As most of you know, Claudia is very talkative with us and very shy with others. She has two "jokes" she likes to tell. We are curious to see if any of her friends and family can get her to say them. Of course, she won't stop once she starts.....

Claudia had a nice visit to Pennsylvania to see her Grandma and her Aunt and Uncle. Claudia really likes it there (as does Abby). She had fun going to the Corvette Parade that was shortened by a real severe storm. Made the news. Tree came down right in front of Aunt Susannah's house. Needless to say they sent all the corvettes home.

Claudia loves her purse.

Claudia is back from her vacation in Vermont. She went to Sunset Lodge where her daddy and her Grandma went when they were kids. Something like 55 years of visits. She was a very good girl the whole time.

Claudia loved going swimming. We swam once or twice a day. She liked sitting with Mommy and then swimming out to the dock. She is a big girl swimmer and likes to use her arms now (with help!).

After swimming we would have popsicles!

Claudia really wanted to use the kayak.

We had lots of nice meals.

Claudia loves her corn.

Claudia went to a carnival this week with some friends. She had a good time riding the cars and the slide.

Soon we travel for vacation. Lots of packing to do.

Claudia loves to sing.

Claudia went to watch Daddy ride in the Litchfield Hills Bike Tour. She checked all the equipment out when we finished.

Bathing beauty.

Claudia was part of a language study today at Haskins Laboratories. She was in a study last year as well. This time they were measuring how children respond to words spoken in differrent accents. Does Claudia understand a Connecticut accent as good as Jamaican accent?

After the testing we visited the Yale Art Gallery and Claudia did real well as this was her first visit to a real museum. We looked for babies and horses in the pictures and that kept us going pretty well. Its a real good museum (and its free..).