Song Bird

Fair is fair: a video highlighting Anneke's special talents - making goofy faces while jumping around in pink frilly stuff - obviously needs to be followed by a special Lautje performance. So here it is - a video that was taken a while ago but has not lost any of its charm!

Though lately, he has taken to singing Johnny Cash songs instead (or "Poppa songs", as he calls them...). His favorite? I got stripes...

Dance Class

Recently, Anneke has been taking dancing/ballet lessons, and this week, the parents were allowed to visit and watch a typical class. For those unable to attend ... the highlights: Anneke jumping...

Anneke flying...

Anneke running (sorry, dancing...) across the room with a friend...

Anneke dancing (skipping?) solo across the room and jumping into a hula-hoop...

And finally, Anneke (towards the right, with a pink [naturally] headband) dancing around a "flower"...

All in all, it was a fairly interesting first look at Anneke's ballet class. At a minimum, she really enjoys it. And what is not to like? She gets to wear frilly, girly stuff at least once a week and jump around like a pogo stick. If they could fit a real unicorn in the room, it would be Anneke's version of heaven.