February 4

Finally caught up to today! This morning Clara and Luke were outside together for a long time - Clara playing with dogs and Luke working on a project. Then we all headed out to the barn together where we hung out with the horses and picked out the stalls. Usually Clara just stands and watches while we tell her stories. She loves to hear stories about all of the animals, about things Mommy, Daddy or other family members have done, pretty much anything we can think up. For awhile Luke was telling her stories about Travis and his yellow dog (from Old Yeller). But today, she wanted "her fork" so she could help. While it is a child's size fork, it's still awfully big for her! But she sure was trying hard and she was having a blast spreading shavings around. She cried and cried when it was time to come in for lunch.