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Photos of the Girls + Videos

I tried to take some nice pics of the girls while we were at the lake last week. Brynn was an excellent model, but trying to take pictures of Clara right now is like trying to wrestle a greased pig. She is cute though. :-) 









You may recall when Brynn's PeeWee penguin credit union artwork was published in the newsletter. She was surprised to find a box from PeeWee on our doorstep yesterday.

This video explains: Brynn's PeeWee Prize Box. Sorry for the annoying sound while she's reading her letter; Clara was scraping her bowl with her spoon. :-P Regardless, very exciting!


Letter from PeeWee

Daddy brought flowers home for me for our anniversary.



We bought Clara a little bath robe, but she doesn't seem to like it much unfortunately.


helping!

Clara's favorite sayings and words right now and other cute things:
  • What happened? (She says this because she always says 'un-oh' or 'owie' and then I ask her what happened.)
  • No night-night. (She has really been fighting going to sleep the past few nights.) or just 'no' in general.
  • Why? (The "whys" have already started. Aaahhhh!)
  • Beep, beep (when she wants you to move out of her way)
  • What's that?
  • I did it! or Tada!
  • I happy. (She has said this a couple of times now and it is just so precious.)
  • The other night she was looking for me when she was in the living room and I was in our bedroom. I could hear her ask Daddy, "where Mommy?" He tried to tell her where I was, but she just kept trying to find me, and finally I come into the living room and see her leaning over the top of the stairway, yelling, "mom! mom!' She loves to say 'mom' over and over and half yell it at me. And then even when I acknowledge her she will continue to say 'mom.' It always reminds me of this clip from the movie "Wedding Crashers" and the clip from an episode of "Family Guy." Haha. 

Some Clara Videos:

Mother Clara

Clara's sucker


Mmm, spaghetti!



Comments

carrington said…
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June 30, 2016 at 10:41 PM
carrington said…
Wow Clara is really saying a lot of words now! So cute - loved the videos too! So awesome that Brynnie won the prize for her talented artwork!!!! Way to go Brynster!
June 30, 2016 at 10:43 PM
theweckerlys said…
Wow, congrats Brynn! Clara is quite the talker. Always takin' care of those babies!
June 30, 2016 at 11:04 PM
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