This Thanksgiving we started the day out by running a 5K as a family. It was fun. Here we are ready to run the race! I was excited to run this race to see if I could do it in half the time of my 10K or even quicker. I was pushing the stroller. Claire decided that she didn't want to ride in the stroller. So for most of the run I walked pushing the stroller while Don held Claire's hand and walked fast while Claire ran. It was fun even if I didn't beat my score. Claire ran just over 2 of the 3.2 miles. Don and I also took turns giving her piggy backs. It was a great way to start our morning. Here is a picture of Claire running the Turkey Trot. While we were running Claire would wave at everyone. The sad thing is no one really waved back. At one point she was starting to cry, she said "mommy no one wave at me." All of the sudden this lady stopped running, turned around and waved at Claire...Claire's response- "that lady wave at me. The pretty lady wave at me." Here is a picture of that "pretty lady" that waved at Claire. She made Claire's day!!
I am one of those crazy people that like to shop the Black Friday specials. Well from our previous post you know Claire has a horse and she says she is a cowgirl and "Yee Haa". Well while shopping I found her this cowgirl hat. She says she is NOW a real cowgirl!!
There are only 42 days until Christmas. I make jewelry and I had a party the other night...it was successful, but not many showed. I thought that I'd post some of my jewelry on the blog. If anyone is interested in making jewelry for Christmas gifts...just get a hold of me. I have many beads to make whatever you'd like. Big beads, chunky beads and even beads for baby bracelets. Gem stones, Fresh water pearls, glass beads and many others. If you're willing to host a party of your own before Christmas let me know. You receive $10 dollars of free jewelry and 10% off anything else you make. Also, I'm willing to make the jewelry and ship it...as long as you give me the information I would need to do so. The cost of shipping would just be added to the price of the jewelry. If you are interested email me, call me or leave me your email address. Here are a few of the things you can make.
You can make bracelets with matching earrings.
You can make just a bracelet for you and matching ones for your kids.
You can make a full jewelry set...earrings, bracelet and a necklace
You can make watches. With these watches you can make multiple bands and switch the bands depending on what you are wearing.
This picture is from Christmas of 2008. The Mower's gave Claire this bike...she hasn't been able to reach the pedals until recently and then it is only her tippy toes.
Today she was riding it around the house and I noticed her feet touch the pedals really good. So we took her outside to try it out... Something wonderful happened...
Claire has watched a show on TV called Max and Ruby. She loves it. There was an episode where they played in the Fall leaves; Claire couldn't wait to play in the leaves. We don't have many trees that drop leaves in our yard, but we did get enough for her to play in. Here is one of the pictures we took...can you find her?
Here is a picture we took of Claire and Buddy. We think it turned out really cute!
Finally...we did a video of her running and jumping into the leaves and then playing in them!
Ok this is an obvious one, but it amazed me how many details she knows from this song. Listen closely...it is crazy. She obviously has the same talent for memorization that her dad has. Maybe I'm biased, but I think it is amazing at such a young age she knows all these details.
I was excited to run this race to see if I could do it in half the time of my 10K or even quicker. I was pushing the stroller. Claire decided that she didn't want to ride in the stroller. So for most of the run I walked pushing the stroller while Don held Claire's hand and walked fast while Claire ran. It was fun even if I didn't beat my score. Claire ran just over 2 of the 3.2 miles. Don and I also took turns giving her piggy backs. It was a great way to start our morning. Here is a picture of Claire running the Turkey Trot.
While we were running Claire would wave at everyone. The sad thing is no one really waved back. At one point she was starting to cry, she said "mommy no one wave at me." All of the sudden this lady stopped running, turned around and waved at Claire...Claire's response- "that lady wave at me. The pretty lady wave at me." Here is a picture of that "pretty lady" that waved at Claire. She made Claire's day!!
