Growing Up

Leaping to Papa!

Anja has been such a great kid the past month . . . like she's getting over some big hump of toddler hood. She doesn't argue much, she's super helpful with Milla and around the house, the time-outs are few and far between and she's SUCH a sweetheart. What's better than waking up to, "Mama, I love you" ? Not much.

Anja waters G'ma Linda's flowers (without coaxing!).

This new attitude has to be connected with the new found confidence she has. Last Saturday she told us she didn't want training wheels on her bike anymore. Erik and I looked at each other and politely said sure, we'd take them off (with a little wink to each other). Sure enough, she was riding by herself IN THE DARK eight hours later.

"I'd like to take my training wheels off today, please."

She's also been a little daredevil in the water, jumping off the dock all by herself into the water and recognizing that she's strong enough to tackle the water solo. This is so different from the "come closer, come closer" kiddo we were seeing a few months back.

We love what we're seeing and are excited to see what her next trick will be. In the meantime, we're enjoying every minute of Anja's new persona.