She has been asking for them.  So today, we gave it a shot.  She just b.a.r.e.l.y. has enough hair for two tiny little ponytails.  She is so excited for her hair to grow long like Kate’s, yet, interestingly, she does have her complaints.  “My hair hot,” she says.  I guess since she has had super short hair all her little life, perhaps her newfound longer, thicker hair does create a bit more heat around the cranial area.  Yesterday she was confident after running around in the basement for 1/2 hour with her siblings that the entire reason she was sweaty rested in her ever-growing hair.  Hopefully the ponytails make the long hair worth it.  I suppose this is her first lesson in understanding what every girl knows:  sometimes beauty requires sacrifice.

School let out Friday, June 4 for the summer.  So Friday, Monday, and Tuesday meant trips to our nearby waterpark, Cherry Hill.  We anticipate spending most of our summer days here, weather permitting.  Claire gets more brave each time we go.  We are glad she loves it, because even if she didn’t, everyone else loves it so much she would just have to come along anyway!

Here’s a quick video of Claire and Kate on the slide.  Claire will do this slide again and again and each time her smile is the same.  She never tires of it. (I wish I could say I am this talented photographer that takes cool vintage shots, but I really have no idea why the lighting makes the video look like it was taken in 1950s.  Oh, well)

We just can’t help ourselves . . . we love Cherry Hill!

Claire doesn’t like to be left out of any thing the kids do.  So, of course, she had to try riding a scooter.  She loves it, along with all the extra attention and praise she gets from her sibling “teachers” whenever she tries new things.  We think she is just as “brave” as the other Weeks kids, particularly since she scootered for the first time without shoes on and without a helmet (if you are the safety police, please cut us some slack!)  Claire seems to be truly enjoying discovering her new world, and we couldn’t be more happy that she shares it with us!