Rachel and little Anna kindly hosted a Fourth of July BBQ in San Jose. The Annas got to play together in their backyard (with the hose!) and adults got to sit around and drink wine in the shade. Lovely. Click on the photo below to see more.
I stepped into our local art studio today to check out their new stuff on exhibit. The owner, Jen, asked me what I was out doing. She recognizes me and Anna because we stop by about once a month or so. I explained I was trying to find something to carry a lot of punch to a party and I was not succeeding. She goes into the back of the studio and pulls out one of those big coolers with a spout. She barely knows me, but she's lending it to me for the weekend! I love my neighborhood. Now I don't have to buy something I have nowhere to keep! Yay!
From the last time we got to see Ben, Dee and Rachel. Sadly, they moved to Ireland this week. We miss them already! More photos of Anna, Josie and the O'Briens at
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=oisj2fr.c0oywkd3&x=0&y=-3r5o2f&localeid=en_US
That's what Anna says when she's asked to do something that she is happy to do (this is exceedingly rare). Usually the things are her idea, or conform to something that was her idea. Don't know where she got it, though, it sounds WAY more like something I would say than something Brian would say. It's so dorky. All-righty!
Anna is sick with a virus again, big fever, loss of appetite, the works. It's not a big deal, and she's super cuddly but kind of miserable. She fell asleep on a pillow in the kitchen while Brian was trying to cook them dinner tonight. Pobrecita!
At the breakfast table. I can't really explain what she's doing, looking up and away from me, but she does it over and over again and it causes her to get tickled.
Anna brought in a bunch of stuffed animals with her when she got up the other morning.
And got rodeoed into reading Anna "The Cat in the Hat." So kind of her. Brian and I have read it a million times.
Anna sings, with Maddie's accompaniment, in the bathtub. It's "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," if you can't recognize it.
Brian tried to improve upon his hot-pants shot of Anna from his camera phone. It's better, from a real camera this time. I love the American Apparel-Polaroid-y look of this one.
