Claire 101

 Claire turns two in a few weeks and while she is our 'wild' child, we couldn't love her more and want to capture her at this moment.  So here it goes...Claire at almost two!

Every morning when I go to get her up, she grabs her diaper and says 'poopoo mama' eventhough she hasn't.
She almost always calls Reagan "RaRa" which is what we now call her too.  Just this week she has begun to call her Reagan which makes me sad. 
She says 'want hugs' and 'hold you' all the time.  She also loves to give kisses and they are slobbery and wet!!
In the morning or after a nap, all she wants to do is sit in mommy or daddy's lap and drink her milk.  She periodically turns around to give you hugs (which is the best).
Claire drinks milk, milk, and more milk.  She is half cow. 
She is a runner.  She loves to run from you and laugh and look back at you...if you have a runner, you understand how nerve-racking this is and scary!  She is afraid of almost nothing.
She has more scrapes and bruises than any child I've seen.  She isn't fazed at all...she gets up and keeps going for the most part.  
She is in awe of her big sister and wants to do EVERYTHING that she does.
She loves to go potty...but don't be fooled...she doesn't actually go.  She takes her clothes and diaper off, sits on the toilet, gets enormous amounts of toilet paper to wipe, and then flushes.  Then she proceeds to pee on the floor!
 She LOVES Dora.  She says 'watch Boots mama'.  She also loves Team Umizoomi and Jake.
She loves eggs, bacon, hummus, guacamole, yogurt, bananas, pasta, casseroles, and milkshakes. 
She loves to put on shoes.
If her blanket comes off her in the night, she yells for me - "Mama, Blankie" until I come in.  Boy, that's fun at 2am!!  
She loves her Daddy so much and gets so excited if he's home when she gets up.  She often goes to check his office when she gets up.  If he's not there, she'll say, "Where Daddy go?".  She also gets very upset when he leaves the room, car, etc.
If Mommy and Daddy make the unfortunate mistake of eating breakfast after her, she will inevitably come to the table, sit in one of our laps, and eat our food.
She loves animals.  Especially dogs.  She isn't afraid of any animal she meets which is good and bad.  She also picks bugs up with her fingers and giggles. 
She loves to be outside, blow bubbles, go to the park, and go on walks.  Reagan will want to ride in the stroller or wagon before she does!  
She can count to 11, loves to sing nursery rhymes...especially ABC song and Wheels on the Bus.
She LOVES to dance.  She promptly gets her tutu or princess dress and dances to any music that is playing.
She crosses her arms and says 'NO' a lot.  But for some reason, with all her curls, it's cute.  She says 'yesh' for yes.  Now that's all we say.  :) 
She likes to put on Reagan's clothes and Reagan loves to dress her.  Oh, sisters.  They also love to play Mommy/Baby. 
If she wants you to open something, she only says 'Abre' - thank you, Dora.

Oh, how we love her!!  Here's a few snapshots of her playing outside while we had some landscaping done.

Curls!!!  Our wild child has wild hair!