School Party

Today I picked Claire up from school and saw this..........

Her hair was spray painted and her face was panted. I cracked up! One of the teachers spray painted her hair and she did the face paint. Hopefully it comes out!

Claire had a Halloween party and crazy hair day at school. Claire had a blast! They had a pumpkin patch, bounce house, cookie decorating, pumpkin carving (brave!). Claire cannot stop talking about it.

FYI....That is Claire's scary face in the picture. She insisted her face be scary for Halloween.

What does Daddy do with a house full of girls?

A tea party of course!

Saturday night Claire came up to Matt with an envelope and said it was an invitation to her tea party. He said, "what should I wear?" she paused and said, "work clothes would be fine." Matt went upstairs and put a tie, coat, dress pants and shoes. Claire and Addy were thrilled. It was so cute. What a great Daddy.

Proud Parent Moment

Every Tuesday and Thursday when I pick Claire up from School I get a report from her teacher on how the day went. Today when I picked her up her teacher told me that she had a great day and was a great friend. She explained that there was another little girl that has been having trouble getting used to school and today that little girl forgot her sharing and was very upset and that Claire went up to her and gave her the sharing that she brought. This in turn left Claire no sharing which she was ok with. I felt like such a proud parent at that moment. I could not believe that my 3 1/2 year old was so concerned of anothers feelings that she would go the extra mile to help her out. I praised Claire like no other all day long (so did her teacher). It's days like this that I feel so proud to be a parent and it makes up for all those hard days.

Fun Filled Weekend

This past weekend we had one of Matt's good friends from collage Ben and his wife and son come to visit us from Dallas. We had a blast to say the least. We had three full days of fun. They arrived late Friday night. Saturday we started the morning off with a hot air balloon ride at the Great Park, then headed to the pumpkin patch then to the beach for a picnic and some water fun.

Sunday was Vanesa and Luke's birthday and we were off to Disneyland. We arrived first thing in the morning and stayed until the fireworks. What a day! We must have hit almost everything at the park. It was a blast.

Monday we eased into the day with a big breakfast and then off to the balboa fun zone. Later in the day Vanesa ans I decided for a little Mommy time and headed out for shopping and a movie. it was so much fun to have girls time.

Tuesday was the end of the fun festivities. We were sad to see them go and hope to see them again soon.

We got some great pictures below. Beware there are a ton!




Luke and Claire best buds!

Addy doing a little swimming in the water.

Claire taking part in the Disney parade!

Addy in the parade

A long day! Claire fell asleep during the firework show.




What a great weekend!

Help Around the House

Claire hase been askeing to help around the house lately. Here are some great pictues of her helping me vacume. So cute!

Soccer

Claire started soccer through the city a few weeks ago. She LOVES it! It is on Saturday mornings so both Matt and I get to go watch her. This is something she really loves. We got some cute pictues the other day. Enjoy!