Clara Conversations
Convo #1:
Clara (as Burger came trotting into the room): Oh hi Burger-cita! (she must have heard us call him that)
Convo #2:
Clara: Where’s Daddy?
Mommy: Daddy’s out. Because Daddy’s car is broken. He’s driving Grammy & Tom Tom’s car.
Clara: Clara’s car!
Mommy: Clara can’t drive, silly goose.
Clara: I can drive! In the back seat!
Convo #3:
Clara (staring at a big truck): What’s what? It’s scaring at me?
Mommy: You mean it’s staring at you? Or it’s scaring you?
Clara: It’s scaring at me.
Convo #4:
Clara (giving herself a pep talk before seeing my brother Dan and his wife Ali): Go see Dan and Ali. You’re being shy, Clara. Don’t be shy. Be friendly!
Convo #5:
Clara (while carrying her doll and her sheep into the room): Ok everybody, we’re going to Home Depot to change your diaper. (walks out of room)
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Oh gosh! I love these posts
Seriously cute. I love the last two especially. Obviously she’s been influenced by Mom and Dad and will be writing her own tell-all book on the renovations in the next few years. :)
Hah!
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LOVE #4. Definitely going to pump myself up for future social situations a la Dr. Clara, motivational speaker extraordinaire.
Oh my gosh, #4 is just too cute! And #5 delightfully captures the randomness of toddlers!
Oh, I just adore Clara Conversations!!
My fave is the pep talk! So durn cute!!
She is so sweet :) I love this age when they say the cutest little things & mix all their words together. I love that you make sure you document all these too. Do you think you’ll eventually do something with them? Like put in a scrapbook, or something? Love you guys, hope you come to Atlanta!
I keep a little notebook full of them, but it would be really fun to make art with them, or a bound book with photos and quotes!
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Clara is precious. I love the pep talk: Don’t be shy. Be friendly!
It sounds like the soundtrack that plays in my head at 34, but she says it out loud. love that!
You do know your second book has to titled “Clara Conversations”. Seriously funner than “texts from dog”.
Hahah!
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Super cute and funny! Love that she’s gotta go to the Home Depot to change diapers! Ha! My girl just calls it “The Depot”! Gotta love sweet little girls and their chatter!
hahah.. Home Depot.
So stinkin’ cute. I feel like she is more self-aware than I am… at such a young age. “Don’t be shy”- I should practice that too. :)
These remind me so much of the funny things my daughter Elsa (now 6) used to say when she was Clara’s age. I wrote our “convos” down too – they are so precious!
You will look back on them and SMILE…..
These are adorable – love the little pep talk! How sweet!
Goodness, Clara is just TOO cute!
The pep talk she gave herself…reminded me of what I would tell myself in junior high. UGH! Remember those awkward years?? What? Only me? Thanks for sharing these…she is definitely gonna keep y’all on your toes! :)
I love when Clara Conversations pop up on Young House Life :-) #4 had me laughing out loud!!
These make my day!!! Love her pep talk!
I love Clara conversations! They are so cute, and I’m sure she’ll love looking back on them to see what silly things she said.
I love convo #2 and #4 but they’re all cute!
Ok, the last one had me laughing out loud so hard. That girl is hilarious! I love the idea of keeping a notebook with all of the sayings in — thank you for that! My daughter is just starting to say words and it’s pretty hilarious. We’ve been writing them down in her baby book. (Like our dog named Rufus is called Su-sus) And let me tell you…I’ve already had to change multiple diapers in Home Depot. I know Clara’s pain :)
I love these so much! Thanks for sharing!
Too funny! I love the pep talk to herself and the Home Depot comment cracked me up!
Haha, #4 is priceless.
I love these Clara Convo. posts, crack me up!
The pep talk is too cute! And so insanely mature! I need to take a cue or two from clara!
More importantly, scaring at me could seriously catch on, it’s brilliant!
I loved the pep talk! You should make tshirts. Don’t be shy. Be Friendly! :)
Awww #4 is precious. And hello, has Home Depot hired her to be their official spokestoddler yet?
