Learning To Swim

I am taking swim lessons at the Rec Center in Bburg. I LOVE it!!

Happy Easter

My Cousin Elliot came over for an egg hunt before Easter Dinner!



I gave him my Peter Pan costume and he LOVED it!

Let's Dig

This Saturday Hayes decided he wanted to dig. At first he suggested he dig a hole in the backyard. I told him we don't dig a hole anywhere unless we have something to put in it. So we took the dog and daddy to Sullivans to pick out some flowers - for the front yard. All they had were pansies (it's still a bit early around here for flowers), but Hayes was content to pick out a variety of colors. He and daddy got right to work planting. Hayes was the designated digger.

Happy St. Patty's Day!

We had a rollicing birthday party with the Mugele family. Too much fun!

My Artist

Hayes came home and saw Mimi painting. He wanted to do a still life too. He never ceases to amaze me. I am so proud of him!

Snow Days!

We got snow and how! Check out these snow mountains.

Go Colts!!

The Church crew -- guess who is the only one sporting a Harrison jersey!




Our small but vocal Super Bowl Party. To the victors go the spoils!!

Sleepy Heads

Hayes and Jezzy, before the alarm goes off.

Christmas Carnage

Helping

Hayes loves to help. He decided to help Mimi with her Xmas cards. He was very careful to put the stamps in just the right places!

Merry Xmas!

I've been busy this weekend!
My friend Ben and I took a ride on the Polar Express! We had cookies & hot chocolate and Santa gave us some bells. It was really cool!






























Then, I went to the Children's Museum with my Mom & Dad, & Mimi & Papa. We had dinner and saw Santa and hit all my favorite spots! What a blast.















When we got home, we took some pictures by the Xmas tree. This was my favorite!

Our Jezzy

We have a new dog and Hayes just loves to play with her! Her name is Jezzy, short for Jezzabelle. We got her Friday.

Trick or Treat!

Boo!! Hayes was a ghost this year...

He went out with Grace and Caroline who were Wendy (from Peter Pan) and Laura Ingalls Wilder, respectively:

Daddy helps with the costume!

Pumpkin Carving!

Hayes and I went and picked out 3 pumpkins after school yesterday. Hayes already had a plan for the jack-o-lantern's face by the time we got home. He drew it for me on paper and then I drew it on the pumpkin. Hayes had NO desire to stick his hand inside the pumpkin to help clean it out. But he absolutely loves his "Fire Friend" as he calls it. We hope to get the other two carved today and tomorrow.

Gotta Love Math

Check out this fabulous math paper Hayes brought home from Kindergarten! He LOVES math. His daddy just brought home two math books for Hayes and you would not believe the excitement with which they were greeted :) That's my boy! Well, actually, that's Richard's boy!

Puzzle Maniac

Hayes is ALL about putting together puzzles. He wanted to do this 100 piece puzzle this weekend. He asked for help, so the both of us set to work on it. We had to stop mid-way through and have dinner. It was like dangling a piece of raw meat in front of a tiger! He kept looking over at the puzzle and declaring he knew where a piece went next! He finally finished his dinner and went to work straight away on the rest of the puzzle. He didn't really need anymore help -- he wanted to finish it on his own. And he did! What a kid.

This is Hayes's favorite passtime.

He knows if he wakes up in time, he will have a few minutes every morning on the computer. You would not believe how this motivates such a solid sleeper to get up out of bed!

Hayes Gets A Laser Game

Last night Hayes called his papa on his way home from school and aked if he would split the cost of a new laser battle game with him. Hayes has an amazing papa, who said yes. They came home from Target about an hour later with game in hand. Hayes was elated! It was the first thing he asked me to do this morning.

Sycamore School Web Pix

Check me out! I am in one of the pictures on my school's website: http://www.sycamoreschool.org/! I'm with my friend Becky -- who is the center of the picture. You may have to wait through the slide show a bit; I'm after the picture of the girls on the sofa.