Claire must have been a good girl this year, Santa and company brought lots of gifts and I’m predicting a year of very exciting play! Pretend play rules supreme right now, Claire especially loves imitating things she sees around the house. In her new play kitchen, she’s making mean cups of tea for Daddy every night and we’ve had many treats of “happy cake” delivered … Continue reading Santa’s Visit!
Dan asked me last night what grand plans I had in store for Claire today. The answer was simple. None. After more then 20 hours in the car over the past week, bunches of new toys and many family visits, we all could use a break. As Dan eloquently put it, a “oh, you’re resetting Claire.” So for the next few days we’re taking it … Continue reading Resetting the Kid
We love our “tweets” around here and I’m loving Claire’s long toddler sentences! She spied this red-bellied woodpecker (yes, red-BELLIED…some ornithologist missed an anatomy lesson) and has been yapping on about the big bird “dat fwies and eats awl da yums, he ees big!” Claire wakes up every morning waiting to make “anjewels” in the snow and informs us about the phases of the moon: … Continue reading Mommy! Dat’s a BIG Bird!
Claire has an obsession with all things ‘wheeled’ right now. She’s very busy driving her toy truck all over me as I type. This suits her father who spent his weekend doing things with his Jeep he probably shouldn’t. Case in point: Continue reading Vroom!
I’ve sadly packed away the bathing suits, towels and beach toys but Claire seems to have found another body of water to enjoy: Love those boots Kelly – thanks again! Nothing makes for happy kid portraits more then being covered in mud – here’s my favorite photo from today (and one in black and white for you, Grandma Caca). Continue reading Jump! Splash! Play!
As Claire is getting older, we’re finding it easier and easier to camp with her – less stuff to bring and definitely less worrying about what she’s going to cram in her mouth next — oh dear God, did she eat ANOTHER bug! Our stash of kid stuff seemed huge last year (see here and here), but we pared things down this year and stuck … Continue reading Camping with our Kiddo
The word “bubbles” is one of Claire’s favorite things to say. She loves to watch bubbles floating down the creek near our house and is thrilled to play in tons of foamy bubbles in the tub. Claire squeals “BUBBLAS!” whenever she sees ‘em. Claire was really desperate to try blowing some of her own bubbles outside. As a result, I got to see a little … Continue reading Bubbles!
Chalk In My Pocket 