Claire Antics

So I mentioned the pet stores briefly, but a funny story came about from our trip to the pet store. When looking at the snakes, I didn't want Claire to be scared of them so I said, "Look at that snake. He looks nice." So after visiting the pet store, we made a new pact with Claire and told her that if she stays in her new bed for 7 days, she can get a fish. A few (sleepy) days later, we were reminding her of her reward when she through a curve ball at us. She declared she wanted the snake. I told her we couldn't bring the snake home too because he would eat the fish. Very matter of factly, she stated that we could just leave the fish at the pet store. Let me reassure you, we are NOT getting a snake!

We still haven't gotten our shipment from home so we are very limited with what we have to play with. We have Legos (that were Daddy's old ones), a tea party set, and Mr. Potato Head that Dave bought down here at Costco before Christmas. Despite the lack of toys to play with, Claire has been great about using her imagination and getting through the days much better than I can say for myself. The other day, she was sitting at the table coloring or something, and she decided to take off her socks, put them on her hands, and call herself 'Swiper' from Dora. This went on for the next hour. At one point, she handed me one of her Carebears, then came back up, snatched the bear, and said, "You're too late!"

Everyone has been wondering how Claire is adjusting, and I think she is adjusting just fine. She misses people from home and talks about them all the time. She colors pictures for everyone constantly and loves to look at everyone's pictures on Facebook! Other than that, she loves being able to go outside, even though we haven't gone outside a ton because of the cold and rain, it is still more than we would at home (at least with Mommy!). She likes the open space in the house and watering the plants.