Claire's Third Birthday

It seems so normal that Claire is 3 now; she talks so well that people have been assuming she's 3 for months and 2 just sounds so young. She seems too old for 2, but at the same time, 3 sounds so big! When she woke up, I told her that it was her birthday and she was three now, and she got a little sad and said, "But I want to be 2." Haha, I finally convinced that 3 was better, and she's been telling us "I'm a big girl!" whenever she wants to do something by herself. We planned a really fun day for Claire on her actual birthday. In the morning, we went to a little kid amusement park with some of her friends and she loved it! We went on rides, ate lunch, fed the ducks, and then went on more rides. Daddy is usually the official chaperone for rides, and I wish he had been there because I had to make her stop riding a few of the rides because they were making me so sick! I'm glad she didn't get my weak stomach. Whenever someone would ask what her favorite ride was, she'd yell "the roller coaster!", we went several times in a row before I got too sick. She'd throw her little hands up in the air and scream happily. It gave me whiplash (neck still hurts) but she was in Heaven. She went on the airplane ride after our friends left, but she really wanted to ride with a friend, so she sat behind a random little boy and I could see them chatting away the entire ride. She kept asking later, "Where's my somebody? He's got curly hair." You can see him next to her in the Frog Hopper picture.


We were there all afternoon, then came home and went swimming with some different friends (not for her birthday, just a get together). There were 3 of my friends from church, with a total of 11 kids and 4 adults. Someone at the pool asked if we were having a party, and Claire yelled, "It's my birthday!" She told people all week long, and even got extra stickers at Trader Joe's because of it (which she proceeded to share with everyone whether they liked it or not). That night she requested homemade chicken noodle soup for dinner and we ate some mini chocolate cupcakes. She also opened some presents from us and MoMo. She LOVES the play cupcakes and cookies, and has been playing with them constantly. It was a great day!

 Claire wanted to wear this bow in her hair, like Minnie Mouse.

Sweet Claire, then crazy Claire. She is saying, "Plie...Straighten!"



She had the vision and hearing tests at the doctor the day after her birthday. She is about 37 inches tall and 32 lbs.