Tinkerbell Fan

I've been having fun taking pictures of Claire now that it's warmed up a tad!
These are fake, but I already saw some little things sprouting around my house today, despite the lingering blobs of snow here and there!

Loves to talk. Even in her sleep.

Yes, drawing in a new white dress with markers. I am brave. Haha...these are the "color wonder markers" that won't mark on anything but the special paper.

Loves to draw and color. Today on the way to the grocery store she was writing a recipe and saying what it was aloud: "2 cup a oatmeal, 2 cup a salt, 1 cup a sugar, 1 cup a milk." Should be tasty. ;)

Loves to climb. Wish we had tumbling more than once/week!

I love her bangs. I love bangs on little girls in general though, don't you? No hair in the eyes here! (I can't stand that!)

St. Nicholas Shoes Craft

Claire made St. Nick shoes for the first time. Well, she colored them and "helped" me tape them together.
She was so excited to have made her own shoes and carried them around all day.

She loves coloring!!!

I think she is going to be right-handed, but sometimes she will use her left.

Coloring Books

One of the things I try to have Claire do every day, or at least every other day if we are busy running around is getting the chance to color. This is her artwork from age 24 months. She filled up the pages randomly and really just put a lot of color on all the pages.
At some point, probably from having various adults coloring with her, she figured out to color the shapes. Her is progress from about a month later at 25 months.

Now, I'll admit, I threw some coloring books away already because 1.) they are cheap and 2.) there is no way I can ever store everything she makes...but jump now to this month and you see she is definitely coloring with more of a purpose. (2 years, 4 months)

Here she colored Happy, and even colored his name at the top of the page.

I just thought I'd share some pictures of her artwork with you guys! She is also starting to make "scribbles" on blank paper and then tell me what they are. I'll have to post some pictures of that sometime soon.