Hahahahahhh!
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hahaha Home Depot. Her home away from home
That “pep talk” may very well be the cutest thing I have ever heard. Oh my gosh, how adorable!
She is the cutest! These posts always make me think of your friend that gave her the Gorilla Glue shirt. I have a lame stomach bug today but this post is the first thing that’s made me smile in the last 12 hours. Thank goodness for chatty Clara!
Aw, feel better Sarah!
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Clara’s pep talk will be in my head when I get to meet you guys on your tour! “Don’t be shy Amanda, be friendly.” lol
I love Clara’s conversations.
My little man flipped me off yesterday….yes that’s right- he said “mommy is this bad?” and then flipped me off. My mouth just dropped where on earth did he pick this up from????
Apparently his friend John John in daycare has been giving him the scoup – good to know!
I did manage to get him to switch from the finger to the peace sign…fingers crossed he stays with it! ;-)
Oh my gosh!!! So glad you converted him to give out a friendly peace sign. Haha!
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I love Clara’s little pep talks! What a cutie pie.
Oh – I love the pep talk. When my little one has 2 1/2 we were staying with my inlaws for a week and their was some big appliance in the bathroom (like a water heater) that would cycle on and was pretty loud. She would stand at the door to the bathroom and say out loud “don’t be scared, don’t be scared, don’t be scared”.
I love that she gives herself pep talks; so sweet! The last one cracks me up. She must really love Home Depot!
I love Clara’s pep talk! I often have to give myself the same one. haha
hahaha!!! “Don’t be shy. Be friendly!” What a sweet little girl you have :)
Ha! Clara loves her some Home Depot! (To save your comment approving time I’ll make this a double.) …AWESOME JOB on her costume. I love your simple methods. You have inspired alot of simplifying in my own life. Things don’t have to be so over the top all the time! Wish the world would take note.
Aw you’re so sweet Ali.
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This child cracks me up. I love that she’s already a backseat driver, “it’s scaring at me!” and the pep talk. She is frighteningly self-aware at such a young age. I don’t think I had the social skills at 2 1/2 to realize that I was being aloof or that there was even a problem with it. Clara is such a smarty pants!
Holy cow, is she cute! Convos 4 and 5 were definitely my favorites, though right behind the “Two boobies!” convo. THAT was a knee-slapper!
These little gems always crack me up! :)
(I can even *hear* Clara’s cute little voice as I read them. Burger-cita! If Clara had a Spanish accent :)
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These are just the best. The one where she is giving herself a little pep talk is just killing me :)
Clara Conversations are my favorite, favorite Life posts. She’s so great! That pep talk telling herself not to be shy…be still my heart! I was a shy, shy girl as a kid – if only I knew Clara’s techniques then! :)
Don’t be shy. Be friendly. – words to live by and sometimes hard to remember as an adult! I often retreat into my phone when surrounded by people I’m not familiar with. The world would be a better place if more lived by this mantra. : ) thanks for the inspiration, Clara!
Love the pep talk. Too cute! :)
She is hilarious. I have a little girl that is almost 11 weeks and seeing how fun/funny Clara is makes me so excited to watch her grow up and develop a personality hopefully as cute as Clara’s.
Hahaha go to Home Depot to change your diapers!!! Love her!!
Ha! These are always so hilarious. #4 is my favorite this time :)
Oh my goodness! I need Clara to pep talk me like…all the time!
These are so cute! I love this one “You’re being shy, Clara. Don’t be shy. Be friendly!” You are going to be so happy to have a record of all these cute things she saying when she’s older : ) Wasn’t the book to jot them down in a gift from John? Good job John!
These Clara conversation posts are some of my faves. That girl is too funny and I cannot wait to see what she comes up with as she grows up.
And that Jessie costume for Halloween is adorable! I love how easy and simple it was, too. And homemade. Completely store bought/packaged costumes just aren’t the same. Plus, Toy Story is my favorite kid’s movies (and timeless, too!).