Fall

I love fall. It may be the hardest time on my body, but the crisp cool weather is my favorite. Recently I had a pumpkin day. Claire and I went to bed rather early, so the next morning we work up and were ready to take on the day. It helped that what I woke up to were some beautiful colors in the sky.






So I plopped Claire in her highchair, tossed her some Kix, and we baked!









These muffins were Fabulous! They were pumpkin ginger muffins found here. They were divine. They maintained moistness, without much difficulty. We also toasted pumpkin seeds, and had a mock pumpkin latte. It was a great day!

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Flaherty Fall Vacation

Great trip! We had lots of fun and the girls did amazingly well in the car.



Giant Claire doesn't look so giant, amid the vast space of our enormous chalet!
7 bedrooms for 2 families, definitely more than we needed.



Unpacking, I planned all of our groceries because I didn't want to use vital trip time at the grocery store. After the 7 hour car drive and 20 min one way your lost on a mountain drive those Budweisers in the foreground were much needed.



Claire enjoyed the stairs. They might be big and she might be small, but don't tell her that.



Snuggling with Daddy on the balcony.



Emma singing to the mountains.



Hiking



Big Rock



Flaherty girls



Papa Bear



Emma Bean and a Bear



Some evening yoga to work out the sore joints of hiking.

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Huge baby...

Claire is huge. I pulled out all of Emma's clothes from the winter when she was a baby. Seeing that they are only a month behind each other clothes seasons haven't been a problem.Claire doesn't really fit in the things that Emma wore, she is much to beefy. Claire not only is huge in size. She is huge in spirit. She is 7 months going on a year. She said forget feeding me baby food. Claire wants what you are eating and she wants to do it herself. She is also pulling up to stand in her crib, other things are surely to come much to soon. Today Jennifer, the mother of the children I sit for, was talking about the stairs. Claire then attempted to climb them, however only reaching step two. That is enough for me, Claire is a wild woman!



She is just oozing with determination! (and you better not try to stop her...)

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Vist Uncle Brian

This past weekend we went and visited Uncle Brian. I think we should start referring to Uncle Brian as UB (a tribute to the movie Uncle Buck, a great classic.) We had a great time once everyone settled in. Maeve and Emma went to girl land and had fun with glitter and nail polish. Poor Cian, he doesn't enjoy girl land as much as Emma does. Thanks to Eric we managed to get Shadow's matted cat hair removed too. I think that alone made the weekend a success.



Maeve, beautiful and such a free spirit.



Cian is all boy, and probably a lot like his father as a boy. All the army men had to be aligned perfectly on the shelf, and socks had to be stacked the right way.



Emma's method of doughnut eating: eat the icing off, and save the bottom for later (aka known as throw it away) notice the banana in the foreground that got saved for later too... Sugar nut got her mother's sweet tooth.



Claire and Daddy had a good time too!
We can't wait until it's time to visit UB again.

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Ballet

Emma started ballet last Friday. I think she really enjoys it, although she is moving to the beat of her own drum right now. Her teacher is Ms. Johanna, she has a long braid and a thick accent. Ms. Johanna treats the girls to tic-tacs at the end of class. I will have to try to get better pictures next class.

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Manner Confirmed

The Emma dictionary has confirmed:
manner manner –noun

a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.

So it is know known that a manner manner is a hammer....

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Foto Friday

Happy 4th of July! We managed to squeeze the parade in before the rain. The girls had a blast. Emma loved the marching bands. When asked what her favorite instrument was she said "the drums" Auntie Em is so proud.


Claire burrito was very excited



Emma bean was very patriotic and even scored a festive lei. Not to mention loads of candy!

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