The other day when Hailey got off the bus, the kids who live nearby asked if they could come over and play. With their dad standing right there Hailey replied:

“NO, MY MOM SAYS YOU’RE TOO WILD!!”

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Hailey came home from school and told me that she had a substitute for the day.  She said the substitute was old and had curly skin.

If you know Hailey then you know that she is usually up for a good argument.

She gets this from Rich as he will actually pretend to disagree with people just for the sake of an argument.  Me, on the other hand- I will pretend to agree with people just to avoid an argument!

So anyways, lately Hailey has been especially argumentative and has been arguing with almost everything I say to her.  I was talking to her about it the other day and I told her it needed to stop.  I told her if she disagreed with what I said and wanted to argue with me that she should just not say anything. She responded by saying, “But mom, then how will I ever be able to say anything?”

The teenage years with her should be fun.

Hailey was upset with me over something I wouldn’t let her do and she told me she didn’t want me to live at our house anymore.  But then she added, “Before you go, leave some instructions for Daddy.”

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Hailey pointed to my forehead and said excitedly, “MOM!  Your pimples look like a ‘Hidden Mickey.’”

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As Hailey left for school one morning she gave me a big hug and said, “Don’t you worry big mama, that baby will be here soon.”

Hailey has been having a hard time listening lately so the other night at bedtime I told her maybe she should pray and ask Jesus to help her be a better listener.  So she did.  The next morning she wasn’t listening again and said to me, “I asked God to help me be good.  And see how that’s going?  I’m already being bad.”

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Hailey was looking through our DVDs for a movie and she couldn’t find the one she wanted.  She suggested to me that maybe if I had them better organized she would be able to find what she was looking for.  (This sounds a lot like something her Uncle Matt said when he was younger and requested that my mom alphabetize the videos for him.)

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Hailey came home from school on a Friday and told me that everyone was cheering that it was Friday because there would be no school for 2 days.  She said, “But not me, mom.  I didn’t cheer because I love going to school!”

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Hailey was talking to the baby the other night and she looked up at me and said, “Wow Mom, your belly button looks like a volcano.”

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After mentioning that my belly button looked like a volcano, Hailey told me that she thought my stomach might be cracking.  Gotta love stretch marks.

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Hailey just said to Rich (while he is watching the Vikings play), “Dad- did you know that no one from Minnesota can hear you?”