Our Clements Family

Our Clements Family

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Sunday Sharing

We were playing pig (piggy bank) and Juliet got carpet fuzz on her hand. Jon blew on her hand to get it off and she started blowing on her hand too. I had the camcorder going and I flipped the screen so she could see it and she started waving at the camera. All is really precious!
Juliet found her bible and took it out and said bible, bible, bible all the way to daddy.
I asked her to throw her diaper away and she said away
We said her prayers tonight and she said amen when we were done!

She is growing up on us!

Saturday, August 28, 2010

A little bit of this..

 Happy Birthday Uncle James!!  (August 25th)

We are going to start working with Juliet on her colors, she has animals down pat, you can ask her the animal, she will pick it up and make the sound.  She will say red and white, blue sounds like bu, but she tries.
She stayed home sick from school on Tuesday with a cold, didn't seem sick to me, she played in the swing and she and daddy had fun at home together.  She must have dreamed about her farm during her nap because when daddy went in to get her she was pointing at it to play with it.
Wednesday night Juliet decided that her toy box was not used for toys but for a play area and climbed in and had a blast!

I learned Friday that everyday at nap time Juliet takes her shoes and socks off and puts them under her cot, then after she wakes up, lifts up her cot to get them. (Again, I would love to be a fly on the wall while she is at school, their stories crack me up sometimes!)
She has these cupcakes that go in a cupcake tray. There are six of them. Jon hid one and she told him O-NO,  more and signed it. She knew there was supposed to be six and she knows that more isn't just for food.   O-No seems to be a new expression when things aren't going her way!

She slept until 9 this morning, we didn't know what to do with ourselves, she is usually a 6:30 creature on a Saturday morning. On the way to Chick-Fil-A we passed by the water fountains in Summerwood and she says water!, and then we passed by NEHBC and she starts saying Amen!!  Isn't that cool! 

All is quiet here so until later,
Laura

Monday, August 23, 2010

Amen

Our Juliet Claire is 20 months old today!

Juliet started saying Amen this weekend.  She said it all the way from Liberty for Mama but refused to say it for us when she met us at church.  I finally got her to say it this morning.  On the way to school I said, "Juliet, can you say Amen?", she raised her hand and said "Amen!".  It was cute.

Yesterday we started Sunday School, and she did wonderful.  She heard a bible study, did a craft, and listened to the music man!  Wow what a full morning that tired her out and she fell asleep on the way home and did not wake up when we put her in bed like she usually does. 

Sunday was a day for frogs because RIBBIT at the top of her lungs was her favorite word after church!


I had a photography job yesterday afternoon and Juliet and Jon had a daddy/daughter afternoon.  They ended up at the Pennington's and she got to play with Lily (their dog) and some toys she usually doesn't get to play with.  When I got home they were finishing up bath time and I could hear her saying Momma, Momma as I walked up the stairs.  It made me so happy, especially when I turned the corner and she just about jumped out of Jon's arms into mine and gave me a huge, hard and long hug.  What a great way to come home!  I think she and daddy had a great time together!!

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Where is your...

Juliet, where is your eyes, nose, mouth, (which she will point to and say), where are your ears, head (hair),  fingers, (she opens and closes them), where is your arms, legs, feet, knee, belly button, (she can point to them all.)  Will work on getting a video of that and a video of all her animal sounds. 
When we hug her she has started patting us on the back like we do when we are comforting her.  When she wants you to get up she will grab your hand and lift it up and says up.  She is one of those kids who tries to make something happen even if she is too small to actually do it.  She is very determined. 
Sunday we put her pool back up and since it was so hot, Mommy climbed in with her, she loved that!  She loved that she got to splash and squirt me with the water hose. 
On Sunday Juliet will start her Bible Study class, NEHBC has their bible study classes set up like a VBS where they have a Bible story, a craft and a song during the hour class.  I am teaching the craft so I will get to see her interact.  I am so excited.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Our Stinker

Last week Jon went to Indy to attend Gencon so Juliet and I were on our own from Wednesday to Sunday.  We spent the weekend in Liberty with Mama and Papa and I got to see some of what Juliet does when she isn't at home.
Saturday morning she woke up with the chickens, around 6 am.  YUCK!  There were chickens running around the neighbors yard, squirrels and birds in the yard.  She went nuts over them.  Then she saw the dogs and started barking like crazy.  She is such a silly nut.  We went to Adair and she found a little bear that she fell in love with almost as much as she loves her frog, ALMOST.  She still has a fond affection for her frog.  Pam had a pretty setup so we took her picture in front of it, she now says cheese when you take her picture.  Mama got her a puzzle that has a fishing pole with a magnet that you go fishing for pieces that Juliet loves.  I found her one like it that has a net for gathering insects.  She had to show daddy how it works. 
When you leave with her she has started waving, says "bye baby" and blows kisses.  It's really precious.
New words are Minnie, Yeah and shakes her head yes when she wants something, No and shakes her head no when she doesn't want to do something, better (after her little tantrum for getting in trouble), and nine while playing with her number cards. 
I so love this stage, I miss my baby, but I love this little girl.

Love to all, Laura!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Little Frog

Juliet's teachers said they saw a small frog while playing outside today and Juliet laughed huge belly laughs and jumped and said ribbit while watching the frog. She loved it!!
Don't you wish sometimes you were a fly on the wall?  I know I do!

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Kiss

For the first time tonight Juliet gave us a kiss at bedtime.  For as long as I know, I have told Juliet kiss and then kiss her on the cheek.  Tonight before prayers, I picked her up for a hug and kiss and she pressed her lips, and very cold nose, to my cheek.  Then daddy asked her could he have a kiss and she leaned over and gave him one.  Well, actually we both got two, it was so exciting!  I have been waiting on that!
When I asked if she was ready to go nite nite, she shook her head yes and said yea.  Go figure!
She discovered ketchup this week, she loved it so much that she ate it, then used it for art supplies.   But as with everything with this kid, it may change at any moment.
We set up her pool again today and she would not even wait on me to fill it up with water, she pulled at her dress until I took it off and jumped in and played with the hose until the pool was full
I have had two incident reports from school over the last week because of Juliet biting her friends, although I have no clue why and neither do they, I can not replicate the problem.  Owner not concerned, he said to wait, it will only get worse in the next classes.  She has decided that uncle craig the frog has to go to school with her everyday. 
Last night Jon and I went to the Astros game with our friends Brandi and Randy.  It was Faith and Family night and Jars of Clay put on a concert after the Astros WON!  I love going to games, but I really love games where they win.
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