3 is such a fun age!  Here are a few of the things that Hailey has said or done that made me smile.

One of her favorite things to say when she is annoyed is, “Oh brother.”

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Instead of saying ‘because’ Hailey says, “pecause.”  And instead of saying ‘remember’ she says “bemember.”  And I hope she talks like that forever

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One day at breakfast time Hailey was asking for cookies to go with her cereal and toast.  So, I told her that we don’t eat cookies for breakfast.  Hailey responded by saying,  ”Well then let’s just have lunch.”

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We just started going to MOPS where we live now and I told Hailey what it was called and what it would be like.  After I picked her up from her MOPPETS class she said, “I had fun but I looked all over and couldn’t find any mops.”

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The other day while Hailey was eating her snack I heard her say to her fingers “You’d better get ready!  You’re going on a wet ride!” Then she put them in her mouth to lick them off.

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Hailey was crying and I asked her what was wrong and she said, “I don’t have a handsome prince to marry.”

I am trying to catch up on my blogging!  It seems like there just isn’t enough hours in the day to get everything done anymore.  These pictures are actually from a couple of weeks ago… a fun fall day.

Here are some pretty fall colors:

Hailey loves playing the all the leaves we have in our back yard.  (Rich on the other hand, does not like all the leaves!) Here are some pictures of Hailey enjoying some fun in the leaves:

I saw this on Facebook a while ago- some fun questions to ask your kids.  So I wanted to wait until Hailey turned 3 to ask her these questions and I added a few of my own questions too.  I’m hoping I’ll remember to ask her these same questions every year right around her birthday to see how her answers change.

1. What is something mommy always says to you? You’re my little sweetie

2. What makes mommy happy? Going sledding

3. What makes mommy sad? Nothing

4. How does your mommy make you laugh? Tickle my armpit

5. What was your mommy like as a child? I don’t know, tell me

6. How old is your mommy? I think she’s 3

7. How tall is your mommy? I don’t know.  Tall, tall, tall

8. What is her favorite thing to do? Play games and play tackle

9.What does mommy do when you’re not around? She would cry

10. If your mommy becomes famous, what will it be for? Famous?  I’m famous

11. What is your mommy really good at? Good at playing games

12. What is your mom not very good at? Tell me

13. What does your mommy do for her job? She gets cookies

14. What is your mommy’s favorite food? Chocolate

15. What makes you proud of your mommy? Going sledding

16. If your mommy were a cartoon character, who would she be? Buzz Light Year

17. What do you and your mommy do together? Going sledding (I have no idea why so many answers were “go sledding.”  I don’t really even like sledding because I don’t like going out in the cold.)

18. How are you and your mommy the same? We like pumpkin seeds

19. How are you and your mommy different? I love going sledding

20. How do you know your mommy loves you? Tell me

22. Where is your mommy’s favorite place to go? To see Buzz Light Year

Some favorites:

Favorite color: Pink
Favorite animal: Tiger
Favorite food: Butter
Favorite game: Tackle
Favorite toy: My red bicycle
Favorite song: ABCs
Favorite drink: Milk
Favorite movie: Peter Pan
Favorite snack: Cheez-its

Lastly: What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher

Here are just a few (ha!) pictures from Hailey’s birthday.

On Hailey’s actual birthday she started asking as soon as she got up when she could open her presents from me and Rich.  So, after breakfast we let her open her presents so she could play with them all day.

Opening one of her presents.

We were having Hailey’s birthday party on the weekend but I still wanted to do something for her on her actual birthday.  So she told me she wanted cupcakes.

Happy Birthday Little Miss Hailey!

Then on Saturday we had a party for Hailey with our family and friends at a children’s museum.  It was perfect and Hailey had a blast!

All ready to go to her party.

When we arrived Hailey got busy playing.

Hailey purchasing her groceries… lots of healthy choices.

Pa played the cashier.

Matthew needed to get some money from the ATM before he could start shopping.

Arianna returning some bottles.

Then they were busy checking out all of the other activities:

Hailey flew this airplane to the moon.

Grace

Arianna and Hailey

Grace and Matthew going fishing.

Rich and Brooke took a little bike ride.

Hailey inside a big bubble.

Joel

Then it was time for some food:

Eating some yummy pizza.

Arianna and her mommy, Michelle.

Grace and Matthew with their mommies, Patti and Shelly.

Hailey loves Cinderella- so we got her a Cinderella birthday cake.

Happy Birthday!!

Blowing out the candles

Time to open some presents!

Then it was time for more playing.

Hailey and her cousin Dayna going grocery shopping.

The 5 cousins in the fire truck- Joel, Brooke, Dayna, David and Hailey.

Hailey reading Dayna a story.

Dayna and Hailey back in the grocery store.

David helping Hailey at the register.

Hailey working on a piece of art.

Pretending to be at the dentist.

Asleep about 5 minutes after we left.

Thank you to all of our family and friends who helped to make Hailey’s birthday so special!!