Happy 19th Clare

In lieu of a birthday cake and because she is obsessed with whoopie pies, we made a whoopie pie pyramid.

In addition to the nose ring, she got herself this:

Clare's 14th.

Last picture as a 13-year-old

14 balloons for her 14th birthday.

She had a Spongebob cake for her 4th birthday, and told me she wanted another one!

Flying Lessons.

After flying practice, they worked on a little telekinesis...

Clare's Oil Painting

Last week was Clare's 12th birthday.  She spent the whole day, from 8:30 a.m. breakfast until 11:00 p.m., with her sister, Sarah, Sarah's boyfriend, Jeremy, and Jeremy's niece, Haylie.  The majority of her birthday was spent at Hersheypark.  We only saw her for one short, sleepy round of "Happy Birthday To You" before she was ready to hit the sack.

The next day, Clare was invited to the home of a friend of ours who is an artist.  In three hours last Friday she tutored Clare in creating this work of art, of which Clare is extremely proud.

October Moments

The girls, watching reruns of Blue's Clues, Teletubbies and Word World on old VHS cassettes.  At first I thought Regina was watching, too.

I was wrong.

Clare and I made these fabric pumpkins for her grandmother's birthday gift.  They are super easy and super cute.

  

Her dad thought they were bought at a craft fair!

Happy 11th Birthday Clare

Picture Parade: Clare