Clare & Toby on TV

Clare's soccer team was picked at Team of the Week from a local news station. Toby helps out at practices and games (thankfully) because the coach didn't show for this game (he had written down the wrong time). So, Toby jumped in and coached the girls who did really well and ended up winning. You can see Clare's toothless grin in the beginning, and her stopping a goal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPFZShIC8iI

Jurassic Dark

The MO Botanical Gardens are less than a mile from our house, and the Climatron is crawling with dinos. In the evenings, the use lighting and fog machines to make it spooky.

Searching for dinos.

Playing in the children's garden....

Billy Jean is Not a Lullabye

In the car.
Lydia..."WAAAAAAAAA"
Liz: Clare please sing to Lydia, maybe she'll calm down.
Clare: Billy Jean is not my lover.....

SOCCER! Clare's 1st game 9.12.10

Clare had her first soccer game and was very excited (but not without just a touch of nerves).

Sarah Ann, Clare, Greta, Joy, and Megan--the starters.

Clare volunteers to be goalie and LOVES it. She blocked 3 goals. Her "go-get 'em-ness" really shows through during soccer. She jumps right in the madness, and even as goalie, will get right down and grab the ball. (Since she'd never practiced being goalie, daddy who is one of the helper coaches, explains to Clare what to do.) Uncle Guy has some awesome action pics...and needs to email them to me.....eh hem...Guy.

A very proud momma.

Greta, Sarah Ann, and Clare having an after-game snack.

Mmmmm...a Greek soda afterwards to celebrate some hard work!

Native American Festival - Pere Marquette State Park

Clare is fascinated with how the Native Americans lived and their love of nature (not unlike her own). We took her to Pere Marquette State Park (IL) just an hour east of us for the their NA Festival.

Trying out the drums.

Our true Clare with her tongue out.
Showing off her sucker that looks like a feather.

Let's try that again....

Private Matters

Liz: "Clare, mommy bought you new underwear, okay?"
Clare: "Well, they'd better be the wedgie-free kind!"

Another Tooth Falths Outh

A Fifth tooth comes out (while wrestling on the bed with daddy...it was really loose anyway). A new grown up one is popping through on the bottom; that's good, because she has 2 more loose ones and if some of her grown up teeth don't come in soon, it'll be pudding and applesauce for this girl!