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    It seems crazy. Eight years ago Clint and I had just got married, and we were so young and carefree. It was just the two of us and life was pretty easy. The house stayed (reasonably) clean, we went out when we wanted, and traveled to some pretty incredible places. We didn't have a whole lot of responsibility, pretty much just to ourselves.

    Fast forward to 2012 and we have two, now three, miniature versions of ourselves. Hayley is almost five and is as spunky and prissy as can be. Colin is three and is the goofiest and nuttiest little thing imaginable. And Sydney, our "littlest baby" as sweet and smiley as can be. Just four months old, she fits right in. Despite our kiddos being so little, they not only now outnumber us, but they have managed to turn our world upside down. But we wouldn't have it any other way. We love 'em to pieces!

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05.16.12

Look Who’s Riding a Bike!

Just after Hayley’s fifth birthday her daddy taught her how to ride a bike!  Actually, she probably would have learned sooner . . . but Santa goofed up and put a 12 inch bike under the tree, which was clearly too small for her.  What was Santa thinking?!?!  I know!!!  So for her 5th birthday, we upgraded her to a 16 inch bike and took her outside on a Saturday afternoon. Clint popped off the training wheels and in about 45 minutes Hayley girl was riding a bike.  Now there was a whole lot of zig-zagging back and forth, but she was doing it!  She was really doing it!  The next day, Clint took Hayley to the neighborhood high school and right away she started riding five minutes at a time.  She was doing awesome!!!! Now I know where the expression “it’s like riding a bike” came from.  Easy peasy!

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05.14.12

Our Two Little Nuts

These past few weeks I have been up to my ears in spring cleaning.  I’ve been going room to room organizing and throwing things away.  It’s been pretty cathartic.  In the midst of cleaning last Tuesday night realized, WOW, it’s almost 9:00pm!  Where are the kids?!  I haven’t even put them to bed.  ”Hayley, Colin, where are you?!”  I searched the house . . . and then found them curled up in our laundry baskets, jammies already on, playing with their “iPads.”  Do I put them to bed . . . or do I keep cleaning?!?  Ah, what to do?!  I couldn’t help but grab my camera.  So, did I cave into temptation?!  Well, sort of.  They begged to sleep in the laundry baskets that night (they are truly little nuts).  I said no to that, but they did get to stay up for another 20 minutes.:o)

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05.14.12

All the Pretty Horses

This April was Hayley’s Spring ballet recital.  I think I was just as excited as she was.  I’ve always dreamt of having a little girl all dolled up in a pink tutu that loved to dance.  And now she was performing in her first real dance recital.  It was pretty surreal.  She looked beautiful!  Her dance class performed a number to the lullaby, All the Pretty Horses.  Unfortunately, cameras were not allowed in the auditorium, but I did manage to sneak backstage and catch a few pictures of Hayley just before she went on stage.  I walked in just as Hayley and her best friend Haylee started twirling around the room together.  They are so cute together!  Hayley we love you!  You danced beautifully that day!

 

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05.13.12

Splash Days 2012!

Each year on Splash Days Hayley and Colin’s preschool gets transformed into a miniature water park.  The kids get to come to school dressed in their swimsuits and splash around in five or so kiddie pools along with an inflatable waterside, slip and slide, bubbles, washable paint, water soakers, and anything else water related the staff can think of.  Hayley and Colin LOVED it!!!!  They had so much fun!!!  If only every day were Splash Day!

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05.13.12

Happy Birthday Little Princess!

We had 20 of Hayley’s favorite little princess friends over on Saturday morning in April to celebrate Hayley’s fifth birthday!  All the girls arrived dressed up as their favorite princess.  It was really cute watching miniature versions of Aurora, Belle, Jasmine, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Ariel walk through the door.  Outside we set-up a princess castle bounce house for the little princesses to play in. Inside we set up a necklace making table and each little girl got to make her very own jeweled necklace.

For lunch we served all things pink, including strawberry (and PB) sandwiches, watermelon, strawberries, pink cookies, pink marshmallow sticks, pink lemonade, pink cupcakes, and lots of pink candy!  Can you tell that Hayley’s really into the color pink?!  After lunch the little princess each got their hair, make-up, and nails done by the “Girls in Pink.”  Then each princess received a crown atop their head and a pink shimmering princess wand, and were escorted outside.

The “Girls in Pink” taught the little girls how to hold their shimmery wands and how dance like princesses.  And then the “Girls in Pink” taught the little girls some princess games.  It was SO cute!  The little girls were LOVING it!!!  After the princess games all the girls lined up to hit the piñata!  Hayley was determined to bust it open and she did!  Yep, that piñata was gone in under five seconds!  The candy was gone in about another 25 seconds.  Gees Louise!  Everyone ran inside and we all sang Happy Birthday to Hayley and watched her blow out the candles.  I love that in the picture you can see Colin trying to blow out the candles too!

After the cake it was present time!!  And out of all the presents Hayley opened that day her favorite was something I never ever would have bought her in a million years . . . two pet frogs.  Yep, Hayley has frogs now.  But Hayley LOVES them!!!!  She named the “boy” frog Willy and the “girl” frog lollipop.  They live in a little aquarium in her room.  We feed them twice a week, two pellets a piece, and refill the water every three months and we’re done.  Easiest pets ever!!!!  Hayley has been begging me for a pet for over a year now, so this really turned out to be the perfect gift!  Hayley actually LOVED everything she got – from pillow pets, to make-up, stickers, and crafts, and has already played with it all.  Thank you everyone!  Happy birthday Hayley!!!!  We love you!!!

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