Chatting with Clara

Last night Clara and I were up chatting at bedtime. This conversation went on for a long while but it was too cute not to try to record. There is no video, only audio.

Someone got into mommys makeup this morning!

Gooooooooooaaaaaaalllll!

Aidan scored his first goal this weekend. He was so excited! He jumped up and down, both arms in the air and both legs off the ground. Amazingly, even with four of us there we didn’t have a single camera between us.

After shooting the goal he looked surprised and froze in his steps. He looked up at us as if for confirmation and then started celebrating.

It was such a great moment. We’ll be packing the cameras and video cameras for this weekend’s game in the hopes of a repeat!

Braids!

Clara’s hair is quite long but it’s hard to tell because of the curl. Last night after her bath, I realized that her hair was long enough for me to braid. Even more surprising is that she sat still long enough for me to braid it. I’m a little out of practice but it turned out pretty cute. And the best part was that because of the braid her hair was not in a hundred knots the next morning. Woo hoo!

Your friendly neighborhood clara

Clara as Spiderman!

Calls with Clara

Another video from the drive to school. Clara is having a conversation with James on her Nemo phone. What I love about this is how frustrated she seems to get with him in their pretend conversation. I don't know what he said to her that morning but apparently she had a couple issues to work out ;)

Also in this video, listen for clara to use "So..." and her fake "achoo"

Love it.

Fall Fun

The heat has broken! Clara and I spent some time on Sunday afternoon outside blowing bubbles.. in the middle of the day!

Clara @ Swim

Brandon's Big Break

Last Saturday night, James took Devlin and Brandon to Del Valle for a Motocross race. I was at home with the younger two packing for my trip to Brazil. About 9:00 I got a phone call. "Meet Elizabeth at the hospital. Brandon hurt his arm."

Many many many hours later..... Brandon indeed had hurt his arm. He broke both arm bones on his right arm (he's left handed). He had fallen off his bike AFTER the race while putting back to the "pit" area. He was riding so slowly that James was keeping up at a walking pace on foot. He just managed to wobble on his bike so that he fell backwards. He tried to catch himself and.... that's how you get a major break.

The doctors did have to re-set the break that night. The bones were displaced and one was on top of the other. He went back to the orthopedic doctor a few days later to get his hard cast. It is bright green.

He's handling it all very well and hasn't let it slow him down. It's healing well and won't require any surgery.

Clara at the office.

Clara decided to kick back at her desk. The best part was the big sigh that she let out everytime she put her feet up.

Devlin's party part 3

Devln's party part 2

All Clara...

Devlin's party part 1

Devlin turned 14 in August. Some pictures of the pool party are below!

Brandon trying to stand on the board

That would be Devlin...upside down

Clara

Clara hamming it up in a new outfit at Pop Pop and Mimi's house

Aidan 1st Soccer Game

Aidan started soccer last Saturday, Sept 11th. It was an extremely hot day and our team was not quite prepared for the heat. The kids played great, but they were hot and tired when the game was over.

"It's so hot!!!"

i have no idea what he was doing...

Nice form Aidan!!

Aidan trying to carry all his gear by himself: snack, juice box, water, umbrella!

Game face.

Clara's Clouds

A conversation with Clara on the way home one afternoon. This was recorded by holding the camera up over my shoulder; I was lucky to get any video. I was just hoping to catch the conversation.

Even superheroes need naps

Good morning sunshine!

Just some cute pics of Clara goofing off

Hot hot hot wings

A: I'm gonna let mine cool down some more

Me: they don't get less spicy when they cool down

A: really?! That is so unfair??

Cheese

So, I was trying to get them to lean in together but the more Clara leaned in towards Lexi, the more Lexi leaned away. Too funny. They are having a blast.

The second picture... I have no idea :)

It's too hot!

Whenever Clara does not want me or James to do something, she tells us "no, it's too hot!"

Me: Let's go to bed

C: No, it's too hot!

Me: No, I can't sit down and watch Bolt I need to do laundry

C: No, it's too hot!

Me: Clara, go potty!

C: No, it's too hot!!

I guess I've been complaining about the weather a little too much lately!

Devlin at the track last weekend

Goofing off at home

Some pics of me and Aidan goofing off at home one afternoon. These are from the day that we put our new DVD shelf together.

More pics on the Picassa album
http://picasaweb.google.com/Christina.Watkins/AfternoonAtHome?authkey=Gv1sRgCK_CsdGxsaGyNw&feat=directlink

Ballet goes X-treme

On this particular night, Clara HAD to change into her dress becuase someone mentioned the word "dance". She put this on and spun around for us to the opening credits of Little Einsteins. Afterwards, we went out side and the tutu did not slow her down one bit. She put her helmet on and pushed her four wheeler around in her pretty butterfly shoes.

She was quite a sight and barely slowed down long enough for me to get a picture.

Misc photos

I downloaded pics off my camera... for the 2nd or 3rd time this year... and had just a few random ones that didn't fit into other posts.

Love this picture of Clara. Thse are her Mickey Mouse binoculars. It amazes me that she has changed so much in the past year.



Aidan reading all about dinosaurs.

Just like this funny closeup of Aidan.

James fixing our couch! Woo hoo - no more sinking to the bottom when you sit in a certain spot.

Hair!

Clara has a little "beauty shop" chair that she pulls out from time to time. One of those times, Aidan tried sitting in it and much to Clara's delight, fit! She did his hair for him, complete with barrettes and clips. He was a good sport and sat through it without complaint.