whoa! times they are a changin. claire is growing up, just not out. she can finally wear 18 month clothes, BUT they are too large around the waist. lovely. maybe my mom can assist in fixing her pants when she visits next week. definitely a problem i'd love to have.
she is getting to be a better listener, which is a relief to both chris and i. she still has her moments of outward protest, but we are doing many less time-outs. can't say enough, how happy that makes me. that being said, time-outs with claire are rather funny. she knows the chair to sit on and sits there until we have our little chit chat. claire is a quick learner. when we ask her why she is in time-out, her explanations always begin with "because," and followed by some jibber jabber, occasionally she'll have the right idea but generally it is jibberish. too cute. when we conclude our little chat with a friendly, "you need to listen to momma and daddy," claire ALWAYS responds, "ok." love that too. she is a gem.
we've broken new ground as of friday. our house is resounding with "why?" i wasn't expecting this lovely question to be hitting so early (i was expecting it to hold off until she was at least 2 or so) or with such vengence. i am trying desparately to provide her with clear, specific answers for each question instead of the notorious "because i said so" response, but it is a challenge and we are only 3 days in. i do like to hear the question and her response to our answers, but wow, this could be a long road.
another thing claire is doing that is so darn cute is using her hands. she holds the phone between her ear and shoulder and uses her hands to get her point across. way too sweet. i don't know where she would ever have learned this, but it most definitely must have come from her dad. ha. he is way too mellow for hand talking. i, on the other hand, find it provides an extra bit of umf to a conversation.
claire loves to mimic or do everything we do. if chris takes a drink and makes a big "aahh" afterwards, only seconds later, claire is doing the same thing. on thursday night, i was messing around with my new video camera when claire decided that she needed a camera and headed over to the shelf with my canon camera on it, yanked it down and appeared in shock when it hit the ground. needless to say, despite chris' efforts to mend the damage, it needed some attention. not exactly great timing, since we will be experiencing a life changing event next week, but the good news is definitely that we/chris purchased the extended warranty on it. finally, those things paid off. it should be fixed by the 14th, but i most likely won't receive it until the following week.
claire loves to dig in the dirt, help me plant flowers or play in the water. this will be an awesome summer as she is all about activity now. life is definitely much more exciting with each new phase that she enters even though at the time, the one before it was just as thrilling. parenting this little bubby is such a joy.
she is getting to be a better listener, which is a relief to both chris and i. she still has her moments of outward protest, but we are doing many less time-outs. can't say enough, how happy that makes me. that being said, time-outs with claire are rather funny. she knows the chair to sit on and sits there until we have our little chit chat. claire is a quick learner. when we ask her why she is in time-out, her explanations always begin with "because," and followed by some jibber jabber, occasionally she'll have the right idea but generally it is jibberish. too cute. when we conclude our little chat with a friendly, "you need to listen to momma and daddy," claire ALWAYS responds, "ok." love that too. she is a gem.
we've broken new ground as of friday. our house is resounding with "why?" i wasn't expecting this lovely question to be hitting so early (i was expecting it to hold off until she was at least 2 or so) or with such vengence. i am trying desparately to provide her with clear, specific answers for each question instead of the notorious "because i said so" response, but it is a challenge and we are only 3 days in. i do like to hear the question and her response to our answers, but wow, this could be a long road.
another thing claire is doing that is so darn cute is using her hands. she holds the phone between her ear and shoulder and uses her hands to get her point across. way too sweet. i don't know where she would ever have learned this, but it most definitely must have come from her dad. ha. he is way too mellow for hand talking. i, on the other hand, find it provides an extra bit of umf to a conversation.
claire loves to mimic or do everything we do. if chris takes a drink and makes a big "aahh" afterwards, only seconds later, claire is doing the same thing. on thursday night, i was messing around with my new video camera when claire decided that she needed a camera and headed over to the shelf with my canon camera on it, yanked it down and appeared in shock when it hit the ground. needless to say, despite chris' efforts to mend the damage, it needed some attention. not exactly great timing, since we will be experiencing a life changing event next week, but the good news is definitely that we/chris purchased the extended warranty on it. finally, those things paid off. it should be fixed by the 14th, but i most likely won't receive it until the following week.
claire loves to dig in the dirt, help me plant flowers or play in the water. this will be an awesome summer as she is all about activity now. life is definitely much more exciting with each new phase that she enters even though at the time, the one before it was just as thrilling. parenting this little bubby is such a joy.
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