Hooray! Papa McPherson came and visited us from Tennesse! He’s our first houseguest in the new house (hooray!) and we all had a great time on his visit. Clare warmed up to him right away and by the time I got home on Friday night they were sharing secrets on the couch together. I think he reminds her of Daddy. Clare requests that next time Papa comes to visit (and we hope it’s soon!) he brings “Oma” with him. We all missed Darlene.
While Wayne was visiting, we all went to the coast on the least rainy day of the weekend. Of course getting out the door took a while, but we got to Cannon Beach in time for some beach combing and then went to Astoria for dinner. It was windy and a little chilly on the beach, but we had a nice time anyway. Clare likes the beach, especially the waves, but she’s not a huge fan of sand. In fact the picture below is one I took after she fell down and couldn’t get up because she didn’t want to put her hands in the sand. I’m not sure that sand castles will be her thing.
A few fun bullet points about 21 month old Clare:
- One of her favorite words is “another.” For a while we thought she was saying Yellow because it sounds like “a-lellow” but finally we figured out it was “another.” She uses it all the time to refer to something else or in addition to. She’ll use it for “a-lellow book” or “a-lellow cookie” but also if we give her something that isn’t quite right (like the wrong binky!) she’ll give the not-quite-right object back to us and request “a-lellow one” and keep requesting it until she gets the one she wants.
- She also says “come on!” and “go!” as orders. We were coming in the house over the weekend and she leaned over my shoulder and yelled “come on Papa!” She will also tell me “Go Mama!” (as in go away) when she doesn’t like what I’m doing. We’re working on that.
- Baby Girl had a nasty cold and her first ear infection last week. It was rough to see our little girl so sick and sad for several days (not to mention scary when she spiked her first 103+ fever!). However the illness has passed and she’s back to her singing, dancing, silly self.
- She is climbing on EVERYTHING. Her favorite activity these days is to climb on the kitchen chairs. Last week I caught her sliding down off of the table. Fortunately that only happened once (she knows better) but she loves to climb on the kitchen chairs, sit with her feet out in front of her and put a sippy on the table like a grown up. Baby girl really wants to be a “big girl” these days.
