We are the proud owners of a beautiful new house!! J spent last weekend installing closet organizers and getting the posts in to put up gates in the back yard. This weekend is the big move and we are very excited about it! We love the neighborhood, the house, the kitchen, the yard… I’m in the idealistic dreamy stage where I think everything will be perfect in our new house. That is, once we move in.
Oh the moving… It’s a good thing Clare is always in motion (marching, running, jumping, stomping, climbing, rolling, etc.) because if she sat still to long she might end up wrapped in bubble wrap and put in a box. We are in full-blown packing around here, which somehow means that the house is in a permanent state of mess and clutter. How is it that packing stuff away in boxes seems to increase the amount of stuff? I’ll never know.
Complaining aside, here are some cute Clare stories and pictures – including Grandma T’s visit several weeks ago. The little series below is of Clare and Grandma T playing catch with a pair of Daddy’s socks. Clare is pretty good at the throwing (and has great follow through) but doesn’t quite get the concept of catching yet.
Besides playing catch, Grandma T and Clare did their fair share of reading, playing, and usual activity. It snowed while Teresa was visiting, so they even went to play in the snow a few times. Clare also started saying “Gam-ma T” while Teresa was here.
Some fun new words of Clare’s include “hola!” She doesn’t understand that it means the same thing as hello, but she says “Hola!” over and over. “Hola Mama! Hola Sadie! Hola Daddy!” It’s pretty cute. She’s also continued her pattern of adding a Y to the ends of words, but I think I’ve noticed the pattern that it’s only the things that she loves most. For example, “painty,” “col-y” (color), “milky,” “noody” (noodles – her favorite food), “Wockery” (her toy Wocket), “trucky,” “moony,” etc. She uses the Y when she wants something or is excited by it.
Other favorite foods of the moment (and it will probably change tomorrow) include bananas, tortillas (“dor-dit-ahs”), yogurt (“yog-y”), and juice (“juicy”). Our girl is a good eater, though she’s especially fond of breads and pastas and less inclined towards meat and vegetables. I can usually get her to eat fruit and veggies (she’s partial to carrots, peas and sweet potatoes), but if she’s been a little picky on a certain day then I can always trick her by putting the veggies in a cheese quesadilla or mixing them with pesto and pasta.
We are the proud owners of a beautiful new house!! J spent last weekend installing closet organizers and getting the posts in to put up gates in the back yard. This weekend is the big move and we are very excited about it! We love the neighborhood, the house, the kitchen, the yard… I’m in the idealistic dreamy stage where I think everything will be perfect in our new house. That is, once we move in.
Some fun new words of Clare’s include “hola!” She doesn’t understand that it means the same thing as hello, but she says “Hola!” over and over. “Hola Mama! Hola Sadie! Hola Daddy!” It’s pretty cute. She’s also continued her pattern of adding a Y to the ends of words, but I think I’ve noticed the pattern that it’s only the things that she loves most. For example, “painty,” “col-y” (color), “milky,” “noody” (noodles – her favorite food), “Wockery” (her toy Wocket), “trucky,” “moony,” etc. She uses the Y when she wants something or is excited by it. 
