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Today Claudia had her birthday party at the gymnastics place this is what she has to say:

i wet in to the jemnsts pas me and molly did forwrd rol and swin on the rop swin and jit

After last weeks storm. We have a lot more snow now.

With 40" of snow in the last 5 days - Claudia and Molly have been having a blast outside. We have made snow forts, gone sled riding, had snowball fights and made a ton of snow angels. We also went snowmobiling. Claudia really loves sledding down the big hill on the side of our driveway. She even went ice skating and can do it all by herself for a few seconds. She says winter is her favorite season, it's got Christmas, her birthday and snow!

Happy Birthday Claudia! It seems like just yesterday you were a little baby.

Claudia has had a very enjoyable Christmas season. Currently we are snowed in and she is enjoying playing with her toys with Aunt Susannah and Mimi. Claudia is surrounded by lots of generous people (you know who you are...) and will be opening boxes for a long time.

Claudia got ice skates, a drawing/craft table, lots and lots of toys. Tomorrow--birthday.

This has been a very busy week! The excitement for Christmas and Claudia's 5th birthday is in full swing. She says at least once a day - "Oh Mommy, I REALLY want Christmas to be today, I CAN'T wait" :))) I love seeing the sparkle in her eye. We got a beautiful Christmas tree and made some delicious cookies. We have been having a lot of fun with Christmas carols and making crafts. Santa will be here soon!

Claudia had fun playing Old Maid with Uncle Mark. They played lots of games. Uncle Mark seemed to almost always end up with the Old Maid.

Claudia did lots of drawing, taking care of horses, and hanging out with Mimi. She got to go to Uncle Tyler's restaurant and even got a tour of the kitchen. She thought that was "really cool!"

"i went to tylers restaurant" -- Claudia typed that.

Claudia has had a week without fever and seems to be fully recovered. Now Molly is sick...

We had her first parent conference and everything went well. She is hitting all her marks and is at least at grade level for everything which is good since she is the youngest in the class. School still wears her out. She is pretty grumpy after school and sometimes it takes until Sunday before the regular Claudia comes back.

Right now she is practicing piano with Kasey. She is doing really well, but she is too young to really work on it by herself. She can pretty much read the notes and rhythms. Miss Eileen is her teacher and she has a lesson every couple of weeks.

Still sick with fever. Threw up this morning for the first time ever. Hoping to head to doctors this morning.

Claudia has a fever. She rarely gets sick. She rarely complains when sick either. She just kind of curled up on the couch for awhile. No school for her tomorrow. We are heading to NYC for Radio City show on Thursday. Cross your fingers....

We had to take Claudia to the dentist. Something seems to be wrong with her teeth.

Claudia spent a good 2-3 hours raking leaves today with her Cousin Riley. They are a really good team and Claudia loves working with him. When she starts working on something she is very focussed and works hard.

She got a medal today for soccer (one more game) and has been playing very well. I love that she runs on and off the field all the time when the coach substitutes. Hustles at every play.

Claudia is getting mileage out of her costume. I think we are up to seven Halloween parades or activities. This is her kindergarten class.

Mimi is here for the annual Halloween activities. Everyone is very excited. She will watch piano lesson tomorrow, put Claudia on the bus, get her off the bus and do plenty of fun stuff. Mimi also gets to watch soccer on Saturday.

Today was our first trick-or-treating as we went to the Nonnewaug High School event. They do an amazing job as they transform about 15 classrooms into theme rooms overnight. Mulan, Wizard of Oz, Candyland, etc... Some of the rooms are truly amazing.

Claudia is a ladybug.

Claudia is doing pretty well. She is learning a lot in kindergarten and seems to be enjoying herself. She is keeping up, despite being the youngest. It probably helps she is as tall as everybody.

But, she certainly has some moments. She is having a tough time when things don't go her way and sometimes we have some crying moments. School has definitely changed her routine and added a bit of stress.

Right now she is making mazes for me.