Anne is digging Paul Simon's "Cecilia"

She says: "Cecilia needs to wash her face."

Ballet! (video and photos)

Anne is very excited to have started toddler ballet class. She may be most excited about her red leotard, which she picked out. The last picture is of Anne once she was at the actual class -- took her a few minutes to warm up, but she quickly decided to try to help the teacher teach.

NOW you can have a popsicle (video)

It took some negotiating and coaxing and tears, but Anne finally has the hang of it -- she can have a treat or dessert once she's eaten some of her meal. She says, "NOW you can have a popsicle!" or "NOW you can have a cookie!" (The video is pre-popsicle, but this is her favorite way to eat them, with Daddy at the table.)

Anne's princess arm

We don't know where she got it from, but for several months Anne has insisted on wearing her tops and dresses with one arm out. Like a one-shouldered number. "Like a princess," Anne says. She has us help pull her dolls' arms out, too (see dolls below).

Does this kid look like a big preschool girl?

We didn't have a chance to take first-day-of-school pictures -- we were too busy getting Anne out the door to start preschool this morning. (She'll be going M-W-F mornings.) Once we arrived, Anne ran off to play with her friend Taylor and never looked back. But her mom cried all the way home. Here's Anne when she woke today ...

How to beat the heat with Anne (pictures and video)

Anne in St. Louis (video)

Here are a couple of overdue videos from our recent trip to St. Louis. Anne loved meeting her cousins Aiden and Austen! Here she is giving Aiden an anatomy lesson and teaching him moves from her yoga class.