CLAIRE rhymes with HAIR!

I think it's ironic that Claire's name rhymes with hair! The girl is always having some kind of issue with her hair. Last year she developed the habit of twisting her hair when she is bored or tired. This results in her pulling clumps of it out which causes a lot of short hairs on her head.
Then, in January she walks in to the room looking like this! She cut her bangs off all the way to the root. I was really upset but nothing I could do except pull her little bangs back in a pony or stick a hat on her. She was looking crazy. :)

So, it's March and her bangs have grown considerably. I still get comments from people asking me if she cut it so it's still not there yet.

Well, this girl walks in two days ago and she did it again!! I don't even know how she found the scissors. This girl is going to give me grey hair!

Claire I'm posting these pics so as to embarrass you in the future. :) Guess I'll have to put off family pictures....again.

Bulldogs

Robert is coaching Bruce's rec. soccer team for the Spring. He really enjoys coaching and it's fun to watch him out there doing what he loves...which is ANYTHING that has to do with soccer. :) Bruce loves having his dad as coach and they stay busy at home talking strategy and doing drills. It's great to see my boys having so much fun together. The boys are doing well and Robert has had a lot of positive feedback from they parents on his coaching. Go Bulldogs!!

Pinewood Derby

Bruce had his first Pinewood Derby. He had a lot of fun. I love his leaders. They keep everything so laid back,  but always nice and organized. Most importantly, they make the boys feel great about themselves. Bruce came in 6th place. We've got big plans to come back even stronger next year. :)

They made these cute treats for the boys.

President Week

The kids got a week off of school for President's Day. It was nice and relaxing. We enjoyed sleeping in. One of our favorite events of the week was going to the tide pools in Carlsbad...

 The kids love looking for treasures here and seeing the ocean floor. They found lots of shells, Bruce even found a sand dollar.

We also had fun going out to Palm Desert for a couple of days to visit Grandma Linda and the Suitor fam.

The kids love taking gymnastics classes at Aunt Sue-Sue's gym.

(Jane and Linda are in the 2nd row over in the back.)

But, we especially love playing with Irene!

Lately...

Jane just finished some private swimming lessons...Jane and Linda will take group lessons together at the end of the month.
Jane recently had her 100th day of school!

Claire gave her first talk in primary. She was really excited about it. She spoke on choosing the right, which is ironic considering that the week of her talk she chose to cut her own hair. She has some pretty short bangs. :)

Bruce had his Blue and Gold dinner. This is the skit portion.

The weather here in Oceanside has been absolutely beautiful. The first time we lived here I don't think I fully appreciated the weather. After living in Virginia for 2yrs. I can really appreciate 73 degree weather in February!

Brace Face!

Bruce got braces and an expander on this morning. It makes me feel old knowing that I have a kid with braces. But, he's only 8. They start earlier these days to prevent more work in the future.

Here are Bruce's before pictures.

(crooked bottom teeth & top teeth separated with one in front and one in back on his bite.)

Here are the pictures from getting work done this morning.

This is the expander he has on the roof of his mouth. I have to widen it for him each day for 14days and then they check it again. It's supposed to widen his jaw and make room for teeth to come in.

The Braces

We got clear braces so you can only really see the wire.

His New Smile...for now.