While Daddy Washes Mommy's Car...

Saturday afternoon Ryan took Hailey outside while I was doing some things inside. A little while later I peek out the window and see that they are washing my car. Sweet, right? Well a few minutes after that I finish up inside and put on my shoes to join them outside. This is what I see as I walk out the door...

Ryan said Hailey got tired of helping wash the car and her feet were wet so he put her in the back of the truck to take her shoes off and she just started playing. So he brought her some toys and let her play in there! She played in the bed of the truck like this for about 20 minutes! It was crazy but she had the best time.

Painting

Ever since Ryan let Hailey paint at Marbles a few weeks ago she has been asking to do it again. So I bought some watercolors at the Dollar Store and we gave it a shot. Mostly Hailey just liked playing in the water bowl and putting her fingers and the brushes into the paint. Not much actually went on the paper but she had fun and was quite upset when I told her we had to clean up.

She's already asked to paint today, so I'm sure we'll be doing more often!

Halloween 2013

Last night we went trick-or-treating with our neighbors. Hailey had a blast walking down the street and seeing lots of people. She wanted to eat all of her candy! We only went to a few houses because it was more about seeing friends than really trick-or-treating for us. We had a great time!

We tried to get a few pictures before we left the house but you know how that went...

We met up with our across the street neighbor, Danny and his parents first and they took off together. We went next door and Hailey wanted to be sure that Mrs. Emily saw the Danny was with her too. So funny! They were so sweet and gave Hailey a ghost cup with a straw that she has been drinking out of all day.

After stopping by Abbie's house to saw hi, Hailey had to stop for a candy break. Can you tell she liked it?!

Me and my sweet strawberry!

Can't Look Away for a Second- Part 2

Last night Ryan and I were sitting in our room talking and Hailey was playing. All of a sudden we hear "arm. arm." and she walks around the corner of the bed like this:

Crazy girl had gotten out my mascara after I had used it and somehow opened it (I didn't know she could!). She knew where it went and had it all over her eye and arms/hands. Luckily it wasn't waterproof and wiped right off.

I can't look away for a second!

Ryan's Labor of Love

So I mentioned a few posts ago about Ryan's front yard make over. The first weekend he ripped out 2 bushes and replanted flowers and smaller shrubs in their place. He also tried to take out some of the bigger bushes on the other side but they wouldn't budge. We were both kind of disappointed and knew we would have to call a tree removal company to pull them out which wasn't going to be cheap. That Saturday evening, we were taking a walk with Hailey and noticed a man doing yard work. It looked like he had taken out some bushes and replanted flowers, just like we were planning to do. Ryan stopped to talk to him and pretty soon had him set up to come and rip our bushes out for MUCH cheaper than a company would do it! God provides!

He came out a few days later and got to work cutting and pulling bushes out. Hailey was super interested in it:

all clean and open!

He got them out much faster than we would have. Such a blessing! Ryan was eager to start planting new stuff so we made a trip to Lowe's for plants, stones and a few other things. Hailey was a good helper...got to put her to work. ;)

Aren't those boots just precious!

the big haul

Ryan spent an entire Friday working. Literally until dinner time. He pulled up remaining roots and weeds, put down new soil, stones around the edge and finally new shrubs, a small tree and flowers.

He did have a little help. ;)

The finished product:

You can see that the new plants are much smaller than the old ones. It will take a few years for them to grow to a nice size but it is still such an improvement.

All of that work really changed the front of our house. It looks SO much better and more inviting as you drive up.

Before:

After:

Isn't my hubby the best?!

Fall Festival 2013

Last night, Saturday, was our church's Fall Festival. Last year we didn't get to go because we were in Charlotte so this year we were even more excited.

Hailey was a strawberry! She was absolutely precious in her costume and did really well with keeping the hat on. I was pleasantly surprised. We tried to get a picture of her before leaving the house but she was having none of it. Stinker.

The first thing we did at the festival was the pony ride! We knew the line would get long so we hopped right in it.

I don't think Hailey really knew what was going to happen. She just kept saying "horse. nay, nay!" When it was her turn she didn't seem scared at all for Ryan to put her on the pony. She held on really well too. Ryan said the whole time she kept saying "Pony. Pony. Mommy. Pony. Mommy." because she wanted me to see her. How sweet!

As soon as she got off of the pony she wanted to ride again! But we went inside to play some games. Hailey didn't really get the concept of playing the games. She is only 19 months old. She wanted to pick out candy and follow the little boy who was dressed as Elmo. Ha!

She got a red tootsie pop first and didn't really care about getting more candy. She wouldn't let it go. I tried to get her to put it in her bag and carry it but she wanted none of it. I guess she thought I was taking it away. So she decided to plop herself down on the floor and eat candy instead.

We played out on the playground and had dinner too but I don't have any pictures of that. I did get this one before we left though:

I love my little family! We are so thankful that God brought us to Providence and look forward to many more Fall Festivals in the future!

Barnes & Noble

Last week I needed a way to get Hailey's energy out. Since it was cold outside, the park was out. So we called up our friend Hope and the girls she nannies for and met up at Barnes & Noble for some fun!

I thought Hailey would be fascinated with all of the books to choose from but instead she loved all of the stuffed animals. She would pick one up, walk a few steps, drop it and pick up a different one.

Her favorites were the Sesame Street ones, most of which she already has at home...

We did manage to read a few books while we were there but mostly Hailey was just excited and overwhelmed at everything there was to see. We'll definitely go back again!