Birthday girl
Watch out world we have a 3 year old running around! We tried to make her birthday special and planned a play date with some new friends in the area and let her play with ALL the toys we’ve been hiding up in boxes since moving here. She was very excited when we sang happy birthday to her and knew to blow candles, even though she missed. The presents she got from family made her even more excited and she will even share with Shay when she plays. First she got a container full of coins and enjoyed dumping them and collecting them up again. Then she got a bubble machine with a huge bubble refill, and a building flowers toys. There was also a collection of 10 mini Biscuit books that will help her read later and a big toy box that she can't use as a stool but has a lion on it.
Claire
She enjoyed a solo trip to a new park when Shay was busy napping and she asked for a slide. She learned how to play patty cake with daddy one day we were outside and we’ve been having fun playing in the water these hot days. It’s fun to read books with her because she will say the words out loud that I say! She gets really excited to watch cartoons in the mornings too because she can say “look” and point to all the things she knows, or say hi and bye to the characters that come and go. Whenever I catch her doing somethings she isn't supposed to, she gives me this 'I'm totally innocent mom' look that makes me smile and ruin my disciplining.
Shay
She is becoming more opinionated and sometimes gets tired of being bossed around by Claire. They play a lot together and only hit or get made at each other a few times. She gets up early and gets to be awake and play all by herself for a while in the mornings. She does point at Claire very concerned when she is sleeping because something is obviously wrong with her when is asleep. She now has a sound for bubbles which is just “bo” but it’s pretty cute because it’s always “mo bo” or more bubbles. She has four teeth coming in all at the same time and is really good at chewing on everything, and drooling right now.
Visitors
We hosted a dinner for the missionaries in our ward who reached out wanting to share a message and meet with us as new members. The girls were very excited to have visitors and loved playing under the table after dinner while we talked. One of th elders could juggle really well and Claire LOVED watching and trying to juggle with him. It was a treat that they got two visits this week with Claire’s Birthday play date and missionaries. The play date was really fun for me because I got to talk to my new friends and the girls had fun with the toys. Claire has a power struggle with the other biggest infant and they always wanted to play with what the other person had by the end. Hopefully we can get her some more experience playing with kid who aren't as much of a push over as Shay has been, or maybe Shay will start sticking up for her toys.
Garden
Remember that planter box Chris made for me before we moved to California from like two months ago? My plants are FINALLY starting to grow fruit! I got it planted the first or second week here and have been watering and checking it almost every day. Now I have one cherry tomato starting and a few yellow peppers appearing! There have been only two or three times that I’ve caught the plants looking droopy because they need more water, I usually water every other day but some days are really warm and sunny. I also had to tie them up straight because they were leaning pretty bad but I'm excited to see them growing.
We hosted a dinner for the missionaries in our ward who reached out wanting to share a message and meet with us as new members. The girls were very excited to have visitors and loved playing under the table after dinner while we talked. One of th elders could juggle really well and Claire LOVED watching and trying to juggle with him. It was a treat that they got two visits this week with Claire’s Birthday play date and missionaries. The play date was really fun for me because I got to talk to my new friends and the girls had fun with the toys. Claire has a power struggle with the other biggest infant and they always wanted to play with what the other person had by the end. Hopefully we can get her some more experience playing with kid who aren't as much of a push over as Shay has been, or maybe Shay will start sticking up for her toys.
Remember that planter box Chris made for me before we moved to California from like two months ago? My plants are FINALLY starting to grow fruit! I got it planted the first or second week here and have been watering and checking it almost every day. Now I have one cherry tomato starting and a few yellow peppers appearing! There have been only two or three times that I’ve caught the plants looking droopy because they need more water, I usually water every other day but some days are really warm and sunny. I also had to tie them up straight because they were leaning pretty bad but I'm excited to see them growing.
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