November Highlights

Just a few fun photos from November. First of all, you'll see the Birthday Club met again. Time to celebrate Alisa and Heather. We were all there and had such fun catching up. So glad we have kept this up for years! Claire has started wanting to be a big helper in the kitchen. She willingly wanted to help me sweep! We are starting to show her how to help with the dishes! (That is not child abuse!) "Train up a child in the way they should go..(loose interpretation)" You'll see a few photos of her in her Red Christmas Pajamas (Thanks Heather!) showing you that she knows to throw her own diaper away and she asks for help using sign language to access my pots and pans or Tupperware! Just this morning Jeff brought her down while I was riding my stationary bike for the last few minutes and she wanted to participate. During and interview at our wedding, my dad described me as a "participator" and Jeff's parents described him as "one who always wanted to be involved". Claire is truly living out her DNA! She will be 16 months old tomorrow and amazing us everyday! We are excited about this Christmas for sure! Some say, "You only get one 'First Christmas'". I say, "You can have lots of firsts at Christmas!" This Christmas will be our "First Christmas with a toddler". What will this be the "first" for you?