Quoting Clem

Our girl. There aren't words to describe her cleverness or her sweet and tender soul. Here are some recent conversations from six year old Clementine:

-Today at the consignment store, I was browsing the racks while Clem played in the little toy area. She was alone in there for a bit, then a boy a bit  younger joined her.
"Hi! I"m Clementine! I just turned six years old!"
"I"m K. and I just turned four years old!"
K. went on to describe his upcoming birthday party while Clem told him that hers was Superhero themed.
"Do you like superheroes too?" she asks. "Because if you do, you'd like my dad. He's like the Hulk only he's not green. Just big."


-Last week her class got a new student. A girl! And it was BIG excitement around here. Clem couldn't wait to meet her and had a list of things to tell the new girl before the day began.
After school, I asked Clem what the new girl is like and she said "Let me think about it....I guess...she's really just like a rose with a big smile on it."


-At dinner one night she told Cam and I that her good friend in her class E. doesn't live with his dad because he's one of Santa's Elves. But not just ANY elf, E.'s dad is the TOP elf in Santa's workshop. So obviously E. is not only the luckiest little boy in all of the world, but he can't see his dad as often because he's up in the North Pole.

The BEST of Intentions

 This fall has been the season that shall forever be remembered as Ick Nast. We've had every single bug around and it's disgusting. In October, I got the flu that knocked me on my butt for a whopping 6 days with a fever hovering around 104. It was truly awful. Days after that, Dutch came down with croup. That, too, was awful and for varying reasons.

Mostly, because on that same day, I had *promised* Clementine that I would go on her first Kindergarten field trip with her class. Then, that morning, Dutch woke up gasping for breath. Mommy was no longer a field trip chaperone, but a freaked out, doctor calling machine.
Clem bravely headed out on her field trip with other moms and dads in tow. She minded not a single bit that I wasn't attending. But I did. And my heart hurt.

We were able to get Dutch assessed and treated with time to spare, so we darted toward the pumpkin patch as soon as we could, thinking there'd be PLENTY of chaperoning left to do!

We got there and scoured over the place for our girl in orange. We looked and looked and looked. After about a half an hour, we found her...lining up with her class to board the school bus back to Kindergarten. Womp womp.

I snapped a quick few pics and off they went. She had a great time with her friends on her first pumpkin patch. Dutch was healthy as can be. Those two things were all that mattered.

Clementine is SIX!

 My baby girl is 6 years old (and has been for over 2 weeks--I just can't get used to it)!! This year, she had her birthday party at the Family Interactive Gallery and we all had a blast. She, of course, choose a Superhero theme and I think everything went swimmingly.

In each of the pictures you can see the pink capes that my mom made each of the girls (thanks Mom!) and then each kiddo got to make their own mask at the party to protect their secret identities!

But mostly, they played and played. 

Even the baby boys played--not exactly *together* but they had a good time!

Then there was delicious cake (Avengers on the top, naturally). 

And LOTS of amazing presents! What a great day we all had celebrating this sweet, talented, smart, kind and tenderhearted little girl of ours. 

Kitchen Readers

Clementine age 2

Dutchy age 1.5

 

Both of our babies have found this spot to be ideal for a little light reading.