Sunday, January 13, 2013

Christmas, part 2

Helping Grandpa Bob blow out the candles

Checking out the trees at the Empress

Christmas Eve at Uncle Tim & Aunt Debbie's

Christmas morning with Daddy & Nanny Mare

Tim & Debbie's

Checking out Lei's baby bump- and excited about having a new cousin soon!

Hanging with the Purdie's at Uncle Rod & Aunt Rhoda's.

Christmas, part 1

Card making with Auntie Tara

New Christmas dress!

Hanging with her cousins

Christmas morning- her stocking was met with squeals of "yippeee! hurray! yay!" as she opened each item.


Her new baby- now christened 'baby Claire'

Dinner at cousin James's house


Saturday, January 12, 2013

Crashed

I often find Claire in odd positions when I check on her before going to bed, but this might have been the funniest.

Friday, December 21, 2012

Christmas Monkey

Claire (looking at Christmas tree): Mom, we don't have a monkey on our tree. We should borrow one from the store.
Me: We need a monkey for our tree?
Claire: Yes. But not a talking monkey.

I wish I could get inside her head sometimes.

Christmas, thus far.

Enjoying a hot chocolate at Butchart Gardens

Decorating the tree (it was a wee bit bottom heavy!)

Santa comes to school!

Claire LOVED Santa...she was so excited to sit on his knee- and was pretty reluctant to let him move on to the next child!


Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Her first dance recital

Claire enjoyed showing off her new dance moves at her first dance 'recital'- and while she wasn't always following the teachers instructions just so, she did pretty well during her first performance in front of 20+  moms, dads & grandparents!

These two were up to a little mischief during the recital and had to be separated!

Not staying the corner as their teacher is instructing them to do.

Again, not listening to the teacher so much....


The hug-a-bug dance routine


Showing her moves

Fall girl


Hanging out in the leaves with baby Ava