Pumpkin Festival

We took the trailer camping in Lethbridge this past weekend. It was fun to camp at a site with full hookups and get to know our new trailer a bit better. *In case I forgot to mention, we sold our little tent trailer and bought my parents 5th wheel. The first time I used it, I practically turned into Princess Jasmine singing, "A Whole New World", haha. Point being; it's much much better.*

We met up with some friends and took the kids to the Green Haven Pumpkin Festival. There was lots to do for kids: horse carriage rides, petting zoo, face painting, bouncy houses, sand box, giant pumpkins, and pumpkin pie! The kids had fun, but you'll just have to take my word for it since I snapped very few pictures.

We also took the kids to watch the horse races at the Exhibition Grounds, something we used to do when we lived there when Carter was a baby. The kids loved picking their horses (usually based on their favorite color) and cheering loudly for them as they raced.

We saw so many old friends and family there. It was so nice to have a relaxing couple of days there to do some fun things and catch up with people.

Our Baby Girl Turns 4

Today is Hayley's birthday. She woke up this morning asking to look at herself in the mirror to see if anything was different now that she's 4. She had a good hard look and concluded she looked the same. She is a sweet little girl who lights up our lives and makes us laugh every day. I thought of a few random things that I always want to remember about Hayley right now...

She takes after her Dad and makes up random words to songs all the time. Her two most common tunes she uses are "Popcorn Popping" and "Zippity Do Da". If you've never heard her making up words as she goes, it's actually quite the talent. We just sit and listen to her in awe at how she is able to think up new words and phrases (rhyming, and the right amount of syllables) just off the top of her head.


She has recently started having nightmares. The first time it happened to her, I went into her room after I heard her crying and asked her what was wrong. She replied, "Underneath my pillow there's bad stories and they're making me very sad!".... Saddest. Thing. EVER.


She still says certain words very strangely and we usually don't correct her because a) we don't notice anymore or b) it's cute. Lots of people comment on how she talks. Examples?
"Brother" sounds like "Broller"
"Different" sounds like "Dar-furnt"
"Carter" sounds closer to "Quarter"


She has so many nick names. Hayley Boo, Hails, Hayley Bayley, Hailsey Bails, Bayley, Bails, and a few other random assortments of gibberish that are far to silly to write on here. At this point, she pretty much answers to anything.


She loves animals and whenever she sees one her voice gets about 50 decibels higher.

She still has ridiculously tiny feet. Her feet right now, at age 4, are one size larger than the size Carter wore when he took his first steps. At 10 months. I am not kidding.


She eats the strangest things. Her 3 favorite snacks are: hot dogs straight out of the package, red peppers (I just cut her off a huge hunk and she munches on it), and dry (uncooked) spaghetti noodles. Random.


She's so so sweet most of the time, but can all of a sudden turn spunky. Walking back from the park one day, the nice old neighbor man asked her "Did you have fun at the park?" and she yelled back at him "OF COURSE WE HAD FUN SILLY!". Or she tells me things like "Fine. I'll come to the store with you but just don't try to talk to me."




Happy 4th Birthday Hayley! We love you!

My Little... Princess...?

Those of you who know me well know that I LOVE having a girl. I love doing her hair and dressing her up. The day she was born had a bow glued on her head by the time she was only 2 hours old. In all honesty, I would love it if she looked like this every day:

But let's be serious, most days she looks like this:

(the only skirt she likes wearing is camouflage)

Last weekend we were shopping in the states, getting some school supplies and new clothes for the kids. Both kids needed a new pair of runners, and we let them choose which kinds they wanted. There were tons of cute girly ones, pink, purple, butterflies, Dora, etc. These are the ones Hayley picked...

Let's just say I have an internal dilemna every time I put those dang shoes on her (excessively tiny) feet.

There's No Place Like Hawaii

No fair (said in a really whiny voice)

The past few days, it has been raining. Alot. When the clouds finally cleared, this is what was on the mountains.

SNOW! Seriously? I am SO not ready for this.

Sigh.... I guess I have no other choice but to go to Hawaii tomorrow. Maybe that'll help.