the dress

Claire finally got the dress she has been dreaming about. She had explained it in great detail: "touching the floor so you can't see my feet, puffy so it always looks like I am spinning." It was at the top of her birthday list. Well, Grammy and Mimi did not disappoint. And now Claire is in heaven and doesn't mind having to pick up her dresses a little as she walks up stairs and loves to sit in a muffin and tell everyone to come look how big it is, so big she can rest her head on it.

Can you say future beauty queen? Scary, I know.

Her second favorite gift came from mom and dad. She enjoys giving her brothers a ride down to the lake. Unfortunately, her dresses are too puffy to fit in the car.

busy

It was a busy weekend

halloween cross dressing

Halloween weekend was an odd one this year...and the costumes seemed to fall right in line. Carter's last minute "dirty laundry" was a hit. Claire was a "bat queen" (obviously), and Jared went through old costumes and came up with his.

For the school spook parade Claire was again the bat queen (do you notice her pose? I swear I've seen that exact pose in some magazine add. I should do a post on just her poses, the girl has some moves). And what is Jared you ask.....

He is a Justin Bieber fan of course. (Yes, he is wearing my skirt and my flip flops-which are too small) His friend at school came up with the great idea of mocking the singing sensation and surprisingly Jared was actually game. Allen just shook his head, but hey, they came in 3rd place.