Claudia has been pretty busy.

• She went on vacation to North Carolina and Pennsylvania.  Lots of driving.
• She is getting ready for her first piano recital on Sunday.
• She swims the length of the pool.
• She is hitting the wiffle ball real hard.
• She had a great time at Easter at her cousins house.

Claudia's pig is home! She made it all herself in kindergarten. She did such a good job.

Claudia is such a good girl.

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Claudia sings for Molly. We did this with the iPad. She had a lot of fun.

Kasey and I went out last night.  Monique was baby sitting.  Came home 11:30 and Claudia was still up!  Didn't want to go to bed.  Very tired girl.

Claudia and Molly go to see Thomas the Train show tonight.  They also had a nice time with Aunt Tootie and Aunt KA on Thursday.  Busy girls.

Claudia is excited to build something in the workshop for Molly's birthday.  I think we are going to build a house for Molly's Toy Story Guys.

Claudia is starting to read pretty well.  We are finally seeing her read independently.  We knew she could do it for a long time, but she just wasn't willing to do it.  She was excited to read a card yesterday that she got in the mail.

Claudia had pajama day at school today. Her class filled up the marble jar and got a reward of wearing their pajamas and watching a movie.

Claudia is so rules orientated and this really thrilled her. She was so excited to do something different.

She is doing piano lessons (20-30 minutes every two weeks) and is doing pretty well. She is very quick and has learned all her notes and rhythm. She can read simple rhythms and melodies. I've been pretty impressed. I would love it if she sang more.

Claudia had a great time in Pennsylvania last weekend. She went tubing with the whole family. It was a big deal and she was challenged a bit. But in the end she was all smiles.

She is becoming a big girl fast. Growing tall, too. She has occasional reminders that she is still five. But its nice to see her grow.

She is loving watching American Idol.

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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.