Day 366: LaLaLoopsy Land

Clara creates LaLaLoopsy Land with all the houses.

Day 365: Bottle

Joseph can now hold his bottle by himself!  (He still drops it a lot though.)

Day 364: Feet

Joseph doesn't use his hands to play with these toys.  He uses his feet!

Day 363: Math

Clara got a white board for Christmas, and this is what I found on it today.

Day 362: Icicles

It's been a very long time since we've had weather that produced icicles.

Day 361: House - Again

It's getting harder and harder to see the actual progress of the house with all these walls going up!

Day 360: Poky Little Puppy

Clara holding up a Christmas gift.  I love the look on her face.

Day 359: Snowman!

Ever since the first real snow fall, Clara has been desperately wanting to build a snowman.  We were too busy to build one that first snow fall, and by the next day, the snow was too hard to form balls.  So we waited and waited for another snowfall.  Of course the next one came when we were super busy with Christmas things.  I made sure I took Clara out though and made one with her in between all the festivities. 

Day 358: Cousins

Alyssa holding Joe at a family Christmas party

Day 357: Friends

We had a lot of friends playing in our back yard today.  I love my neighborhood!

Day 356: Neighbor House

I know, another house picture, but it's the only one I took today.  Since they are now building the 3rd floor, it's harder to watch it be built.  Even though I'm still fascinated with the whole process, they are now at my eye level and notice me peeking out the window.  For some reason, I get embarrassed and don't watch as often.

Day 355: Wrapped

I've had my Christmas shopping done for quite a while now, but finally got around to wrapping them all! I can't wait to watch them get opened.

Day 354: Snowmen

An old friend made these for us for Christmas.  Clara has taken them over and they are never found where they go... :)

Day 353: Playing

My sister's kids got to come play today.  Clara loved having them over!

Day 352: Christmas Goodies

I made suckers this year to give out to our friends and neighbors.  Here they are all ready to be delivered for FHE tonight.

Day 351: Aunt and Uncle

These two aren't the parents of either baby.  Their youngest is 5, so it was fun to watch them interact with such little ones again.

Day 350: Ornaments

Clara was given a kit to make these ornaments and was so excited to make them.

Day 349: House Update

Day 348: 1st Cereal

It's hard taking a picture while you are trying to spoon feed a baby who has never eaten from a spoon before.....

Day 347: Like Mother Like Daughter

Clara had me close my eyes because she wanted to show me something exciting.  She led me to this:

She organized her magnetic doll clothes.  She allowed me to play with her, but I had to choose the items in the order put: first choose a bottom, then a top, then accessories.  She was so proud of her organizing skills.  (Oh what have I taught her....)

Day 346: Neighboorhood Meeting

I felt to political as I headed to a neighborhood planning meeting tonight.

Day 345: Smile

Clara wanted me to take a picture of her smile this morning after she brushed her teeth.

Day 344: More Sleepy Joe

Day 343: Turning One

My wonderful friend's twin boys are turning one soon, and we got to attend their first birthday party.

Day 342: Star

My visiting teacher made this for me and I immediately put it on my front door.

Day 341: Sleepy Joe

I love it when Joe falls asleep on me.

Day 340: House

Day 339: Growing-Up

I decided that Clara is old enough to walk to a friend's house by herself.  It's just down the sidewalk, on the same side of the street as our house. She was so excited to be such a big kid.

Day 338: Band-Aid

Clara wanted me to draw a smiley face on her band-aid.

Day 337: More Concrete

I watched them for 2 hours putting up all the sides, then filling it with concrete.  This pictures was taken a few days later when all the siding came down.  Why am I so fascinated in construction?  Maybe I should have become an architect like I wanted to in Jr High....  :)

Day 336: Sunrise

I'm up before dawn a lot these days, so I decided to take a snapshot of the sunrise.