Clifford - Who Knew?

The other night Matt, Dylan, and Maggie all went downstairs to watch a movie and give mom a little special alone time. Dylan's been into Clifford The Big Red Dog after seeing him on exhibit at the Children's Museum a few weeks ago, so Matt found a Clifford movie on Netflix to watch. (We just got a new projector system set up downstairs so it's really fun to watch stuff on the big screen plus Dylan loves curling up on the couch with Maggie). I'm upstairs getting some work done when I hear Dylan start crying - crying like something happened crying. I looked at the clock and noticed it was getting late, I figured she got bored of the movie and started climbing on something and got hurt. I resisted going downstairs to let Matt work it out but I kept hearing her cry. I was getting a little more concerned when I heard the troops coming up the basement stairs - Dylan still crying. I opened the door to find her red faced, alligator tears, arms reached out, and choking out the words "puppy, car, pppuuupppyy, ccar". She clearly was upset about something that happened in the movie. "Gosh, I thought, it's Clifford, what could be soooo traumatic?". I finally was able to get her to calm down 10 minutes later! It was past bedtime so i got her to bed but then you could see the wheels turning again and the thoughts of Clifford coming back into her little brain "pppupppppy, cccar". After a few more minutes of assuring her that Clifford was alright she fell asleep. I then went out and poor Matt, the look on his face, still trying to figure out what it was that upset her. We talked about the movie and what happened in it to make D so upset. Basically in a nutshell Clifford felt he needed to get a job to help buy dog food (you know cause he sooo big and eats soooo much) so he ran off and joined the circus. The owner of the circus was trying to sell Clifford and a few people from the circus were trying to rescue Clifford so they put him in a car to take him back to his family - this was the part where Dylan lost it. The movie had a happy ending, Clifford made it back to his family and got big hugs and kisses but apparently Dylan didn't see that part over all the tears. Poor thing - who knew?!

Children's Museum With Miles And Gia

Here's a few photo's from our adventure to the Children's Museum with our BFF's, Miles and Gia. The kids had lots of fun running around and exploring. Here they are driving to their sailboat.

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Captain Gia runs a tight ship!

Miles and D are just kicking back and enjoying the open seas.

We discovered a whole section of the museum that we hadn't been to before - the grocery store, hardware store, AND the metro bus. Can't believe it was there this whole time and we've never seen it before. Well we all know how Dylan loves food so to have a whole grocery store including shopping carts, cashier station, and play food all to herself was out of this world F.U.N.!!! Here's a shot of Dylan and Miles behind the bakery counter trying out some of the pretend goodies.



After shopping we moved on to the building department. Here's Dylan getting into costume. Move over Bob the Builder we have a new tool time gal in town.


"This bus is in need of some repairs, and I've got just the tools to fix it."

Able to fix a metro bus with just one tool (and she figured out the right tool to use all on her own, guess she's been paying attention to her dad out in the garage).


Looks like Metro is up and running again - thanks Dylan!

Here's Miles and Gia working really hard on a project.

After all that playing it was time for some real grub. Thanks Miles, Gia, and Shannon for a super fun morning!

A Girl And Her Poppa

Nothings cuter than a girl and her Pops. And that girl loves her Pops!

Hanging With Cousin "Jackie"

A few weekends ago Uncle Ben and Cousin "Jackie" (Dylan's new name for her cousin) came to have a sleep over. Matt and I had a client dinner to go to so the boys volunteered to entertain miss D. Oh and you can only imagine the fun she had running around shouting "Jackie, Jackie". She didn't let her cousin out of her sight - thanks for being a good sport J-man! And thanks Ben for being the team leader and hanging out with the troops!

Rat City Rollergirl

Meet the newest Rat City Rollergirl - D-ray the Destroyer. She's cute but tough so watch out. Alls we need now is a pair of rollerskates....

Dressing Up

Lately D's been into clothes. She's been having an opinion on what to wear and how to wear it. The other night we went to dinner and she insisted on wearing her black ballerina skirt, ski hat, and sunglasses - she got a few good looks at the restaurant. I'll say to D "let's get ready to go" and next thing I look down and Dylan is standing there arms full of coat, hat, bag, shoes, socks - all ready to go. She even helps me get dress like reminding me I don't have a hat on when walking out the door (she even says "momma keys" - which is a huge help). Dylan has also been loving dressing up in costumes - here's a cute little number we came up with so she could go to the pretend store - squeaky Hello Kitty slippers and all...




So if anyone has any costumes they aren't using or wanting anymore, I know a little girl that would love them.

"Like A Teenager At A Michael Jackson Concert"

The other day Dylan and I went to see Caspar Babypants preform at our local community center. Dylan has been listening to Caspar Babypants since she was a peanut. She has every cd he has out and is one of his biggest fans. So when I found out he was playing here in West Seattle we were there! We nabbed great seats on the floor and got ready to rock out with our friends. As soon as the music started Dylan began cheering, clapping, dancing, and hooting like to quote my friend's husband 'Dylan looks like a teenager at a Michael Jackson concert'. I thought that summed it up perfectly! She was one crazy fan, for sure! And of course everyone around us was cracking up!



D danced so hard that she had to take a snack break. As she snacked she noticed the babies around her looked hungry so she took it upon herself to feed them pretzels - only the babies mind you!

New Housekeeper

We have a new housekeeper here at the Clark household. She's working out GREAT! Hard worker and takes her job very serious! And now I can just sit back and read my book.

D's New Ride

Pappa Matt showed Dylan a new place to sit in her stroller so now it's the only way she likes to travel. We get some funny looks when people don't see a kid riding in the front and then a good laugh when they spot her in the back. Of course she loves it!

Puzzles, Puzzles, And More Puzzles

So the other day Dylan and I were sitting around doing puzzles (d's new favorite thing). She's getting so good at doing them that i decided to give her a little challenge. I placed 5 puzzles around our coffee table and put all their pieces in the middle. It was pretty amazing to watch D go around the table putting all the puzzles together. Oh, you should have seen the concentration - well actually you can in the video. She worked hard on them for about 10 minutes, going around and around finding all the proper homes for the pieces, then she took a bit of a dance break and ponytail removing session before coming back and finishing them all up. Pretty fun to watch.



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The Best Sound In The World

Best Buddies

Here's a great shot of our friend, Madison, and miss d heading out for a walk! They are the best of buds and always have so much fun together.