The Seeds We Sow (All About Annie)

Vegetables aren't the only thing that gets watered in the garden.

Occasionally on a hot day we'll hit Annie with a few sprays of the hose to cool her down and to make her time in the garden a bit more fun than just watching us dig in the dirt.


Sometimes I feel sad for Annie because she isn't growing up with a yard to play in like I had as a child. It wouldn't even need to be a big yard if there was just a patch of grass to call her own and maybe a tree to climb.

But Annie's a trooper. She pretty much accepts her world as it is without complaint. She can occasionally be a nudge like any child but she's well behaved most of the time and she makes it easy to be a parent. For those who subscribe to the idea that life only gives you what you can handle.. I guess life doesn't have much faith in me as all my kids are pretty easy to
deal with.

See those cute little chick-let teeth? They're all loose now and soon will be gone, replaced by the unsightly growth of adult teeth in her sweet little girl smile. And those freckles will eventually fade like mine did. And her button nose will someday have... shall we say, more character? Will it resemble my big honker or will she inherit Meg's smaller more feminine nose?

Such a happy little reader she is. Aside from her American Girl Dolls, which she treats like babies and even has fake conversations with an imaginary babysitter from her sleeping beauty cell phone to check in on said babies when we're away from home, reading is her favorite thing to do. Although these days inventing dance moves based on a style of dance she's created that's part ballet, part Irish step dance and part hip hop, is quickly rising on her list of things that she loves to do.

Her energy is amazing. Her sweetness brings tears to my eyes. Her ability to engage in wonderful conversations makes me proud to be the daddy of one of the sweetest creatures I have ever known.