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Annike's Third Year
A photo diary of Annike's 3rd year from February 2006 to February 2007

Feb 2006. Annike all dressed up	Getting more interested in writing and colouring	Very good at jigsaw puzzles	Playing with Arie
Loves role-playing games with her favourite cuddly toy	Getting cuter every day	March. Her favourite 'piggy face'	Getting along very well together
Annike loves her nanny, Agnes	At the park with a friend, Rebecca	April. Enjoying the Tunisian beach	First face-painting on the Tunisia holiday
Monkeying around with big sister	Visiting family in Holland	Developing a fondness for animals	A family outing at a wildlife park in Holland
Special feeding from Arie	Easter 2006. Annike loves swishy-frilly dresses	Trying out big sister's bicycle	A walk by the river
May. Enjoying the countryside in Thorncombe, Somerset	On a fishing boat in Lyme Regis	Any beach will do. In Lyme Regis	One of Annike's favourite things is picking flowers. Here at a Somerset trip
June. First meeting with Millie	Annike loves dancing	Matching dresses and cute faces	July. Visit from a cousin, Chino, from Canada
August. Another visit to the beaches of Holland	September. Started attending Montessori school	Getting more interested in books	Having a cute moment
A 'piggy' moment with Arianne	A walk in the park with Mommy Doggy	October. Trick or treating with Arianne	In her Halloween elephant costume
November. Great friends with Arianne	December. Enjoying school holidays at home getting fully toilet-trained	A self-posed photo in her Christmas dress	At the Kids' Christmas Concert at the Barbican
Enjoying the Christmas holidays with Arie	Annike's version of a wink	Hanging out with Mommy	Being Papa's guinea pig for face-painting
Annike enjoys building tall towers with her Lego set	A special treat. Watched her first stage musical	Annike lasted through the whole Sound of Music and asked for more	Her favourite game is dressing up. Here in her favoured Snow White costume
Annike as 'Mulan'	Doing a 'curtsy' as Ariel	February 2007. Posing with Nana	On her 3rd birthday. Very proud to be a 'Big girl'
Annike has developed into a cheeky personality. She is assertive and see no reason for not being able to do what her big sister Arianne could. It takes a bit of reverse psychology to get her to do what we want because Annike likes doing things in her own terms and in her own time. She is a very happy child and could play on her own for hours although she always looks for Arianne to play with. Annike has a great relationship with her sister but could sometimes make Arianne cry. She is a bit of a 'suplada', a Filipino term for 'grumpy' and does not readily smile at people and has a definite 'cheekiness' about her, living up to her Chinese sign, the monkey. Our baby girl enjoys new things and is a bold and daring child. She loves going to school and has started roller skating with Arianne and also rides her scooter. She could also sing and dance very well. Our youngest absolutely loves swirly, flowing dresses, which is why she loves dressing up as a princess. Her ultimate favourite is Snow White, followed closely by Cinderella. There would be some days when she would refuse to respond to any name other than 'Snow White'. Ninety-seven percent of the time, she would only put on a dress to go out.