4th of July

Hailey and I went to Charlotte for the 4th of July weekend. Ryan was preaching at our church that Sunday morning so we wanted to give him a little peace and quiet to prepare. We traveled down on Wednesday night at bedtime, like we've been doing for a while now. Usually she falls asleep about an hour or so into the trip. This time, Hailey stayed away until 15 minutes before we got to my parents house! So she went to bed over an hour later than normal and woke up at 4:45 in the morning! Not the way I planned to start out my holiday weekend.
As soon as she woke up Hailey asked to go pick Grams' vegetable garden. Now last time she was in Charlotte there was a garden, but no vegetables yet. We have not talked about the garden at all since that trip. But somehow her little mind remembered it and thought to bring it up at 4:45 in the morning. That's when I had to break it to her that it wasn't light yet and we would have to wait to pick the garden. She was super excited when Grams got up and they immediately got dressed and went outside...at like 6:30.

 Hailey was so excited to pick tomatoes, cucumbers and squash. She came in to show me and kept saying "not ready yet." Apparently there were a lot that weren't ready yet.
Then they picked some flowers.

When it got a little warmer and the rest of the world got up we went swimming. Hailey did great at the pool in Hilton Head but was still unsure of not being able to touch the bottom and me letting her go to float in her Puddle Jumper. As soon as she saw Tucker (my 4 year old nephew) swim in his Puddle Jumper, she took off across the pool! I turned around and she was halfway across, just kicking her little feet!

She kept saying "I in the deep sea." (the deep end) Apparently all she had to do is see someone else do it and she figured she could too!
We did a lot of swimming after that. All afternoon and evening with Tucker and Mack. Then we went to bed nice and early that night. Getting up at 4:45 and swimming all day will make you tired.

Friday morning my dad took Hailey on a date to get Krispy Kreme donuts.

not in a picture taking mood

Hailey wouldn't eat any of the donuts, but she did eat two cookies when they went to the grocery store! And her new thing is reminding you to pay for the food before you leave. "It's an important rule."
When they got back, she picked the garden again

and played in the cabinets until it warmed up and Tucker and Mack came over to swim

Once again, we swam all morning until lunch and naptime...and then woke up and swam some more.

I still cannot get over her swimming!

We came home Saturday afternoon to spend time with Daddy and get ready for Sunday morning. We had a great weekend at Grams and Das' house and can't wait for more!