Uno, dos, tres, quatro, cinco, seis, siete...

Claudia received a "Math Whiz" award today for mastering counting to 100 by 1s, 2s, 5s, & 10s in Spanish. She's now saying that she wants to be a mathematician when she grows up. That should make her Uncle David and cousin Jillian happy!

And not to be outdone in the cuteness department, this was Juliet saying "Cheeeez" while Peter was taking a picture of Claudia and her award. Juliet should get the 2 year old math whiz award as I've heard her count to 7 in Spanish.

Lights, camera, action!

Claudia was Edward in her classroom's play "Edward and the Pirates". I still haven't found out how she was chosen - whether she was selected or volunteered herself. I was a little surprised because she can be shy in certain situations. But she was excited and she already had her lines memorized by the time she brought them home for practice.

I couldn't take any photos while she was on stage (no flash allowed) so I'll see what I can get from the dvd that we'll buy from the school. She spends the first little bit of the play on stage by herself, making remarks after the narrator's comments. She was so confident and so adorable! She said she really enjoyed performing. We'll see what this turns into. :-)

She was excited to get her rose.

I decided to bring Juliet to the play as I thought she would enjoy it. She liked watching Claudia in her Christmas show (and she kept pointing and saying "There's Claudia."). But this time, she wasn't so interested. Luckily I had crackers to keep her and Snoopy entertained and another lap to keep her comfy.

Mom and Dad are still visiting so they got to enjoy the show as well. Juliet insisted on walking from the car since she finds any way she can to assert her independence.

The tooth fairy makes his/her (?) first visit!

Today when we were in the car just about to start a drive to a birthday party for one of Juliet's buddies, Claudia said "I lost it, it just came out!" But I didn't know what she was talking about until I looked back at her and saw the blood on her lip. She hadn't mentioned that she had a loose tooth recently, so I was surprised. As her friends and classmates have been losing their teeth she had been asking when she was going to start losing hers "because that's a sign you're growing up". I tried to convince her there were other signs - growing out of your shoes, your pants, needing to get your long hair cut. I don't think she really bought it. She was excited to go to bed to see what would await her in the morning (a toy story stationary set), and told both of us right before bed that she was growing up. Boy, is she ever!