Unfortunately, it was a long night! Apparently, the new bedrail wasn't installed right so Claire ended up on the floor again, crying at 3am. Arnaud went to get her and brought her into bed so the rest of the night was restless for all, except her! So we had a slow morning getting going.

When she woke up at 8, she had a fever again. She has no other symptoms of being sick, so I'll hold off on going to the doctor just yet. Once she had some Motrin, and the fever dropped, she was back to her normal self. Even taking pictures of Arnaud & I.

The weather was beautiful this morning so we spent some time outside. A needed relief from the heat wave we've been having.

As Arnaud left for work, Claire and I went for a short bike ride around the neighborhood. She loves it and tells me which way we should go the entire way. Once we were back from the bike ride, we stayed outside a little longer, playing with chalk, making bubbles, etc.

When we came inside, Claire decided it was time for a picnic in the living room. So we set out a blanket and snacks and had a picnic lunch with friends. Claire had fun being in charge of my camera remote!

For her nap, Claire insisted on sleeping on the floor. I think she's a little worried about the bed situation. Once she was completely asleep, I put her up in her bed with the bedrail firmly attached now! (It's not going anywhere now I've attached it in so many places!)

While she was down for her nap, I edited photos and had my lunch. She wasn't down for long though as she woke up with a fever again. I'm feeling bad about not taking her to the doctor but there is nothing else going on. No coughing, no stuffy or runny nose, no complaints of tummy troubles. I'm really convince that she's just got the same bug as me.

So since we're both still under the weather, it was another afternoon of just hanging on the couch.

After another simple dinner, (she just wanted buttered noodles,) it was bathtime. She loves to hang out and play in the water. It's one of her favorite things to do, that is until it's time to wash her hair!

We then just hung out for a bit waiting for Arnaud to come home.

It was a slow start to the day. We were all tired after Arnaud getting in late last night from France. He and I had some time to catch up with each other before Claire woke up. She slept in until 9!

While I got ready for the day, Claire played with her current obsession: Littlest Pet Shop. She played with these for hours last week at a friend's house so I got her a set. She probably spends at least an hour a day playing with them, making up little stories.

Then Claire and I set off to do some errands. I needed to go to the bank and then we went to Buy Buy Baby to buy a bedrail for her bed. Since she's about 99% potty trained, she gets very anxious if we leave her in bed too long after she wakes up. So I thought it would be a good idea to convert her crib to a toddler bed. Only problem is that when I tried it with her last week, she fell out of bed in the middle of the night. Oops! Hoping the bedrail will fix that!

The rest of the day was spent hanging out, just Claire and me. Since I've had a bit of a cold since last Friday and Claire woke up from her nap with a fever, we spent a lot of time hanging out on the couch, watching TV and her watching Justin Bieber "Baby" over and over again. (Too funny!)

For dinner, it was comfort food for a couple of sickies, nice warm pureed potatoes. Yum!

As I did last year, I've decided to participate in a project called "Week in the Life" originally created by Ali Edwards You can read all about it here. Basically, it's about taking photos and journaling all about your everyday life for a week.

I almost didn't do it this year for a number of reasons. First of all, when I did it last year, I didn't complete it the way I wanted to. I got all the photos printed and put into an album. But I just never got around to writing out my thoughts about each day. Secondly, this year the project falls in the middle of summer. Our summer is anything but "everyday". Arnaud just arrived home from helping his mom through a health scare, Julien is still away at Camp Grammy and Bompie and our babysitter is off on vacation. Lastly, I've just been in a funk lately and doing anything creative has been on the back burner.

But this year, I decided at the very last minute to do it anyway. It helped that Ali created a PDF file to easily jot down what's happening throughout the day. So far it's kept me on track for the first 2 days.

So for the next week, I will be documenting our everyday life. I haven't yet decided how I will put it all together in a scrapbook later, but I figured I can at least blog it and then it will be here for me to print out later.

Here's an addition to the previous Camp photos I posted. It's so great to see all the photos here, and see the differences, especially in the kids, from one year to the next. Such a great tradition!