Six Years of Claire

Claire celebrated her sixth birthday last week. Time to reminisce for a moment as we look through the archives at pictures from all her birthdays.

First, the first one, in 2004 -

Wonderful one, with Bac (Aunt) Nga -

Turning two -

On to three -

Hitting four - 

Fabulous five -

Now at six, with her friends John David (left) and Ryan -

After all these years and all those parties, a girl needs a relaxing bath, made special with her latest bath toys (since she gave her cousin Jake most of her old ones!) -

The Oil Ranch

The kids had a day off from school one Friday, so we took advantage of the nice weather and drove out to the Oil Ranch. Since most other area schools were in session that day, we had the whole place to ourselves.

First order of business - the pony ride. Claire takes the reins -

Then Emma - 

The girls made new friend -

Cathy shows her prowess with the udder -

Next up - miniature golf. Claire tackles a tough one - 

Emma displays her skills -

Claire mugs for the camera while I line up the shot - 

On to feeding the cows. For an Aggie, about the only thing a longhorn steer is good for is barbecue. For the kid's sake, I let him live another day.

Emma gets down to business - 

All in all, a fun day for the kids (and the grown-ups, too!)

End of Summer Fun

At the end of August, Emma and Claire enjoyed one last day at the swimming pool before the start of school. A little overcast and not very crowded.

After a short summer, they've really perfected their styles.

First Emma -

Then Claire - 

And with that our neighborhood pool closed for the year.