"Daddy pick Mickey Mouse up from the TV..."

Claire called Mark yesterday on the phone while he was doing bottle returns.  She was talking about how she wanted Mickey Mouse to come play at her house. She was going to show him all her toys and they could "play all day!"  She told me to ask daddy to pick up Mickey.  The girl loves Mickey Mouse!  We called Mark and put it on speaker phone so I could hear his response.   She babbled on for about two minutes and this is how the conversation went:
Ring Ring
"HI Claire."
"Hi Daddy I need you to go to the TV and get Mickey and drive him here because I can't go to the TV and I need him to come here so I need you to drive to the TV and get Mickey and bring him here to play with me.  So get Mickey okay."
PAUSE
"Oh well I'm not sure what to say--I don't know if I can drive to the TV."
"Yep Daddy drive to the tv and get Mickey and bring him here"
"Well that is a really cool idea Claire.  Mommy what do you think about that?"


Then I told Claire about how Mickey lives in Florida and California and he is very busy because so many boys and girls go see him he probably can't come see us. 

"No Mommy he CAN come see us."

"Well lets right him a note and we'll mail it to him."

"Okay."  And that is what we did.  She even kissed the letter twice.  Although when Mark got home she asked him:

"DADDY!  Did you bring Mickey home?"

She really loves that Mouse!!

Here is are some pics of Claire's visit to Disney at 16 months old.

 Meeting Daisy Duck

 Playing in Winne the Pooh's house

 Daddy and Claire

 Entranced on It's a Small World.

 She was so excited to see them. 

I think Mickey Mouse may be her first crush!

Thanks for reading,

Katie

Just For Fun

Hanging at the mall.  Checking things out.

I think she looks like a pro at this!

Mahna Mahna

Claire is in love with the Muppets mostly the Mahna Mahna bit.  It calms her down, which worked today since she slipped on the wet tile at Olga's and chipped her tooth.  She was so very upset, but she calmed down, and then get upset again.  Thankfully - Gaga, Papa (this is what Claire calls my mom and dad) and Ms Meg (Claire and Brynn's babysitter and family friend) were there to help distract her when her teeth hurt.  Mahna Mahna helped too.  I do believe Claire may be seeing the Muppet movie that comes out this fall.  She wants to but we'll see.

Completely unrelated but a cute picture (in my eyes) nonetheless.

Speaking of The Muppets--The Muppet theme song calms down a crying Brynn.  It worked for Claire too.  Especially when Mark would act it out.  It cracks me up!  Miss B does not enjoy the car so Claire, Mark and I are usually singing it to her, or the other song Mark came up with to calm her down.  Soon I do believe our twenty pound little miss will be switching carseats.  She's still within the weight and length limits but not for much longer! 

Brynn is scooting/ crawling all around now too!  She made it up the step yesterday actually all by herself. She's a baby on the go!  She loves the toy organizer too.  I have to have eagle eyes because everything goes in her mouth.  Claire is not a big fan of Brynn putting her toys in her mouth.  We are trying to teach her how to trade a toy for Brynn, so she doesn't leave a crying baby behind in her wake when she catches B chomping on a book or play kitchen food.  She's starting to get it. 

Look what I can do!

Thanks for reading,

Katie