Claire got an early birthday gift from Mommy and Daddy! Check out her new ride – a two wheeled speed machine. Claire loves gliding down hills at the park (both paved and unpaved) and is remarkably fast on her new balance bike. Claire’s feet are up so much now, she’s really getting the hang of balancing and we’ll skip training wheels altogether when she outgrows … Continue reading Yee-Haw! Biker Claire!
Claire got an early birthday gift from Mommy and Daddy! Check out her new ride – a two wheeled speed machine. Claire loves gliding down hills at the park (both paved and unpaved) and is remarkably fast on her balance bike. I’m getting some great workouts keeping up with her at the park. Continue reading Yee-Haw!
Just had to share this cool picture of Claire leaping off the table. I took it last week when we were visiting Grandma Caca. Shhh! Don’t tell her 😉 Continue reading Cowabunga!
Earlier in the summer we made 3 separate trips to our local strawberry farm. The weather was so pleasant and a few mornings spent picking yielded some stellar berries and homemade jam. Claire carried her own basket and was a great picker! She refused to eat any insisting they were all for her basket, what a change from last year! We wound up with enough … Continue reading Strawberry Jam
Remember puffy paint from the 80s? If it doesn’t conjure up visions of Debbie Gibson and girls shaking their bedazzled rhinestone tushies you must have been born on another planet. Claire is into squiggly drawing right now so I thought this would be a hit. Turns out I was wrong and she used the bottles in an entirely different way. She made tall puffy paint … Continue reading Textile Art with Toddlers (aka PUFFY PAINT!)
We went to the state fair on Saturday. Claire’s favorite part you ask? The rides? No The animals? Nope The insane amount of fried foods (deep fried pickles?!) No again. This kooky girl loved, *LOVED* this chainsaw sculpture. Yes, the fake wooden raccoons, her favorite thing about the fair. She left the elephant and made a beeline for the wood carvings. Yep, that’s our girl. … Continue reading You would think….
Chalk In My Pocket 