Claudia had lots of fun visiting with the Kopecs the past two days. She got to play softball with Mr. PT, Kerry, and Margo. Today she swam and rode her bike. Big fun.

We are setting up for Mommy and Claudia to camp out on the porch. Should be interesting.

I try to stay in the habit of telling Claudia she can talk to us anytime about stuff or she can ask Uncle Marc, or Mimi, or Miss Kerry, etc...

"Well, Daddy, I do worry about ONE thing"

"Really, Claudia, what is it"

"Well, I worry about dinosaurs"

"ohhh"

Some things about Vermont:

• Claudia had a lot of fun going to concerts. It was a music festival week in Middlebury. She really, really loved Erin McDermott and bought her CD (she was really proud of that). We also saw one of the worst childrens concerts ever.
• Claudia swam a lot.
• She had lots and lots of pancakes.
• She had super fun with her sister and Mimi.
• She rode her bike a lot.
• She played mini golf.

Claudia is back from vacation in Vermont. More stories later.

Claudia was at the park yesterday climbing the big slide. At the top were three boys, about 5-6 years old, guarding the top.

Boy: "Whats your name"

Claudia: pause..."Claudia Lynn Schneider"

Boy: "You are beautiful"

Claudia: pause.... "I think you just like my shirt, my shirt is very beautiful"

Boy: "OK, you can pass"

One of my favorite old pictures.

Claudia is a very patient sister.

We had fun today. We found the cupcake truck in New Haven and each of us got a cupcake. Claudia ordered a Red Velvet with Marshmellow frosting and rainbow sprinkles. We then went up to East Rock and had a picnic. Quite a view.

On the way home we spent some time in the Yale Art Gallery which Claudia really likes.