Saturday, April 30, 2011

Carrying on a conversation






I was driving home from work the other night and decided to call home to check on my family. Jeff put me on speaker phone and before I know it, I am having a 5 minute conversation with my daughter! She was answering my questions about her day and when Jeff would prompt her about something, she would tell me about it. I don't know when Claire became such a chatterbox, but I have a feeling she is going to be quite the talker! She is saying 3 and 4 word sentences now. After I hung up the phone, I almost started to cry. My little girl is growing up too fast.

We got to take our first dip in the pool on this past Wednesday. The water was chilly when we first got in, but we quickly adjusted. Claire had lots of fun and she even let me pull her around in the pool while she lay on her tummy.

Claire got to spend the past 2 days with her Daddy. The first day Jeff taught Claire to count to 5. The second day Claire wanted to learn more so Jeff taught her how to count to 10! When I got home from work, she was very eager to show me how she could count to 10. She sometimes needs help with 6 and 9, but otherwise she does excellent! We are so very proud of her and how much she is retaining every single day.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Easter egg hunting






Claire was able to go to two egg hunts this year. We had one with our neighborhood mom group and then we went to one at a church today. Claire got her picture taken with the Easter Bunny which went about as well as when she had her picture taken with Santa Claus!I knew I would have to hold her for the picture, but as I was walking with her up to the Easter Bunny, she grabbed me super tight and clung on for dear life! I am not sure why I continue to torture her with pictures with large dressed up creatures, but for some reason I do!

Thursday, April 21, 2011

ABC

We have been working diligently with Claire on her letters. I find it fascinating how quickly she learns something and then is able to recall it. A child's brain truly is a sponge that is wanting to absorb anything it can. I have been working with Claire on spelling words as well. So far we are just working on three letter words like cat and dog but she is catching on quickly. I still have to prod her a bit but she does remember how to spell them. I guess the hardest part of being a parent is going to be to keep up with our daughter.