Princess Claire...could it be?

Claire had a birthday party last week and the theme was "princess". Claire doesn't have anything princess or dress up clothes because it hasn't ever been her interest. I clearly remember her yelling at someone just last August..."I DON'T LIKE PRINCESSES!!!". That was until we went to Disneyland and she started to grow fond of them. She has even started piling on the jewels and my heels and striking a pose while saying, "I'm fancy!". Seeing a castle can do that to a girl! We borrowed this dress from a friend for the party (thank you Liz and Scarlett!!). She was Rapunzel (she only knows who that is from a coloring book we have). What a cutie pie. Nothing like a princess wearing purple crocs. No glass slippers here!! She really loved seeing Sleeping Beauty and Arial. What a fun surprise.

Christmas

Christmas was a good one this year. We did our usual Christmas Eve at our house with church and dinner with the family. I made my chicken pot pies with salad like always (4th annual). YUMMO!  We stayed up way too late with Tom and Carla having cocktails after the kids went to bed and playing Santa. It sure was fun though. Claire loved her camera and scooter as promised by Santa. Paige was confused looking and pretty much had the same look on her face most of the morning. Sizing things up and being very skeptical of all this action. She is much like her father. It's just hard to get them worked up over much or too excited....gasp...we wouldn't want that! Haha!

Claire is loving her camera. She is quite bossy at telling us how to pose but she does take pretty good pictures. The scooter is awesome and she rides it in the house all day. I thought I would freak out about her using it in the house but it's not too bad really. She just rides back and forth in the living room and kitchen. Hasn't destroyed any walls or furniture....yet. We have taken it outdoors too. Don't be worry. The weather is great this time of year.

We spent Christmas day with Tom and Carla and their house. We had a fab meal (prime rib!!!) and enjoyed looking at Christmas lights after dinner. It was super nice and relaxing. They always make our holidays special and treat us like kings and queens.

December Craziness

My last post seems to be the last day I can remember feeling "normal" around here! Claire's school had a crazy permanent closure November 25 and we had to get shuffled around to a new location and days/times. After the break we will have to move to another new location that is temporary the rest of the school year. We will be moving to afternoon school as well. Kind of nervous about that since Claire still naps often and when she's overtired she sleeps poorly at night. I know she will adjust and so will Paige and Mommy. So things have been a little nuts around here but life is good overall!

We are getting ready for Christmas around here and the girls got to visit with Santa. Paige cried right after this picture was taken. She was a trooper. Claire gave Santa her wish list (all 2 of her items). The rain the past few days has been awesome but we are getting stir crazy around here (see last picture!)

Happy December!!!