Playdates galore

well, claire has had quite the busy week with two playdates and a special treat on tuesday mornings. last friday, we had avery (age 3) and baby sam (age 5 months) come over to hang out with my girls. the two older girls seemed to have a really good time together. baby sam and laura grinned at the big kids and i think at each other once and a while. the moms (michelle, kristi and i) supervised and stayed cool with mimosas.

today (monday), maggie and her mom jamie came over for a playdate and the girls got along swimmingly - literally. we went to the neighborhood pool and the girls played for about an hour and a quarter in the pools while laura hung out with our awesome babysitter magen at home.

i am so proud of claire and how she plays with other kids. she shares her toys so nicely and asks the girls to come back and play another time. she is polite and sweet and funny. "claire, can you share your [insert name of toy here]" "okay, sure!" a great role model for her little sis. claire then proceeds to talk about how much fun she had with avery and maggie for the rest of the day and into the next day.

tomorrow we are going to start kindermusik classes. just claire and me. mark says we need to enroll her in something because neither one of us has rhythm. {wow, have you ever had to type rhythm , that is one weird word to spell}

claire has also taken to identifying stop signs (from the front or the back). i guess i don't have to worry about running any stop signs, because if claire is with me, she hollers, "stop sign!" she has also memorized goodnight moon and cinderella. you can stop anywhere in cinderella and she will finish the sentence. it is adorable to watch. her other favorite books are three of the little critter books given to her by auntie nancy. she reads them over and over again. you can hear her, "i was so mad" or "all by myself!" from across the room. finally she has learned to count to 6 in spanish. it is really funny because she starts at dos and not uno.

laura continues to grow and flourish. we have gotten a lot of smiles and laughs out of her these days. she is sleeping really well at night for about 11 hours. her naps seem to be a bit off this week, but mostly because she doesn't want to be left alone, i think. she will happily nap in your arms :)

i swear laura is extremely tall. she is chubbin' up a bit, but she just seems to get longer by the day. guess we will find out for sure next week at her 4 month appointment. can you believe it! our little bitty one is going to be 4 months old next week. laura is still a mommy's girl. she will be crying for someone else and the moment i pick her up she quits. while it is nice to have the magic touch, it can be tiring.

i can't help but reflect every evening on how truly blessed i am. i have an incredible, wonderful life. two amazing daughters, a sweet and loving husband, a job i love, great health and the best friends and family a girl could ask for. so, thank you to those who read this blog. you make up part of that incredibleness. and for my girls, who will someday read this blog. know that you mean the world to me.

hugs and much love,

lynn

p.s. pics to come today or tomorrow