Thursday, May 31, 2012

Birthday Cakes!

Today, on this last day of the birthday month, Claire received a Melissa & Doug Bake & Decorate Cupcake Set.013

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Claire has been decorating cupcakes, singing “Happy Birthday,” making wishes and blowing out candles all day long.  So much fun!  Happy Birthday, my beautiful Claire!  I love celebrating you!

Claire has her three-year checkup on June 8th.  I’ll update then about her height, weight and development.

Princesses

Yesterday Claire received Disney Princess magnets.  They’re so pretty, and they have sparkles!001

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Love my princess!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

More Minnie

Claire loves puzzles, and she loves Minnie Mouse.  Combine these two and you get:007

Add in a sweet three-year-old, and you get this:008

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The end result – a completed puzzle and a very silly, very happy Birthday Girl!018

Monday, May 28, 2012

“I’ll be Minnie. You be pigs!”

Today Claire received another game – Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Numbers & Counting.029

As soon as Claire saw the packaging, she announced to her daddy, “I’ll be Minnie.  You be pigs!”  She has a great imagination and loves to play pretend.  She also loves being the director and assigning everyone’s roles.  So Claire was Minnie, and Daddy was pigs as they played the game.075

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Who?

Sunday morning Claire received a new book – Veggie Tales “Who’s Who?”027

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What A Monkey!

Saturday morning, Claire awoke to find a new game – the Paw Print floor game.004

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This morning, she played the game with her daddy.  So silly!016

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Claire loves games, and she is so much fun to play with!

Friday, May 25, 2012

Growing Up and Learning New Things

On Claire’s birthday, she tried riding her new big girl bike for the first time.  She’s definitely outgrown her tricycle, so it was time to graduate.004

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She just had to take her tricycle for one last spin.036

Cale wanted to ride too.044

On Wednesday, Claire took her first gymnastics class.  She did great and had a lot of fun!photo(41)

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Her first backbend!photo(37)

Her first hand stand!photo(36)

Her teacher helped her to straighten up.photo(35)

Walking the balance beamphoto(34)

Her first cartwheel!photo(32)

Claire did such a great job and had so much fun trying new things.  I am bursting with pride!  My girl is so amazing!!

Time is Precious

and so is our girl!  Today’s gift – a Sweetpea watch!  Claire loves it!006

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