Clara Lee is 2!!!

Dear Abigail,

This past weekend (okay, fine, I won't act like I did this timely. It has been 3 weeks since this happened...) so this past weekend Clara Lee turned 2!!! After gymnastics on Thursday, we headed into Memphis, and of course had to stop by Mimi's house first. We grabbed some dinner with Mimi and then headed off to Papa Rob's house. Papa Rob was SO excited to show us his new bedroom that he painted and fixed all up for me, or well, guests, so me, and then occasionally Grandaddy. Mommy was super excited because this meant you were sleeping in a different bedroom (i.e. bed) than Mommy! Woo-hoo!! I mean, ahhh, how sad :) We were both super impressed with the bedroom; however you were concerned with where your toys went, as the bedroom was previously the play room!

Friday was Clara Lee's actual birthday, and since Aunt Ash-ash was running last minute errands in Memphis for the big birthday party, we decided to join her (and Clara Lee and Mimi) AND we decided we'd take a pit stop at Build-a-bear!!

(this is your latest way of smiling. Mommy's not to crazy about it, but it does make me laugh, a little!)

Clara Lee is TWO!!!!!

You were excited, but I'm pretty sure Aunt Ash-ash and Mimi were the most excited. I'll have to tell you about a previous Build-a-bear experience with them!!

The 2 of you picked out a bear and then you had to bring it to life. CL didn't really care for the bringing it to life part, so you helped her with that. She did, however, kiss her bears heart and put it in, so she did officially bring it to life.

Then you had to give your bears a good bath...

And then it was time to pick out the outfits. Oh the outfits. There were tons and tons of choices. After much debate and many mind changes (from Mommy, not so much you!), we decided we'd go with a UT cheerleading outfit. Oh, and the name of your bear, like the brand name, was Bearemy (as in Jeremy, as in your dad), so we felt like a UT outfit was only appropriate. So THEN we had to register the bear, and make it official that you were the Mommy of this new bear, and of course pick out a name. After getting a little help from Daddy, we went with AnnaBear Clark.

Finally it was official - you had a bear, and what a cute bear it was!

PS - did you notice the pigtails? We did that since it was CL's birthday. You LOVE having 2 ponytails, Mommy, however, not so much. But apparently it's because I'm not doing it right. Daddy says I need to take a pigtail class... anyway.

After the bears, we ran a few errands, had a quick lunch at Chick-fil-a where CL wouldn't play on the playground and you climbed to the top and started crying because you couldn't get down (this is the second time you have done this!). Thankfully some random nice man climbed up there and got you down. We decided it was time to head home after that!

Papa Rob ended up taking you to the park for a little bit while Mommy got things situated at home. We had a busy Saturday on our plates...

Saturday was Jack's birthday party! He had a super hero party at the Children's Museum, and man alive was it a blast! To start things off, the kiddos got their face painted, if they preferred. Most did not, including the birthday boy himself, but you my super hero, surprised us all and sat so still for the ladies putting on your make up!

After getting your 'mask' on and your cape, you had to get all loosened up, in order to go save the world, of course! You did such a good job following the leader...

You super heros were super flexible!! (PS - that's Sammy!)

After stretching, you did a few cardio exercises...

And then it was off to save the world, or well, at least learn how to save the world. You got to sit in a police car, both front and back. I'll prefer you to stick with the front, if you don't mind...

And you were a firefighter with Em!

And even rocked it out with some friends! (not sure how that's saving the world, but what fun it was!)

You drove a FedEx plane...

And danced danced danced!

And were a princess in distress...

And even got to grocery shop all on your own, including checking out and getting a receipt!! Jack's birthday party was so much fun!! And the fun continued! After the party, Mimi had a slumber party with her girls! That's right, you and Clara Lee and Em all spent the night at Mimi's house. I'm not sure how the sleeping arrangements all went down, but at some point, Mimi was in the guest bedroom with both you and Clara Lee while the toddler bed and big girl bed were empty, and Em was on the air mattress in the living room... I didn't ask!

Sunday was Clara Lee's big birthday party, and, again, what fun - oh, and how YUMMY! It was a Milk and Cookies birthday party. That's right, there were 7 different kinds of cookies, and oh how yummy they were! You, of course, didn't really care too much for the cookies, but don't worry, enough of the guests there did! You played for a little bit...

but then it was time to decorate cookies!!!! Each of you had your own special apron to put on and you all went to town!!!

(i'm not sure what's going on in this picture, but I'm sure you two were up to something...)

After the party, you got to hang around a little longer with Jack and Clara Lee. It was nice to watching you kiddos run around, burning off some of that sugar, which also included chasing a cat around the house!

After a little bit, Aunt Ash-ash realized we never sang "Happy Birthday" to Clara Lee!! So we called you all back in for one more round of sugar!!

But, as you can see, you didn't seem to care too much for it. Oh what is wrong with you!!!!

We stayed one last night at Mimi's and got up Monday morning and headed off... What a fun filled, birthday celebrating, awesome time with family weekend!! LOVE YOU!