Matching Peg Dolls

Here are the peg dolls I made for Hailey.  I wasn't going to make her any, but when she saw them she loved them.  Only two more sets to go (super hero and sesame street), plus I may make one of our family.  These are addicting!

 

Fun Craft

I don't know if I should say fun...these babies took hours to cut out. But, the kids love them. We made them for a Relief Society meeting. We also made some peg stacking dolls. I am still working on those. The kids REALLY LOVE them. I'll post pics when I'm finished.

Way Late Halloween Post

Here are the kids in their Halloween costumes. Conrad was his most recent super hero, Green Lantern. Jackson was Chuck the dump truck and Hailey was going to be Rapunzel, but ended up as a Dr.

Brayden and his two other cousins both about 18 months old were lions (not planned). But, how cute are little lions?!

Halloween was a bit different this year. Hailey woke up sick and we were a bit bummed. I felt bad for her because you only get a few parties at school and Halloween is one of the funnest. Plus, you miss out on trick or treating. Bo called me around noon and said he had an idea so Hailey could go trick or treating. He thought we could dress her as a Dr. and put a mask on her. She was really excited about the idea. But...

you can tell by the picture she just didn't feel good enough to go. :( But, we had fun watching a movie and handing out candy while the boys went.

Hailey's 7th Birthday!

Hailey turned seven on October 18. It was a fun day. The night before we were able to go to the store just her and me and pick out her cake and ice cream. The day of, I was able to go eat lunch with her at school, spend the hour with her, and meet some of her friends. (It's amazing how many friends you have when your mom goes to lunch with you in grade school.)
We ended up watching one of her neighbor friends for a bit after school and she ended up staying for our party. They had fun together. It was just a family party. My parents were able to make it. She loved her gift from them. It's the monkey jammies and sleeping bag for her American Girl doll (generic version). She sleeps with her every night.


I ran out of energy for the cake and realized that when I finally decided (the day of) what I was going to do, that I didn't have sprinkles to give it the look it needed. I didn't make it to the store. Oh well, Bo said it still tasted good and Hailey didn't care. :) She had chocolate cake, chocolate frosting, and two different chocolate ice creams to choose from. Can we say chocoholic. Hailey LOVES chocolate!

Hailey loves:
Arts and Crafts
School
Writing numbers (she wrote to up to 220 yesterday just for fun)
TV
Church
Riding her bike
Her Grandparents
Being the older sister
Helping out with Brayden
Dates with Mom or Dad

We love:
Seeing your smiling face every day
All of the help you give to us
Watching you grow and learn
Learning from you
Helping you with homework (most days)
Going shopping with you
Our Dates
Watching you play and spend time with your brothers
And Many More...

Wow! Can it be possible that we have a seven year old?! I can't believe how fast time goes by. I pondered a lot a couple of days before the feelings I felt seven years ago as we waited in anticipation for our sweet new baby girl. We'd be first time parents and I couldn't wait to be a mother and care for a precious new baby straight from heaven. We are so blessed. I am so blessed to be able to be a mom! These past 7 years have been the happiest, hardest, most amazing years of my life. So many happy, sad, tiring, exciting, nerve wrecking, Hailey teaching me memories that I wouldn't trade for anything. Hailey, I love you. You amaze me. I am so grateful for you and all you add to our family.

We love you!

One Hand!

Okay, so I have to post this before I forget.

Jackson loves proving to us that he can do many things with one hand.

• While saying his prayers, he only folds one arm

• While riding his bike he holds one hand on one handle and wraps the other arm around the handle being sure not to be holding the handle with his hand.
• eating with a utensil he says look, one hand
• holding or carrying something, especially groceries
• coloring too

He is also saying look mom, one foot when he jumps around the house.  This he can really do, it's just funny to have the narration.

I am terrible at making this sound funny, but it is hilarious.  He's so proud of anything if he can do it with one hand, even if he's the only one who sees it that way. :)