jenseib
Mommy to Claire
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Guess what day it is!!!! GUESS what DAY it IS!!!!!!!!
Nope, it's not hump day!
It's Claire's 9th birthday! I can't believe we have hit the last year of single digits for her. Cousin Alexis is also 9, turning 10 in January, but of course, like every other year, she reminded Claire that even though they are both 9 right now, Alexis is STILL older than her.
They have a love/hate relationship at times. Lots of competition on important things like age. 
We had her family b-day party on Sunday. Claire sadly was not feeling well though. She went to an overnight party for another friends b-day on Friday night and when I picked her up Sat. morning she was pale and coughing and a runny nose. I started pumping over the counter meds in her right away and though she was OK, she was not her normal self. But she still enjoyed her party and got lots of nice gifts.
My Aunt Mary made a song for her b-day too, which was a highlight. (Aunt Mary went on the cruise with us last year). Aunt Mary started making songs last year, with my sister Gail's 40th b-day last Dec. Then Alexis got a turning 9 song to the tune of Justin Biebers song Baby and Abby got a turning 4 song in Sept to the tune of Under the Sea. So now it was Claire's turn. One directions "She don't know she's beautiful" is the tune of hers and it was a big hit.
This is the song, if you would like to take a listen.
http://yourlisten.com/jenseib/claire-is-turning-9
To explain the song. "Paige has a privet drawer" When Paige was little she had a drawer she labeled Privet, but she meant private and we have always made fun of that over the years as she got older. The part about Claire making her own vocabulary and we learn what a Kay da Kay would be...Claire called Frisbees that. We have no clue why, but we again always laughed about that. And the part about other kids bringing boring pets to be blessed and Claire brings a calf...is because each year her school has pet blessing day and Skip always brings a calf to be blessed instead of a cat or dog like most others do.
So the party was fun and we enjoyed the day, but by the end of it I could tell she was not feeling well at all. As soon as the medicine wears off she is not so good, so I told her she could sleep in yesterday and we would go from there. She woke and said she would stay home and I noticed she seemed to have trouble talking so I asked if her throat hurt too and yes it did. So I called the Dr. She has 2 kids in her class getting over strep throat. We had an afternoon appointment and sure enough she has strep and a cold along with it. So she is home today as well and still sleeping. I have to say she was not disappointed at all about missing school though.
Nope, it's not hump day!
It's Claire's 9th birthday! I can't believe we have hit the last year of single digits for her. Cousin Alexis is also 9, turning 10 in January, but of course, like every other year, she reminded Claire that even though they are both 9 right now, Alexis is STILL older than her.
They have a love/hate relationship at times. Lots of competition on important things like age. We had her family b-day party on Sunday. Claire sadly was not feeling well though. She went to an overnight party for another friends b-day on Friday night and when I picked her up Sat. morning she was pale and coughing and a runny nose. I started pumping over the counter meds in her right away and though she was OK, she was not her normal self. But she still enjoyed her party and got lots of nice gifts.
My Aunt Mary made a song for her b-day too, which was a highlight. (Aunt Mary went on the cruise with us last year). Aunt Mary started making songs last year, with my sister Gail's 40th b-day last Dec. Then Alexis got a turning 9 song to the tune of Justin Biebers song Baby and Abby got a turning 4 song in Sept to the tune of Under the Sea. So now it was Claire's turn. One directions "She don't know she's beautiful" is the tune of hers and it was a big hit.
This is the song, if you would like to take a listen.
http://yourlisten.com/jenseib/claire-is-turning-9
To explain the song. "Paige has a privet drawer" When Paige was little she had a drawer she labeled Privet, but she meant private and we have always made fun of that over the years as she got older. The part about Claire making her own vocabulary and we learn what a Kay da Kay would be...Claire called Frisbees that. We have no clue why, but we again always laughed about that. And the part about other kids bringing boring pets to be blessed and Claire brings a calf...is because each year her school has pet blessing day and Skip always brings a calf to be blessed instead of a cat or dog like most others do.
So the party was fun and we enjoyed the day, but by the end of it I could tell she was not feeling well at all. As soon as the medicine wears off she is not so good, so I told her she could sleep in yesterday and we would go from there. She woke and said she would stay home and I noticed she seemed to have trouble talking so I asked if her throat hurt too and yes it did. So I called the Dr. She has 2 kids in her class getting over strep throat. We had an afternoon appointment and sure enough she has strep and a cold along with it. So she is home today as well and still sleeping. I have to say she was not disappointed at all about missing school though.
