Birthday Celebrating

I thought it would be fun to interview Claire on her favorites just before turning 3.

Claire's Favorites
Color -- pink, then purple, yellow, blue and orange. That's all I like.
Number -- 2 and 3; 3 and 2
Toy -- Arfy (Claire's most favorite squishy dog friends are Arfy Arfitopolis and Arfy Arferson)
Place to Go -- The bank. No -- the Princeton Club, too. The Princeton Club AND the bank. (The Princeton Club is my gym, where I definitely don't go enough. Claire likes it because in the kids' room they show Aladdin. She likes the bank because they give her lollipops. We really know how to show our kid a good time!)
Sport -- Soccer
City -- Verona
Sister -- Anna
Food -- Noodles
Game -- Go Fish
Friend -- Elanor
Thing to Wear -- This dress (points to dress she has on. My cousin Bridget's hand-me-down. A yellow jumper with pink flowers.)

Claire loved the interview. She took over when I stopped asking questions.

You say 'what is your favorite princess' (I complied) -- Belle. You say 'what is your favorite mouse' -- All them. Even I like Mickey. You say 'what is your favorite movie' -- Aladdin

Our girl likes to talk!

July Recap

Clearly I am not keeping up very well on blog entries. So, I'm just going to slap down our cutest July photos and move on to August...just in time for September...
Parade #1 this year involved a lot of candy. This is what happens to teeth after about 12 tootsie rolls. Maybe we should bring this photo to Claire's first dentist appointment.

We were excited to babysit Claire and Anna's cousin Brynna, so we dressed her up like a lamb. Claire needed no persuading to dress as an elephant.


Summer in WI...you really do appreciate warm weather when it is so fleeting. We have toted the girls to lots of free outdoor concerts.


Check out that laugh! Now Anna is making some fantastic "ggzzzzllllll" and "bbthllllllll" noises.








Feeding a goat takes exactly 0.05 seconds. Full goat, laughing girl.









The sisters in their Big Sister/Little Sister shirts!

Christmas Card Preview

We had some family photos taken a couple of weeks ago. You can see a sneak peak -- scroll down a few entries and see our cute girls!

Drawings Look Like Stuff

All of the sudden Claire's drawings look like what she declares them to be. It's amazing!

Last night she decided to make a family tree. Check it out -- it really looks like a tree!!! With 4 circles for her grandmas and grandpas.

This morning Claire said she was making a picture of Belle (one of the Disney princesses that she is fixated on). She then had a running commentary as she drew "head, eyes, mouth, big smile mouth, dress, hands, fingers, thumb, feet, shoes, yellow gloves..." Clearly I am the mother, because I was enthralled.

Guys Dressed as Food

I have been very lax in posting. I need to post photos of fun visits from friends and family, Anna's baptism...but, first I'll post photos from this weekend. Guys dressed as food, and one dressed as Bucky Badger.

Claire loves oversized costumed people. So we headed to a local festival boasting the Brewer Racing Sausages and Bucky Badger. What? Why would people dress as sausages? Why would young children want to watch walking sausages? Take a look.