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Today we met up with Marissa, Molly, BreAnna, Ruth, and 2 new friends: Emily and Owen at Memorial City Mall for a little shopping and lots of playing. And mayyyybe a little frozen yogurt thrown in the mix too :)
First stop was Target for a small pack of diapers and a stroller.
I tried to exchange my toddler for them, but no deal. It's probably for the best. I've grown quite fond of my chica :)
I'd rather hold on to the wheels and you pull me than sit in it, Mom.
Ummmm, no. Climb in, girl! It's a DUCKA stroller after all!
silly girl
I hope Clara and Ruth's toddler-ness didn't scare Marissa and Emily too badly :)
Weren't we quite the crew?
Clara-girl & Molly-pop
Target shopping for a sleeper, jello, and a doll. Quite the combo, yes?
Then, what the toddlers were looking forward to the most: PLAYTIME!
We took off their shoes and off they went.
What's interesting is that Ruth is willing to go all over the place and not worry about making sure her Mom is watching. Clara was super happy to explore and run around, but she is more of a "check with home base (aka Mom)" and then go some more. I'm not sure if it's the age difference, or a personality difference, but they both had a ton of fun.
"Hi Mom!"
Video:
:)
She clapped for herself every time she managed to walk across the entire bridge without falling down. It was so stinkin' cute.
Ruth and Clara blocking traffic on the pathway:
Both girls in the toddler area:
Clara clapping for herself some more because she LOVED.THIS.RAMP.
I'm telling you she ran up it and down again over and over and over, I have no idea how many times. 30? more? I don't know, but she wore her precious little self out and had a blast.
Clapping for herself. Love her self-esteem :)
Video:
Whoa, Mommy, check this red thing out!! I can see you!
goof ball
Well, hello Ruth! Fancy seeing you here.
Poke.
Toddler interactions are amazing.
One last short video of a very happy girl:
Big grin :)
Phew, all tuckered out, we met up with the Mommas of the littler ones.
And splurged on some yummy frozen yogurt.
Oh, those emo bangs. If only she'd keep a bow in!
Mmm mm mmm
This hasn't happened in over 5 months. Baby asleep in the car.
Clara & Maverick are starting to really settle into the new place, which is great!
Maverick is naturally a big help unpacking thanks to his puppy eyes and his desire to sit in my lap every other minute.
Clara likes to turn off and on the lights, even while trying to fold clothes
She's got her lunch box, blankie & paci ready for school!
Just reading a book to the puppy:
And posing like Buddha before a diaper change:
Reading with her Daddy (don't worry, the stair flooring has been installed now!)
Helping Mommy unpack the game room:
Hi, Buddy :)
Yikes! As soon as I went to take a picture of her riding her toy, she stood on it!
BOTTOM ON THE SEAT, GIRL-CHILD! (sprouts another gray hair)
I swear we're going to end up in the ER soon...
No need to fret, the bus made it to the new place just fine :)
(What would we have done without this thing!?)
Lulu's unpacking toys and Clara wants to show Mommy how much of it she can carry :)
Getting closer to unpacked, and she's ready to pull everything off the shelves already, just as it should be. Or maybe not should, but WILL be :)
"Helping" Lulu vacuum.
Video :)
Another cute video:
Side note: tonight it took us 36 minutes to unload the dish washer because she would pull out each individual spoon, fork, knife, cup, bowl, and plate to hand to me waiting for me to tell her what each one was called. And clapped every single time I put one away. When did "help" cause everything to take 3 times as long? But it's so fun!! (most of the time)
Did you notice her Clara-sized broom?
(PS: I have a great idea for a Christmas present for her if anyone ends up looking for an idea!)
Phew, her rocking chair made it to the new place too. Thank goodness :0
Helping Mommy cook dinner. Stirring the cheerios in her bowl and then feeding them to Maverick.
Lucky dog, indeed :)
I can't remember if I shared this video from a week or so ago, but just in case here's a video of her helping me cook a different day (I think the first meal I made in our new house):
Are you enjoying all of the pictures and videos? Sorry for the update overload!! :)
