First Days

We think Claudia has gotten off to a good start at school.  She isn't incredibly excited, but she seems to be warming up to the idea.  Above all she needs a teacher to challenge her and we hope Mrs. Haddad will do that.

She has her first soccer tournament this weekend.  She also is continuing on piano.

Riding Bikes

, a photo by brandtsch on Flickr.

Claudia loved riding on the Rails to Trails with Mommy.

Balloons

IMG_1647, a photo by brandtsch on Flickr.

Lots of balloons for Mimis 70th birthday.

Triathlon

Claudia did the kids triathlon this afternoon before Mommy did her race.  Claudia did a real short swim, about 1/6 mile bike, 1/6 mile run.  She was in the 4-7 age group.

She was really nervous.  Unfortunately her bike broke down and she fell off.  But she kept running and didn't stop.  While we really hoped this didn't happen, sometimes bad things happen to good people.  It was a great learning experience.

my teacher

One day I went down to the mailbox and  there was a letter inside of the mailbox.  It was for me!  There was another letter for molly.  I opened it up and it said my teacher was mrs. Haddad.  Molly's teacher was mrs Musante.  Cade was in Mollys class and caroline was in my class.  Ryan was in Mrs.Kings class Molly was really sad.

six flags

yesterday I went to six flags.  I got stung by a horse fly and a bee. We went to a water park to and we did a lillypad game and you had to get acroos the side of the pool without falling in the pool.  I made it!  They had a wave pool and a lazy river. there were lots of water slides.  There was a pirate ship and it had lots of slides and buckets of water.  We went on a roller coaster.  There were these carts and you you get on and you go up intul you reach the top and then you go around the corner  and keep going then you go down a big hill.  When the horse fly bit me it was on my neck and then I swiped it of and  it landed on my finger and it bit me

Vermont

Claudia had lots of fun in Vermont.  She swam a whole lot.  She also rode her bike and ate lots of doughnuts.

Claudia in Vermont

Claudia, a photo by brandtsch on Flickr.

Visiting Grandpa

Claudia and Molly spent five days in Las Vegas visiting their grandpa.  They did lots of fun things like visiting shows, playing in the pool and eating.

Rooster Run

Claudia ran the Rooster Run in Newtown this morning with the whole family.  She ran it in 36:14.  She did really good.  It was her first run of the year.  She was pretty nervous about running a race, but now that she did one she isn't quite as nervous.

Playing catch

Buddies

Claudia is lucky to have two close friends as neighbors.

Mets

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Claudia had a great time at the Mets game for Mothers Day. She soaked everything in. She loves doing things with her cousin Jack.

Gift

Gift, a photo by brandtsch on Flickr.

Love this face. Meeting her sister for first time five years ago. She brought her a card.

Silly Girls Walking

, a photo by brandtsch on Flickr.

Spring

Claudia is almost done with second grade.  She is playing soccer and piano.

She has many friends at school, but her best buddies are Caroline and Annie.

Vacation

New York

Yesterday we had fun going to NYC. We went to the American girl store, and went to the topof Rockefeller Center which was really cool. We then walked around Times Square. Both girls were great.

Tootie's House

Girl Scout

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Claudia (and Kasey) are having their first Cookie sale. We got a lot of cookies for the troop. Claudia is off at her first booth sale outside of the Staples store. She is very, very nervous.