By now you know that Claire is shy. Put her in a room full of kids and she grabs on to your pant leg for dear life. Last weekend we had our annual neighborhood cookout. There were probably 20 kids under 10 years there. Initially Claire sat behind our chairs, almost hiding. We finally got her to play with Ella and Cassidy (both around 8 years old). They were excited because they thought they taught Claire to count to five.
Lynn made unofficial plans to meet with a couple neighbors and their daughters (2-3 years old) later that week, but forgot to confirm with them. So Lynn and Claire are sitting outside on the rocking chairs waiting for Alexis and Callie to come play and they didn't come. Next Lynn was telling Claire that they were going to a new tumbling class and that Claire would meet some new kids. They went to the tumbling class and Claire was the only one who showed up.
Poor girl is going to have a complex when she grows up.
Rejoinder: Callie and Alexis are coming over tomorrow (10/20/10) to play with Claire! Lynn has me cleaning up the entire house!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
more pics from syracuse trip
we are still having a lovely time here in cny. yesterday, we went to the zoo. claire was thrilled and loved all the exhibits. she made sure she saw all of them by saying, "i want to see something else now". she was particularly impressed by the penguins.
laura had the best day today. lots of laughing and spending quality time with grammy, grampy, tish, cathy, kevin and suzanne. it was kind of funny/pathetic today when she woke up from her nap, grammy went to get her. grammy brought her out into the living room and they played for about 25min - cooing, laughing, smiling, reading together - all of that good stuff. well, i came walking down the hall and you would have sworn grammy pinched her hard! she let out some pretty good blood curdling screams and wouldn't quit until i picked her up. momma's girl.
we went down to see tish, cathy, and bill and billy and courtland (all grown up and very handsome young men now!). tish and cathy took turns walking laura around while claire followed the cat around. poor duncan :).
when we got home, i fed laura and then kevin and suzanne came over. laura (and claire) played so nicely with them. then, i got some big girl time with my friends while grammy and grampy put claire to bed. all in all a terrific day.
we head back tomorrow night,which is good and bad. we have had such a fun, relaxing time here. but, we miss daddy. so we will just have to hold off on the party until grammy and grampy come in 3 weeks. and uncle larry at christmas.
until the next post, enjoy more pictures. i PROMISE, videos will be posted later in the week.
laura had the best day today. lots of laughing and spending quality time with grammy, grampy, tish, cathy, kevin and suzanne. it was kind of funny/pathetic today when she woke up from her nap, grammy went to get her. grammy brought her out into the living room and they played for about 25min - cooing, laughing, smiling, reading together - all of that good stuff. well, i came walking down the hall and you would have sworn grammy pinched her hard! she let out some pretty good blood curdling screams and wouldn't quit until i picked her up. momma's girl.
we went down to see tish, cathy, and bill and billy and courtland (all grown up and very handsome young men now!). tish and cathy took turns walking laura around while claire followed the cat around. poor duncan :).
when we got home, i fed laura and then kevin and suzanne came over. laura (and claire) played so nicely with them. then, i got some big girl time with my friends while grammy and grampy put claire to bed. all in all a terrific day.
we head back tomorrow night,which is good and bad. we have had such a fun, relaxing time here. but, we miss daddy. so we will just have to hold off on the party until grammy and grampy come in 3 weeks. and uncle larry at christmas.
until the next post, enjoy more pictures. i PROMISE, videos will be posted later in the week.
Friday, October 1, 2010
apple(s) of my eye
the girls and i are in syracuse this week for a visit to see grammy and grampy. claire has been looking forward to this trip for weeks! she loved the idea of getting on an airplane and doing all of the fun things we had planned (apple picking, going to the zoo, and playing puzzles with grammy). wednesday (our travel day) came and we headed to the airport. luckily, mark was able to get a gate pass and help us down to the gate. particularly since we were running a bit late (thanks, atlanta traffic!). anyway, i couldn't have asked for better little travelers. i am sure people saw us get on the plane and groaned inwardly. well, claire was absolutely delightful. she played with her puzzles, read her books and colored a bit. laura slept for about 45 min of the 1 hr 40min flight and was just looking around and drinking her milk otherwise. we got some really nice compliments from the people around us when we landed. ha! once we got off the plane, claire was asking where grammy and grampy were. she literally ran (with her little backback bouncing) down the terminal and into grampy's arms just outside of security. she then got to play in the very cool educational kid area for a bit where she could be the pilot until we got our bags (see pics). next, i installed the car seats and off we went.
