Tante Anja has arrived!

Yesterday, Claire and I ran a bunch of errands on the opposite side of town, which included showing her off at my old school where I used to work. I dropped off a bag of shirts/sweatshirts/etc. that I haven't worn since and probably won't wear again. Ha. I know someone there will appreciate it. Then we hit up a cool bookstore called Secondhand Stories, which sells gently used books. Then we picked up my friend Anja from the new Indy airport. We attended the same college-prep school when I studied in Hanover, Germany. So Anja (say Anya with no hard J) will be here for 2 weeks. Yay.

So this morning, we started our day, ever-so-American, by garage-sale-ing. They do not have garage sales in Germany. Or lemonade stands by little kids. :) Anyway, I spent a whole 2 bucks, and got a book, a pair of Aqua-shoes for Claire, as well as a ride-on toy, and some cute Christmas coasters, that Claire insisted on taking with her...hey for less than a dollar, why say no? And she lost them someplace walking between the garage sales...we hit at least 7...it was great fun!

Strawberry Sweetie

I collect things with strawberries and blueberries on them. Mostly I have kitchen stuff like a Strawberry shaped cookie jar and a flour sifter with a cool blueberry print. However, I am also a big fan of any and all clothes strawberry. So when my mom saw this strawberry print dress for Claire, she had to snap it up. :)

We went outside briefly to play in the driveway and push the stroller around shortly after dinner tonight. Now it's sounding VERY windy out there. Hopefully my baby tomato and pepper plants will do ok in this yucky weather.

Playing at the Playground

So here we are at the park with Oma from not this past weekend, but the previous one!


Notice that Claire's feet are not touching the ground in this photo. She likes to jump!

She likes to point too. She is of course, wearing her "Barbie Shoe(s)!"

She gives hugs that could crush small children. LOVES. TO. GIVE. HUGS.

Yummy Cheerios!

Claire LOVES Cheerios. I've tried her on the TJ brand but they are harder for her to chew. She can eat an entire little bowl of these for breakfast. She can't say the K in "milk" so she calls it "milp." If I just give them to her plain, she will ask for some milp.
She also has a preference for grown-up spoons vs. baby spoons. Man, all that stuff you think you "need" when you have a baby.

Spring Weather!

This is the dress that Claire wore for Holly's wedding. She has officially worn it twice now! :)


Ok, these were actually taken 2 weeks ago when the lilacs and tulips were perfect! Claire wouldn't sit still by the little white lilac bush I just planted last spring, but it's already gotten much bigger!

Yesterday, Josh taught Claire how to say "Happy Mommy Day." It melted my heart! SOO CUTE! Much nicer than some of the other things she has been surprising me with, like demanding me to "COME ON!" or "PUSH" when she's in her little car. Yesterday we also went on a walk. Claire was walking next to her stroller and took off. I told her to "Walk" and she yells, "NO! RUN!" What a little turkey.

Tasting the Tulips