Claudia had her "kids" birthday party with kids from pre-school on Saturday. It got really crowded at Monkey Business but we all had a fun time. I'll get pictures up soon.

Claudia and I attended a benefit concert for Haiti on Monday at Yale. Claudia has lots of questions about earthquakes and Haiti. She wants to make sure we give money so they can have playgrounds. She was very good at the concert and we had lots of fun going for pizza at Kitchen Zinc (fabulous place). She is becoming a big girl so very fast.

Claudia has her big birthday party at Monkey Business this Saturday. Lots of kids from preschool are coming. It will be quite a crowd.

Claudia saw Erin McDermott in Vermont last summer and sings her music in the car all of the time. She "learned" all the lyrics herself.

Claudia and I had a fun walk at Phillip's Farm today. We discovered that new trails were made and took the blue trail. It was fun since I asked Claudia to find our way back to the car. She did a real good job. Growing up fast.

Claudia has been sick for a few days but is getting a little better. She slept really late today which helped.

Claudia is four! She got a Barbie Jeep for her birthday that she can drive herself. It a bit icey out, but she did well. She has a good cough and we hope she does OK today.

She wanted pizza for breakfast, macaroni and cheese for lunch, and spaghetti for dinner. Her cousins will come over for dinner. Mimi and Aunt Susannah are here today as well.

Lots of videos and pictures put up on the flickr site.

We went to Claudia's concert at her preschool today. I give so much credit to her teachers. Claudia learned so many songs! She was front and center and did such a fabulous job. I'm a professional, I know about these things. We were so proud of her.

All the recordings are going up on flickr. Claudia is the loud singer with good pitch and great diction. You can certainly hear her! These are instant classics.

Claudia demonstrates her memory. How does she remember this stuff?

Claudia went roller skating with Santa tonight.

"Daddy, I want to go to the gym with Mommy. They have a play area. I could play while Mommy does her exercising"

"Well, maybe you could exercise too, Claudia. What type of stuff would you do in the gym"

"The weights Daddy. Definitely the weights."

Claudia had a really good time in Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving. She and her sister were really good travelers, especially on the long trip home. Claudia worked really hard feeding the horses and letting them out. She even rode Wendy without a saddle. She was a big girl.

We did the usual activities. Claudia sat at the table the whole evening for dinner and was lots of fun. We also went to Uncle Tyler's restaurant which is always a big hit.

Trouble.

Claudia had fun at the cross country banquet last night. She took a big step up and helped Daddy pass out the awards. She felt like a big girl. She wore a very pretty dress and even got to talk to Julie (which was her favorite part).

claudia just had a jelly bean

These sisters take care of eachother!