Claire is 1

Our baby is a year old! We can't believe it. She spent the day playing and napping and then had dinner at a nice restaurant (lasagna). She didn't like the taste of her cake, but the frosting was great fun. Her sister has taken possession of all her gifts, but she doesn't really care. Just a great birthday all around.

Sink or swim

Audrey took swimming lessons last summer and had three "refresher" classes this month. She insists that she knows how to swim because she can put her head under water. I wish I had a picture of her AFTER class when we were leaving. Lately, she swims better than she walks. She was all wrapped up in her towel, staring at the birds flying overhead and just when I turned around to tell her to watch where she was going she walked right back into the pool. As usual, I thought it was pretty funny and a dozen onlookers thought it was a traumatic incident. She was fine. Today at the park she walked right into a stone drinking fountain (poor kid, dumb birds). I might get that picture yet if she keeps it up.