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annie is nearly potty trained.
i hesitate even writing that.
i don’t want to jinx it.

i took her to the store yesterday to pick a toy for her great efforts she’s made.
it was just the 2 of us.
she wanted me right beside her.
she slowly looked at all the toys….pushed the buttons…touched each one.
we looked at each baby doll.
i was sure she’d pick a baby.
she kept walking.
she passed the bubbles…the books…the noisy toys
and then a squeal of delight….this tin box of marbles.

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she was so excited.
she was clapping and jumping up and down.
we brought them home and peeled off the wrapper.
when i opened the lid she made this little gasp…
“ohhhhh pretty mama”
she was right.
there were all sizes…

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‘the biddest huuuuuge one”
(biggest huge always means very big)
i love this picture…she’s holding it so gently.
her hands are shaped like a heart.

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“bid and wittel!!” (big and little)
can you see my reflection?

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“the tiny babies”
they were so little in her hand.
she lined them up and played a song for them from her mcDonald’s american idol toy.
“music for the babies.”
seriously.

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then they had to be dumped.
and then sorted and rolled and dropped.
each one was touched at least once.

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can’t you just feel that on your hands?
cold glass rolling under your fingers?
and can you hear it?
all the glass clicking together..
i love annie’s choice…
even though i will be cleaning up marbles for the next year and half.

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i call this one…’Marbles in the Sun.’
ha ha

Deanna Farren - Those are absolutely precious pictures. I love that a box of marbles can totally amaze little ones.

amy - i wondered how potty training was coming… i saw a little bare bottom running outside yesterday. 🙂

kristin - i think i might go buy myself a tin of marbles…i love them too.

traci - Isnt it exciting as a mom when our kids surprise us with choosing or doing something so unexepected? She looks like she is really amazed by these little marbles..lol… what a sweetie!!

Mom - These pics are just wonderful. And I can just hear her talking to them.
Hooray for Annie – what a big girl!

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