- Claire's hair is getting so long. I keep cutting the bangs because she REFUSES to let me put ANYTHING in her hair.
- The other day Claire set up my yoga mat on the floor. She then lined up 2 bears, and 3 dolls in a row. She sat herself down behind them all and started to sing "Dingo bah" That would be Jingle Bells to you and I.

- When Julien is doing homework in the afternoons, Claire watches some TV so I can be free to help him. Lately, she just loves "Dino Dan", a show about a boy who sees dinosaurs throughout his day at home and at school. So I went down into the old toys and found 2 dinosaurs for her to play with. But she doesn't growl and do dinosaur things with them. No, she rocks them and sings to them so they will "schleep, go night, night".

- A week or so ago, I had a kitchen designer at the house to measure and talk about the design. Julien was suppose to be upstairs working on homework. All of a sudden, he comes through the kitchen, a combat helmet on his head, and proceeds to march, high stepping, stiff legs, with a hand out in front of himself. "What are you doing?" I asked. He just laughed and went upstairs. Later, he told me that he wanted to be noticed. Yeah, that's one way of doing it.
- Claire loves to play with apps on my iPhone. I've downloaded several especially for her that have nursery rhymes or songs and things that she can touch on to get a reaction. But if ever she's having trouble, she'll grab my finger, push it onto the screen and say "mama do."
- When I put Claire to bed, I hold her hand for a couple of minutes after she's lying down in her crib. Tonight was so cute. She was singing herself to sleep with her own version of "Jingle Bells, Up on the Rooftop, Deck the Halls" all mixed together. I think she's getting this Christmas spirit thing!

- I've tried to fill Julien's first week of Winter Break with fun things to do. We've baked cookies, had pajama/TV day, went to see Tron, done crafts, and had movie nights/afternoons.