking up), making it perfect for a little hideout.