Weekend with Sam and Claire

The weather is warmer, so we got Sam and Claire out of the house for the first time in what seems like forever. They went to Alex's second birthday party. There they were able to hang out with a bunch of other babies and play with some new toys. Claire is especially quite and reserved when around strangers. She crawls and smiles and screeches and babbles when at home. Sometimes in her stroller she waves and smiles at strangers. But in other people's spaces she puts on her "Claire Stare" and intently watches everything from her silent perch on her mother's lap. Sam is oblivious to property rights, personal space or boundaries between home and the world. I think he would crawl around happily in the middle of Cambridge street. Sam split his lip open on a stool in his room on Saturday evening. Claire while excitedly trying to crawl toward me forgot that she needed to move her hands forward and pivoted up onto her forehead. They had pancakes for breakfast yesterday and a broccoli, onion and cheese omelet this morning. Today we are going to use credit from a gift from my Mom to buy stuff for them at Hold Everything on Newbury street.