claire had never been in a stroller without her carseat before, so she wasn't quite sure what to make of the experience. she enjoyed kicking her legs, but got rather frustrated when arching her back and wiggling didn't result in freedom.
we put a blanket over her to keep her from getting sunburnt, making her look like a tiny pink ghost. if you look closely you can see her trying to eat the blanket.
then she slumped and passed out, as is her way.
we took her blanket off for a picture by the sundial, and you can see her squinty-eyed and drunken attempt to get her fingers in her mouth again as she partially wakes up.
in an effort to expose claire to knowledge and stuff, we took her to the planetarium, where she was singularly unimpressed with touching a fallen star. she probably would have liked it better if we'd let her suck on it.
we went to a showing of "extreme planets" which also failed to impress her, and she fell asleep about 30 seconds in.
her favorite part of the day was trying to eat her fingers, something she does determinedly on a regular basis. she often cries when she gets the wrong fingers in her mouth, or when she momentarily misplaces her hands.
she also got to meet her cousin tori, whom she enjoyed yelling at.
she was remarkably well-behaved, considering how long she was trapped in her carseat, and either slept, squawked at her giraffe, or gazed at herself in the mirror while we were driving. she did enjoy being free whenever we stopped, which she expressed by wiggling her little tongue around like a chubby and not terribly mobile snake.
actually, she kinda looks like one of those toys you stick on car windows with suction cups, like bill the cat. we're just glad everything went so well, since we're taking another road trip in 2 weeks!
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