Today's post is from Clara - a first since she hasn't written before...
Hi all from Claraville - my crib
Hi all, this week was my brother's third birthday. Pretty amazing stuff seeing as he's already three. Hey, I'm almost 10 months already. It's also tax day today; not sure what that's all about but Dad and Mom say my dependent deduction status is a plus, whatever that means. First, let's get to some abilities:
- Clara: crawling. Just learned how to crawl last week. My parents say I crawl just like Hadden - like a crab and barely. Hey, I do just what I need to do to get around. Like Hadden did, I also refuse to touch my knee to the ground. For me, it's my right knee that can't touch (Hadden was the left).
- Clara: standing (assisted). I LOVE to stand up and hold on to things. This is a number one activity. I haven't yet started "cruising" (as all the baby websites call it) but that can't be far behind.
- Clara: clapping. Yes, I can clap on demand. Mom and Dad get quite a kick out of asking me to clap by saying "clap, clap, clap". It turns out that when Hadden was about 10 months old he clapped too. Wow, we are neck-and-neck in the development race.
- Clara: ariba/abaho. Angela has been working me relentlessly on this. I can (sometimes) raise my hands and lower them on command in Spanish. I am now ready to be a stock market analyst (the market is now "ariba" and now it's "abaho"). Honestly, most of the show on TV about the stock market are at this level. That would be a good stock market show - "Ariba-abaho".
- Clara: banging things. The louder the noise the better. It's really cool. It's a bonus if I'm actually damaging something.
- Hadden: using phrases that are surprising considering his age. He says stuff like "you really surprised me, Mom" and similar things when you don't expect them.
- Hadden: NOT saying "die". A while ago Hadden became fascinated with saying "die" to me (Clara - remember, I'm writing this). Mom and Dad explained that this was not nice. Now Hadden does not pass up an opportunity to tell them that he "...did NOT say 'die' while they were gone" or "...while Angela was here" or "while I was at Zoom".
- Hadden: peddling. He finally gets the idea that he has to pedal his tricycle to make it go. I think he's still rather someone push him. Probably jealous of me in my pink MacLaren stroller. I used to have a black one but British AIrways lost it.
There are other things that have happened since the last post. First, I went to Paris and London with Mom and Auntie Leslie. Pretty spectacular. We went for about 8 days and Hadden stayed with Dad. I hear Dad hasn't been to Paris yet and I have. Tough luck boy. The weather's also starting to get warmer (finally) and we have begun to go to the park more often. I enjoy being outside and so does my brother. He does tend to run around a lot. My Mom says little boys need to run every day. I tend to agree.
Hadden at the park
Me and Mom watching Hadden at the park - he's SOOO interesting (and somewhat dangerous)
Hadden's Birthday
Hadden just turned three on 12 April 2010. What a day for him. We just had a little internal family party with Mom, Dad, me, Hadden (of course) and Nona. Dad made Hadden mac and cheese for dinner (his favorite) and also made a whole wheat chocolate zucchini cake with chocolate frosting. Hadden ate a ton of mac and cheese and then opened presents. He got (1) Buzz Lightyear, (2) underwear (total parent gift), (3) huge basketball shorts, (4) a Snotrod car from the movie Cars, (5) a construction puzzle - big floor size, (6) stickers, crayons and other art supplies from his artsy auntie, and (6) A SCOOTER!!!
Hadden trying out his new Razor scooter. Cool.
Hadden's cake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_KxOq-n1Xo
Pardon me if I left anything out - I tend to fall asleep from time to time and miss things. Hadden played with his toys that night, took several to bed and has been scooting around the house and neighborhood all this week. Too much fun. Happy birthday big bro.
TTFN - Clara
