Life is Busy

Claire is on the go these days. Learning, exploring, running and discovering. There is never a dull moment with her and she brings so much joy to our lives. Recently, I changed my work hours so that I can pick Claire up from daycare at 5pm daily (when it closes). It has made a significant difference in our evening shuffle, not to mention saving a few dollars by not paying a second sitter every day. Most nights I can feed her, get our dinner started and give her a bath before Lucian gets home. Other nights we play outside with the neighborhood kids or go for a walk. It's amazing how getting home at 5pm can change your attitude.

This weekend we sneaked in a couple trips to the park. Sunday's weather was such a tease, almost 80° and now it is 50° and raining again. Claire went down all of the slides by herself, the first I have seen.

She also loves to swing.

I got a text message from daycare last week that Claire found a jar of hair gel (while she was supposed to be napping) and put it all in her hair. Here she is having an afternoon bath. She looks very proud.

She enjoyed pretending to drive Papa's van.

We had some ducks in our back yard on Sunday. They are usually on the other side of the fence near the creek, but some strong winds blew a section of our fence down a week or two ago. Now the ducks are free to explore. Claire kept telling them "c'mere" and "more". She wasn't scared until they flew away.

Lastly, we joined a CSA this year, providing us with a box of fresh produce each Thursday. They deliver right to Lucian's office, which is awesome. Here is our first sampling. I'm not sure what some of the items are, but that's part of the adventure, right? We are using as much as we can, trying to let it inspire our meals. Lucian begged me to make a strawberry rhubarb pie with the rhubarb from this batch. So far so good.