C L A R A spells kada!!!

Daddy has been working with baby girl on spelling her name... and the other night, he asked her, how do you spell Clara? Start with C....

and baby answers...
C....
L....
A.....
R.....
A......
spells kada!!!

We were in shock! She followed up with Claara, Clarp, and Claxyz.... But still, she did it all on her own the first time correctly without prompting past the C! Wow!

She also loves to comfort herself - if she falls, shes says to herself, "It's okay" and if she slips a little and mommy tells her she's okay, she says, "Careful..." :D!

Here's the face of a baby girl who wants to go see animals at the zoo...

So that's what we did! We saw so many animals close up this week! Hippos....

and tigers....and pandas again too!

Xinyi had a lot of fun at Gymboree this week - we took a break from art class and played instead!

Then on Saturday night, we went to see Christmas lights with Uncle Ben, Aunt Christina and Nate Nate on the coldest night of the year!

She still had a really fun time!

On Sunday, we spent time with Grammy for her early birthday day celebration!

The three munchkins had so much fun as always!

Grammy's babies!

This week, Xinyi has learned how to demand things, like... "Foodies!!" and "Take a picture!" and "More toys!"

She also loves to ask for specific songs, and this week her song repertoire increased...
Sing abc song
Sing wheels! (on the bus)
Sing old mcdonald have a ..... (insert any animal here)
Sing if happy and know it (She knows all the motions - clap your hand, stomp your feet, say hurray!)

Sing issy bisty spider (she says "issy" :D)
Sing owl song (I don't know what that is)

She also knows all the motions to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - and the the little diamond she makes with her fingers is adorable!

Oh and since she was a tiny baby, we've had several books we reserve just for bedtime. One of them is a seahorse book. This week, she suddenly realized there is a seahorse hiding on every page! Now instead of asking what all the sea animals are, she loves finding the seahorse! So cute!

Cheese!!!!