Claire's Special Time with Daddy

"Doughnuts With Daddy" day at Preschool with Claire

Claire was so excited to show me everything in her classroom. We had a chance to sit and watch them go through their morning routine of handing out jobs for each student, putting the weather up on the board, counting the day on the calendar, practicing days of the week (yesterday and tomorrow), counting the kids in the class (counting boys and girls, then practicing their addition to count everyone), and adding new words for the letter of the week (this week was "P" and Claire thought of "Princess!")

All the students in the 4's class sang for the Dads. Claire told me she had some special songs to sing but she wouldn't tell me what ones because it was a special secret. She did a great job, singing all the words and having fun with the motions.

There were chairs for everyone but she really really wanted to sit in my lap. Good. I wanted her to too.

She poses for these and holds this face for several pictures at a time.

I've Been Working On The Railroad
I feel uncomfortable being just one more Dad in the crowd getting the whole thing on a video on the phone. But I wanted to share this, especially with Amanda.


Take Me Out To The Ballgame
Clearly a song selection for the Dads. I like it.


Father Abraham
I dropped Claire out of the frame for the video for a bit. This is because I was actually looking at Claire and not at the phone - so I don't feel bad about that one bit.


There was another song after this that I regretted not filming. I had decided at this point that enough was enough and it was time to put the phone down and enjoy the moment. Well, it was a song with a few repetitive lines that sung "I love you" and each time the children pointed outward with both hands but Claire looked at me and pointed directly at me. It was GREAT and I beamed - and so did she. I wanted Amanda to see that but I'll just get to keep that one to myself.

"Daddy Daughter Date Night" at Chick Fil A

We missed doing this event last year because of my work travel and I felt rather ashamed, but we made up for it by seeing Frozen together... which kind-of ended up being a big deal so that all worked out. Even though it had been two years, Claire remembered EVERY detail about this event and asked about it.

This photo. You can see what I mean about her "pose"

That pose again. It's adorable. She loves the camera.

But a genuine laugh...

...is just a tickle away

So little

So adorable!

Okay, so we didn't get any good pictures at Chick Fil A. The picture backdrop that they made was awkward and the photo with the cow was blurry - but Claire was pretty brave about high-fiving and hugging and having her picture taken with the Chick Fil A cow. I think it just takes a few times to get warmed up to something like that. She was very excited about getting a balloon and couldn't order her food until she had asked for a balloon first. She wanted one for me too, since it wouldn't work to just have one for her.

The front of the restaurant was decorated with tablecloths, glitter, balloons, fake votives, and flowers. We ordered from a menu and although it was still the regular Chick Fil A fare it was served without wrappers and on fancy plastic plates. Since it was such a special night, we each had a chocolate sundae!