September is already over… where does the time go?  Here are some pictures from throughout the month.

Hailey all dressed up for school.  She loves getting all dressed up and always wants to wear pretty dresses/skirts with fancy shoes.

Rich celebrated his 37th birthday this month.  Hailey had to help him blow out his candles.

One night I told Hailey to go get ready for bed.  I could hear her in her room quietly singing and (I assumed) getting her pajamas on.  A few minutes later she came out to show me that she had covered her face with lip gloss.

One day Rich and I went to visit Hailey at school and we ate lunch with her.  She was so excited that we were coming and it was really nice to get to see her with her class.

Back in July Hailey had spent an afternoon with Grandma and Pa. When they were bringing her back home my mom mentioned they had visited a pet store and that Hailey was bringing home a surprise to show us. I told my mom that I hoped the surprise didn’t come from the pet store and I hoped it wasn’t anything alive. Well- it was 2 little goldfish in a little bowl and Hailey really loved them. This month we upgraded to a little bit bigger tank, added another fish and some decorations. Hailey sure loves her fish!

Earlier this summer we spent a day at Knoebels and Hailey had so much fun we decided to take her back again.

Riding the kiddie bumper cars.

Driving the firetruck

The kiddie car whip.  She loved it!

The “up and down” ride.  This was Hailey’s favorite ride.

Ladybug ride

Out for an afternoon drive

Will they get wet?  (Hailey and Rich are in the 4th row back on the right hand side.)

Big splash

And they’re soaked!  (or “soaped” as Hailey says it.)

Standing on the bridge hoping to get wet again.

I think she liked it

They did not like this ride!  It made both of them dizzy.

Hailey loved the slide!

Fun in the ball pit

My little miss on a roller coaster

Airplane Whip ride

Last ride of the day- the Ferris Wheel- which she did not like.

It was such a fun day!!  Watching Hailey laughing and having so much fun made the day perfect even though I couldn’t go on any of the rides.

We went to a local fest over the weekend and here are some pictures of the fun times:

Hailey wanted to have her hair painted- she picked one pink pigtail and one green pigtail.

The finished look.

Rich decided to enter his name in a drawing to win a free hot air balloon ride.  When they picked a winner the person wasn’t there to accept the prize, so they picked again- and Rich won!  Here he is on the radio talking about winning.  Unfortunately he wasn’t able to go on it because it was too rainy.

Hailey with Larry and Bob

Waiting for the iCarly concert to start.

Shane Harper was the opening act for iCarly and Hailey wanted me to take his picture because she thought he was handsome.

Yay!  Finally iCarly is singing!

Hailey enjoyed the concert.

The $3 slide.. .which if you know Rich then you know it nearly killed him to pay $3 for Hailey to go on a slide.

We went back the next day too but the only picture I have is this one of Hailey with her face painted.  It was a fun weekend.

Day 2 of the 4th of July Extravaganza:

We started out with delicious omelets made by my Uncle Dave.

Hailey and Anika had fun splashing in the little pool.

Some of the decorations for the party.

Aunt Ruth made these- so cute!

Hailey and Caleb

Danielle cooling off in the pool

Caleb

Anika

Hailey loved the water slide.

Nothing funnier than a balloon making a tooting noise when you’re 4.

Matt and Hailey enjoying the pool

Ellie

Danielle and her big soggy diaper

Lucas ready to jump in the pool

4th of July cookie cake with sparkling candles

Day 3 of the 4th of July extravaganza:

More water slide fun.  (This time the water slide had been moved to a little bigger hill.)

Anika on the water slide.

Danielle didn’t want to try it at first, but once she did she loved it.

Caleb

Hailey jumping right in

Later on we had a nice fire while we sat around and talked and sang.

Anika and Hailey singing.

The last day of the extravaganza as everyone was getting ready to leave- I had to get a picture of the 4 cousins who spent the whole weekend playing together.  They had so much fun!

The 4th of July Extravaganza was such a fun weekend!