claire has been having the best time here. she loved dancing with grampy, playing puzzles and reading with grammy. uncle larry came over the first night to hang out. mommy got to out with suzanne and another friend on wednesday and on thursday with suzanne again. hooray for grandparents/babysitters extraordinaire! thursday rained the whole day (thanks, tropical storm nicole) but auntie char came over to see the girls which was a lovely interlude. today (friday) we went apple picking after laura's nap, i said, "who wants to go apple picking?" claire hollered, " i do!" then "i can't wait! i am so excited" she said the latter about 4 times while we were getting ready. too cute.
we all piled into the car and went out to leubner's apple orchard. it was lovely because it wasn't at all crowded. evidently last weekend, the wait was 20 min to be able to go into some of the orchards. claire did really well (i will post videos later - probably after my return to georgia). and laura loved being outside. she rode in the apple cart in a bumbo (thanks, debbie casavant) it was perfect. i said, "i had better not upset the apple cart or i would get in a lot of trouble ;) )
we got home, had lunch, and put the girls down for the naps. about an hour later, i went down the hall and heard claire yelling, "mommy, mommy". i open the door and couldn't believe my eyes. claire had reached out of her travel cot and got the boudreaux's butt paste and had it everywhere. and i mean everywhere. on froggie, on winnie the pooh - especially on pooh's bum, all over the inside of the travel cot and last but not least, all over her clothes, hands and face! if she doesn't wrinkle by the time she is 70, we can thank boudreaux's for keeping her skin as soft and smooth as a baby's bottom. needless to say, she had a bath (as did froggie and pooh) and went back down for her nap.
one last sweet comment: claire is sleeping in a travel cot. i wasn't sure how she would take to it. so, of course, all week i was talking it up. after her first nap on wednesday, as claire is getting out of the cot (which sort of looks like a tent), she said, "the tent is good. it's perfect for me!".
needless to say, we are having a terrific trip. the only downer is mark isn't with us.
tomorrow is time with uncle larry and the zoo. sunday is packed with a visit with pat, mara and mary grace and then with tish and cathy (i used to baby sit their kids when they were my kids ages!). then, sunday night is dinner with suzanne and kevin. monday is a play date with jack - debbie's son and then we head home monday night.
enjoy the pics and we'll post more in a few days and the videos mid week.
love,
lynn
claire has been having the best time here. she loved dancing with grampy, playing puzzles and reading with grammy. uncle larry came over the first night to hang out. mommy got to out with suzanne and another friend on wednesday and on thursday with suzanne again. hooray for grandparents/babysitters extraordinaire! thursday rained the whole day (thanks, tropical storm nicole) but auntie char came over to see the girls which was a lovely interlude. today (friday) we went apple picking after laura's nap, i said, "who wants to go apple picking?" claire hollered, " i do!" then "i can't wait! i am so excited" she said the latter about 4 times while we were getting ready. too cute.
we all piled into the car and went out to leubner's apple orchard. it was lovely because it wasn't at all crowded. evidently last weekend, the wait was 20 min to be able to go into some of the orchards. claire did really well (i will post videos later - probably after my return to georgia). and laura loved being outside. she rode in the apple cart in a bumbo (thanks, debbie casavant) it was perfect. i said, "i had better not upset the apple cart or i would get in a lot of trouble ;) )
we got home, had lunch, and put the girls down for the naps. about an hour later, i went down the hall and heard claire yelling, "mommy, mommy". i open the door and couldn't believe my eyes. claire had reached out of her travel cot and got the boudreaux's butt paste and had it everywhere. and i mean everywhere. on froggie, on winnie the pooh - especially on pooh's bum, all over the inside of the travel cot and last but not least, all over her clothes, hands and face! if she doesn't wrinkle by the time she is 70, we can thank boudreaux's for keeping her skin as soft and smooth as a baby's bottom. needless to say, she had a bath (as did froggie and pooh) and went back down for her nap.
one last sweet comment: claire is sleeping in a travel cot. i wasn't sure how she would take to it. so, of course, all week i was talking it up. after her first nap on wednesday, as claire is getting out of the cot (which sort of looks like a tent), she said, "the tent is good. it's perfect for me!".
needless to say, we are having a terrific trip. the only downer is mark isn't with us.
tomorrow is time with uncle larry and the zoo. sunday is packed with a visit with pat, mara and mary grace and then with tish and cathy (i used to baby sit their kids when they were my kids ages!). then, sunday night is dinner with suzanne and kevin. monday is a play date with jack - debbie's son and then we head home monday night.
enjoy the pics and we'll post more in a few days and the videos mid week.
love,
lynn
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