Annie these days

Annie's favorite place in the house is right by the fireplace. I mean, when Jeremy goes to work in the morning that's where he finds her. When he gets home in the evening, there she is. So he's started teasing her that she is going to sleep there and it has now become her "room". She cracks up when you tease her to "Go to her room!" when she's already there, or threaten to lock her in her room. I think she's drawn to the snowmen and the Jingle Bell Rock Santa that live there during the Christmas season, as well as the obvious warmth it offers. I told her today to get outside and get some sun and vitamin D because it was so gorgeous, and she refused because she wanted to stay in her room.

Bonus - A few things Annie has said today:

As I finished making cookies today, I hollered for the kids to come scrape the dough. I had left a generous amount of chocolate chip cookie dough in the bowl. Annie was the first one to me since she was just in her "room" and saw all the goods in the bowl. Hoping to get it all to herself, she started whispering, "Mom, say you're just kidding. Say you're just kidding. Say you're just kidding". Abby made it upstairs and started laughing, "Annie, I heard that!" It was pretty funny. Darn it, she had to share.

Then later as we were frosting sugar cookies - it was a huge baking day - she started to be all philosophical with questions such as, "What would trees be if there wasn't any green?" "I don't know, probably brown I guess." Then she stumped me when she asked, "What would pickles be?" She got me there. I had no idea. Then we went through most colors in the rainbow wondering what would happen to different objects if there was not that color.

I love Annie's developing sense of humor. She can be super grouchy around adults, but man, when she's in her comfort zone she is a total kick in the pants.