I just have to say I am such a proud Momma!!! Claire is completely potty trained and has been for a month...knock on wood! She still wears a diaper at night because I would rather change diapers and not sheets. She is growing up so fast. She is telling me how to fix her hair, wanting to dress herself, telling me what she wants to wear, what cup she wants to drink from....I would be lying if I didn't admit that she pushes my patience to a limit in outer space. I just hope this is normal and that it doesn't mean I am a bad mother?? Which I question all the time these days! But everything around our house is "Me do it" or "Am going to do it"and of course, we should have been out the door to be somewhere 5 minutes before...note to self: practice patience...and we are working on proper words.
Claire moved up to Toddler 3 this week so now she is in the class with 3 year olds. She is trying to "read" on her own. I say that loosely but she does pick up books and start to tell the actual story of the book. Maybe she is going to be an early reader or maybe she just has a dang good memory!
Christmas was crazy, hectic, exciting...and will be a later post. I will try and get back in the swing of blogging....really no excuse, it's just taken a backseat.
Daddy, Uncle Ry Ry, and their buddies killed a lot of ducks and Miss Claire thought she needed her picture made with them. Of course, she even had to "pet" a few of them.
Gabell wanted her picture too...even though she didn't retrieve any of these ducks.
One Happy Little Girl!...That is our Super Excited face!
Children's Church Christmas Party....Claire wasn't so sure about Santa but she sure loved playing with all the kids and coloring her stocking!
1. Trust in the Lord
2. Be Happy
3. Laugh More
4. Try Harder
5. Rest
6. Think Positive
7. Stop and Breathe
8. Slow Down
9. Savor Everyday Moments
10. Think of Others
Claire loves some Mud Ridin' ....don't worry she goes slow
Feeding the deer
Helping Papaw stack firewood
A little Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust!!!!
Give Claire and Max a bowl of water and you get lots of smiles!!!
Tinkerbell needed to slide before we went to the church festival.
No! I didn't plan for Claire to have two different halloween costumes. She has been saying that she was going to be Tinkerbell for Halloween since this summer and we even bought the Tinkerbell costume in August....type A planner personality, I know. However, no matter how much I plan things don't always go the way I expect, so we found ourselves at the grandparents house an hour away and Tinkerbell was at our house....with gas prices what they are it didn't make sense to drive home to get Tinkerbell and I knew Claire could wear it Sunday night at church....so Friday morning I had to come up with a costume for Friday evening festivities. I remembered Cracker Barrel having cute costumes, so off I went, that is where we found our little Ladybug, half price as a matter of fact! I just love my little Ladybug and Miss Tinkerbell!!! She is perfect!
Star struck meeting Dora and Elmo....complete shock and smiles!
Our little ladybug....sweetest bug in the whole wide world!
