"Claire’s Day is a free family book festival held annually in honor of Claire Lynsey Rubini. Claire loved to read, tell stories, dance and make crafts. You can do all of these things and more during this special day."
We have enjoyed Claire's Day many times over the years! Quinny made it a little tough this year to listen to any of the authors, which is one of my favorite things to do, but we still had fun doing crafts and walking around.
The authors/illustrators visit the local schools the day before the festival. They read, speak, and often demonstrate their drawing abilities. I have been able to hear them on many occasions. It is wonderful! The talent is so amazing! Then, on the day of the festival, all the books they have written and/or illustrated are there to purchase and have signed. Pretty cool!
The girls got to make these little hats as well as arrange flowers. It was all free!
The creativity didn't end at the festival. When we were leaving, I saw that the car parked next to us had a missing windshield wiper. They MacGyvered that problem with a handy little kitchen sponge!
"Claire Lynsey Rubini danced in this world from May 24, 1990 to July 6, 2000.
During the short ten years she was with us, she delighted all with her impish ways, big smile, creativity and feisty spirit.
The oldest of Brad and Julie Rubini’s three children, she took her role of big sister seriously, enjoying telling her siblings what to do, and always concocting fun games to play whether while basking in the sun, or inside on a rainy day.
Claire was always tall and thin, and according to her a childhood friend, “had great hair”, which true to her colorful flair, she often would fill with a variety of barrettes and pony tails.
She loved to dance, sing loudly, play with friends, and tried her best at softball (getting her first hit the summer before she passed away), swimming and telling stories. Her younger sister Kyle was always in tow, and she often liked to pick fights with her younger brother Ian. Claire loved her family camping adventures and traveling to different states. She always enjoyed family gatherings, and loved her cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. Favorites included the color purple, and her mom’s homemade “pesto pasta.”
Claire loved her teachers at Fort Miami elementary in Maumee, as they loved her. Always responsible, she was thrilled to have been chosen to be a captain of the safety crossing guards during what was to be her fifth grade year. She was involved in scouting activities from an early age, and played the violin, although she didn’t like practicing!
She had a passion for reading from a young age, fueled by weekly trips to the library. Her little bag would sag from the number of books she brought home to enjoy. Claire would often try to get out of chores due to being caught up in a book, and some times ate dinner a little late so that she could read “just one more page.” She often read to her younger siblings, and due to her love for the then newly published Harry Potter series, encouraged family and friends to read the stories as well.
Throughout the years she loved the Babar stories, Amelia Bedelia and Babysitter’s Club series, and the fun Shel Silverstein poems. Works of non-fiction interested her as well, especially biographies and stories of children that lived in different countries.
Claire’s spirit for fun and her passion for life and reading shine on in her tribute, Claire’s Day, created in her honor by her loving family."
2 comments:
I've ALWAYS loved Clair's Day. Too bad I wasn't there for the last one we go to! I read all about Clair and also author Wil Clay. Good people, good times. Looks like you've all had a good time again. Maybe we should buy some coffee filters.
And the sponge was an incredibly fun find...who woulda thunk?
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