Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Lilly Bug

Oh Lilly. Where do I even start? First off, I am still so proud of her. She is so kind to everyone around her, and is always so kind to the underdog. I get to volunteer every week in her classroom, and it is fun to see her amongst her peers. It is very telling to me that most of the kids...boys and girls...love to play with Lilly. She is always up for a fun time, and she loves to be silly. She has such a fun personality, I love watching her grow into her own little person. She still loves reading and is excellent at reading, but she struggles a bit in Math. But no surprise there when you look at who her mom is! Her beautiful little face is still covered in freckles, and so far she has lost 5 teeth! I have her signed up for Piano and Ice Skating right now. She is really liking piano, but her passion is still ice skating. She absolutely loves it. When she isn't skating, she is thinking about skating. When she is skating, she just wants to skate more! I have told her if she passes all the classes, then she will earn a pair of white ice skates. She is almost there! But, her Nana might be surprising her for her birthday with some. She is so graceful on the ice, and is clearly in her element. I signed her up for private lessons, and they are worth every single penny. She has improved drastically since being in them, and it is very rewarding and fun to watch! She has her first performance coming up in a few weeks, so that will be fun to watch. 
She is such a sweet big sister. The girls fight like siblings do, but for the most part the girls are the best of friends. She is patient with Claire, and still thinks Claire is the funniest person in the family. I tend to agree!
I love my Lilly Bug more than life itself! I can't believe she is going to be 7 soon!




Claire Bear

It seems like Claire all the sudden turned from a little toddler, to a big girl. Anton and I have noticed a lot lately how much she is changing. My mom and I were talking about Claire's upcoming birthday, and she said something like she couldn't believe Claire was going to be 4...wrong! When I told her she was about to turn 5, she could hardly believe it. I am sure it is because she is my baby, but she doesn't seem like she is going to be 5...until recently. She is still the funniest, quirkiest, most adorable little thing in the world! We love our Claire Bear!

The number one thing on Claire's Christmas list was a "big batman". Unfortunately Santa couldn't make that toy, and mom & dad couldn't find it ANYWHERE. That was, until about 2 weeks after Christmas. We were at Target looking at the toys for a birthday party, and we stumbled upon him. She screamed with excited, and I couldn't tell her no. She didn't put him down for about a week solid. 

We have had the most incredibly easy winter. It was gorgeous one day, and our cute neighbors invited us to go to the zoo with them. It felt like we were the only ones there, and the animals were really active. It has felt so good to get out and about, rather than being cooped up all winter!

I love the fun field trips that Claire's preschool gets to take. This particular one, we went to the Thanksgiving Point dinosaur museum. We loved it!!

Claire really really really wanted some sunglasses because she gets tired of the sun getting in her eyes. So, before we went down to St. George we went to the store and bought some sun glasses. She loves them, and thinks she looks so awesome with them on. She is right!!