Farewell to Butterflies

 

 

 

 

We got Claire a butterfly kit and she's been loving checking on the caterpillars, chrysallis, and then butterflies each day. When the butterflies "hatched" we let her watch them for a few days, but then we told her that the butterflies needed to go out in the world and find their friends.

Last Day of Dancing Class

 

Yesterday was the last day of dancing class. Normally, the moms stayed with the kids and helped them follow the teacher, but for the last class, the moms got to watch (and photograph) the kids doing their thing. They were all alot better without the moms than they were with the moms.

Happy Mother's Day!

 

 

 

 

One of my favorite places to go during the spring is to Lilacia Park in Lombard. Claire decided this morning that she likes the smell of lilacs - a girl after my own heart!

More Fun Than I'm Having

 

Here's what Claire's doing right now. These are her friends Kaya and Emma - they're playing dress up. I'm doing spreadsheets. No comparison.

Random Pictures from Nashville

 

 

 

 

Here are a few more pictures from our trip to Nashville. As you can tell from the picture of Claire on the plane ride home, the weekend just wore her out. One minute she was watching her movie, the next she was snoring beside me.

Happy Easter

 

 

 

 

I hope that everyone had a Happy Easter. We had a busy Easter weekend and Claire loved every minute. We dyed eggs on Friday night. I was shocked at how quickly you could dye a dozen eggs - I always remembered it being a day-long event when I was little. On Saturday, we took Claire to an egg hunt at Cantigny Garden. She thought that was alot of fun and was delighted to receive a prize for finding her eggs - a little frog that she named Kurty. On Sunday morning, Claire woke up wondering if the Easter Bunny had already come and then proceeded to hunt for eggs and her Easter basket. After church on Sunday, Claire had alot of fun at her Aunt Mary's. All in all, a super fun weekend.

Getting Ready for Easter!

Claire's been making Easter "crafts" for the last couple of weeks. You can see what was on the docket today!