Snow, snow, lots of SNOW!

While Claire took a good long nap today, Emily and I went to play in the snow outside. Here is a short video of her having FUN!

Last Gymnastics Class!

Emily has been taking Gymnastics class this fall/winter and the last day of the session was today. They got to show off what they had learned in front of their "audience" inside the gym. (Normally we have to watch from outside the room.) Emily did AWESOME! She went first for two of the three stations! For those that know her this type of situation usually ends up in her sitting in one of our laps and not participating. It probably helped that her friend Emma was there today.

At the end of class they had a ceremony and gave them medals, and here are pictures from that. See if you can spot Claire, she was trying to join in!

Getting her Medal

When asked to put her arms up for the photo she gave Mr. Nick a hug instead.

She has a HUGE crush on Mr. Nick. ;-)

Ta Da!!!

Group photo. Always fun to get a group of 3-5 year olds to pose and not fight over placement. Emily got a spot center in the back.

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Close up of her showing her medal off at home

When it's -7 degrees outside we like to paint!

With frigid temperatures outside, the girls and I have decided to have a fun inside day. Starting out by finger-painting at 8:30am! Emily doesn't like to get "dirty" so she did it with a paint brush. Claire had never finger painted before (with paint) so once we established the paint wasn't food we were good to go. :-)

Emily's First Haircut!

Today Emily went to have her first haircut! They had her sit on a big booster seat on top of the chair and she wasn't so sure about that. However, she was very brave and sat like a big girl for the hairdresser. She is so happy and excited to show off her new do! Mommy is recovering nicely. ;-)

Pudding Fun!

Today the girls played with pudding! Emily started out by "finger painting" with it and quickly remembered she didn't like getting messy and switched to cookie cutters and spoons.

Claire on the other hand only thought it was food! :-)

Halloween Fun

Carving the pumpkins and trick-or-treating were part of our fun this year. Here are some photos of the girls getting ready for the big day! :-)

Claire's 1 year stats...

DING! DING!

CLAIRE MARIE NOLAN

Weighing in at: 17lbs 13oz (6%tile)
Towering in at: 26.75in (8%tile)
Head butting in at: 18in (70%tile)

She's lean, she's mean, she's a fighting machine! That's our girl. Little, but solid and a big head. ;-) Her height/weight ratio puts her in at 60% so she's at least pretty proportionate.

She is pulling herself up to standing on anything, everything, and anybody. The last day or so has started to slowly cruise on furniture a bit. I predict walking in the next month or two. She cracks us up with her antics and "evil" smile when she's up to no good. When she wants something she doesn't STOP...ever. LOL She is saying "dadda, mamma, yesssssss, buh bye, and buh buh (bottle)". She now claps when she is really happy about something (which is typically listening to music) and has started singing along.

It's hard to believe our little one is...well...ONE! But it is so exciting to see her grow!