Merry Christmas to all!!!

I am so proud of myself for all of the great ideas that I had on Christmas Eve!! Santa ate all of his cookies,but left a few crumbs... he also left her a note!!!

Santa was great to Claire!! He brought her the puppet show that she wanted but she hasn't done many shows lately!! She really loves changing the time on her clock!!

Here is a cute family pic that was taken at Mom's on Christmas Eve!!

We had a wonderful Christmas around here and we hope that everyone else did also!! We are looking forward to a few more days off to just relax!!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone!

Nightmare

One of a parent's worst nightmare happened to me on Thanksgiving of all days. Claire comes into the room where Bart and I are and she is holding a "huge" handful of hair. She was playing "Beauty Shop." I guess there are a few things that I did prior to this that did not help... First, I had a pair of scissors in her bathroom drawer that she used for the "haircut." In my defense, the scissors have been there for 2 years and she has never touched them. Then second, I had washed her hair in the sink earlier and told her this is how mommy gets her hair washed at the Beauty Shop.

Anyway, as you can see from the picture, I am not exaggerating. I am pretty sure that when I called many of my family members and best friend they all believed that I was slightly exaggerating... But they quickly agreed that I was not.

So needless to say, we will be sporting a ponytail until she is 6!!! In a ponytail, you can not really tell that anything has happened. But down, it looks terrible!!! I am almost over it, but I think that I will continue to get upset every time I fix her hair for a while!!

Disney On Ice

Last night (Wednesday) we went to Disney on Ice with Peyton. The girls had a blast. Claire could not wait to see Cinderella and all the princesses.

In this picture, Claire and Peyton could not wait for the show to start.

Here is Claire clapping when Cinderella came out.

Here are all the "original" Disney characters.


Here came Cinderella, Claire's very favorite person.

We had a blast. Thank you Stephanie for getting the tickets for us.

3 year old Claire

I had a friend come and take some pics of Claire at the house. As usual,her pics came out wonderful. Here are just a few of the cute ones. Of course, I thought that they all were cute, but I narrowed it down to a few. I hope you all enjoy them as much as we do.

Claire sitting on her daddy's tractor. She had a blast!!

I think that this is my favorite. She is not even looking, but it is precious!! These are the kind of pictures that I love. The candid ones!!

Here is one in her "birthday dress." She was giving a fake smile, but it is still cute.

Claire is 3!!!

Claire turned 3 years old on Saturday, November 8th and we had a party!! We had a blast!! Claire is a party animal. We had hot dogs and cake at the party. We had a bounce house, but it was not near as big of a hit as the Barbie Jeep. The jeep was Claire's gift from mommy and daddy. Logan stayed the night with us and so did the Sewards. We had a blast. Claire, Landri and Logan played until late late!!

It is so hard to believe that Claire is already 3!! But then there are days that she acts like she is 15!!

Claire in her cool Barbie Jeep!!

Claire opening up her presents!! She got a little tired of this after long.

Claire, Logan and Landri chowing down on cake after the party was over.

Claire was loving this!!!

Halloween

I am still experimenting, so bear with me...

Halloween was great!! Claire dressed up like Cinderella, which is nothing new... We dress up like princesses and Cinderella around here a lot. She had a blast. We went to Bart's grandparents and saw his family and then went to my aunt's to have a Halloween/Birthday party. My cousin's birthday is on Halloween and so we celebrated her birthday and Halloween. Claire had a blast playing with Peyton (dressed as Annie) and Logan (dressed as Piglet) and Carly (dressed as a cat). We had fun.

If I can figure out how to post pics, I will... well Igot the pictures, but it's just not very pretty!!! Sorry!!

Experimenting!!

I am going to experiment with blogging. I love keeping in touch with all my friends even when we don't have time to talk on the phone. I am going to try and post often, but my computer time has gone down especially since Claire needs to be entertained!!!