Claudia's birthday is on Thursday and it has been interesting to look back over the year using this blog. It has worked better than we expected in keeping people informed about Claudia. Its saved a lot of time and money making pictures. And its a great scrapbook. I find in school kids will log on and slowly weave their way backwards or forwards through the year.

You can see by the map on the right that a lot of people visit Claudia here on her blog. We get about 30-40 different "regulars" visiting each week. We know this blog is read by lots of school children and teachers, former students, and friends and family. But we also have lots of "mystery readers". We can't figure out who is reading us every week in Iowa, for example.

We ask that you all send Claudia a "birthday card" by leaving a comment on this entry. Who are you, where are you from, etc...It will be fun to read them back to her each year. It will also be fun for "the community" to read.

It wont be long until she is typing these entries herself.....