Claire is happy as usual

Claire is pretty much always happy. She loves playing, eating, and chasing her big sister.  She has a little bit of a runny nose but I don't think she's sick, maybe she's finally getting some more teeth. Claire has shunned baby food and wants to eat more real food.  As you can see, she loves raspberries and broccoli.  We have not yet found a food that she doesn't like.

We went to visit my grandma and Kate loves going to great grandma's house to check out all her "junk" in the "junk drawer".  She also really liked the chocolate sucker that she brought home.

My best friend Ann brought over her daughter Sophia today.  She's almost 2 and Kate loved playing with her/bossing her around.  I think this picture may be blackmail in later years.  We just couldn't get all 3 kids to smile and look at the camera.  They did have a good time playing today and it was so nice out we went to the park.

Also in the news, Kate is officially potty trained.  She's probably been trained for about 3 weeks with no accidents but I was afraid to announce it in case she regressed.  She finally initiates going without being reminded.  I hope we are finally done until Claire need to be trained.

Everyone is looking forward to the holidays!

Happy Halloween!

Kate was very excited about Halloween this year.  She got to wear her costume to preschool and they had a little party.  The weather wasn't so great but she was able to go trick or treating for a little while before it really got rainy and too windy.  Claire wasn't as excited but she did wear her mouse ears for a little while.  She stayed inside for the trick or treating since it was pretty cold.

Claire is now pulling herself up on everything but she's not that good at getting back down.  She usually whines a little then just lets go.  She's getting to be a pretty fast crawler , especially if she's going after something Kate has.  Kate has a new excitement for all the baby toys I've gotten out for Claire.  I made Claire green beans and Kate wanted to eat them because, "She's my girl, we stick together forever."  It was pretty cute.