Loving her new shirt!

Clara got a bunch of new clothes for her birthday.  I snapped this pic of her modeling one of those shirts (the pants were not part of the outfit – those were PJ’s).  What you can’t see is that she’s also wearing big black boots with this outfit. 

When she got this shirt, I thought that it would be too big.  I was wrong.  It fit her perfectly – I guess she’s bigger than I want to believe!

I just love her expressions in these pictures. 

 

Four Year Well Check

 

Clara went to her four year well check wearing Aidan’s old Elmo costume.  It was on Halloween, but I think she would’ve worn it regardless.  At this well check she weighed in at 33 lbs (33rd percentile) and was 39.5” tall (46th percentile). 

 

Queen of the Track

 

After Clara’s birthday party, we drove to the Motox track to let the boys ride.  Clara took along her blow-up crown and scepter.  When she wasn’t bonking the boys with the scepter, she used it to direct traffic most regally!  All that’s missing is a red carpet. 

 

Self-portrait

About a month ago, Clara spotted an easel at a store.  She began telling me that she wanted an “artist” for her birthday.  Unlike most of the toys she sees and wants at that moment, she held on to this idea. She even tried talking the grandparents to a trip to the store so she could show them what she wanted for her birthday.

 

Her Mimi and Pop Pop bought her this easel (the other side is a dry erase board) for her birthday.  She loves it and has drawn on it almost every day. 

 

This picture is a drawing Clara made of herself.  She has just recently begun drawing pictures of herself.  I didn’t realize this was a developmental milestone until the doctor asked at her well check a few days later if she draws pictures of herself with at least three body parts.  Hmm.. head, arms, legs… check! 

 

Candy Overload

 

Clara helped us stock up on candy for halloween.  No, we did not throw in extra candy for the picture.  We really did buy this much candy for Halloween.  And we still ran out before the night was over. 

 

 

Birthday/Spa day!

I took Clara to “take a haircut” on her birthday. 

 

She LOVES getting her hair washed. 

 

 

When the haircut is over, she gets her nails painted.  She has become an expert on this step and if the lady doing her nails deviates from a step, Clara is quick to let her know!  The ladies at Sharkey’s Cuts for Kids love her and get such a kick out of how much she enjoys her haircut days. 

I love your hat!

Love this picture of Aidan & Clara goofing off at Target! 

Clara's new PJ's

Clara is getting to be such a big girl. She is modeling her new PJ's for me here and she looks like she's five or six!