Four and a Half

April 25th, 2011 Melanie Posted in Hailey, The Things She Says No Comments »

I absolutely love this age and Hailey’s personality.  She says things daily that make me laugh.  I decided I wanted to do a post of a few things that she says at this age that I want to remember.

Anytime something hurts her feelings she said, “That made my feelings sad.”

Hailey uses the word “actually” all of the time.  Like when she is telling me something that she clearly thinks I should have known, “Well, actually Mom…”

Another thing she says all the time is “hardly barely.”   She’ll say things like “There’s hardly barely any left.”  Or “I hardly barely had any time to play.”

She is always telling me she needs just a moment.  One time she told her soccer coach, “Can I just have a moment please?”  Every time I tell her it’s time to get out of the bathtub she says, “But I haven’t even had a moment to play!”

This is definitely my favorite age- I absolutely love Hailey at 4!  (She would say, “Actually Mom, I’m 4 1/2!”)

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Questions for My 4 Year Old

October 9th, 2010 Melanie Posted in Hailey, The Things She Says No Comments »

Last year when Hailey turned 3 I asked her these questions and I thought it would be fun to ask her the same questions again to compare her answers.

1. What is something mommy always says to you?  That she loves me so much.

2. What makes mommy happy?  When I be good.

3. What makes mommy sad?  When I’m not good.

4. How does your mommy make you laugh?  By tickling.

5. What was your mommy like as a child?  She liked to play with the “patch” dolls, the ones that I play with now at Grandma and Pa’s house.  (Patch dolls are my old Cabbage Patch dolls.)

6. How old is your mommy?  16

7. How tall is your mommy?  4 inches

8. What is her favorite thing to do?  Play with me

9.What does mommy do when you’re not around?  Type on her computer

10. If your mommy becomes famous, what will it be for?  I don’t know

11. What is your mommy really good at?  My mom is really good at going on the treadmill and playing the Hungry, Hungry Hippos game. (Funny since I can’t even remember the last time I walked on the treadmill!  Ha!)

12. What is your mom not very good at?  She’s not good at playing in the leaves.

13. What does your mommy do for her job?   She goes to meetings.

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

15. What makes you proud of your mommy?  Giving each other a hug

16. If your mommy were a cartoon character, who would she be?  Ariel

17. What do you and your mommy do together?  Play

18. How are you and your mommy the same?  Our eyes

19. How are you and your mommy different?  Our shirts are different

20. How do you know your mommy loves you?  Because I love her so much

22. Where is your mommy’s favorite place to go?  To Disney World

Some favorites:

Favorite color:  Pink… I want to say more colors- blue, green, yellow and orange
Favorite animal:  Pigs- little baby pigs, but not the big mommy pig that pushed the baby pig away from me.
Favorite food:  Cheese
Favorite game:  Hungry, Hungry Hippos
Favorite toy:  The Scooby Doo toys and the Wendy toys
Favorite song:  Beauty and the Beast
Favorite drink:  Milk and water and chocolate milk
Favorite movie:  Beauty and the Beast
Favorite snack:  Oreo cookies (the Halloween ones)

Lastly: What do you want to be when you grow up?  A princess and I’m going to marry J.

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3 1/2

September 2nd, 2010 Melanie Posted in Hailey, The Things She Says 1 Comment »

This post has been a long time coming.  I’ve been keeping notes of things that Hailey says that I think are cute.  The problem is that I haven’t been posting them.  So some of these date all the way back to the winter of 2010.

One night Hailey was mad at me for telling her she couldn’t do something.  She said, “Well, I’m not going to live here anymore.” So I said, “No? Where are you going to go?” She said, “On a picnic with Anika.”

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Hailey once told me, “I’m not being naughty, I’m just pretending to be naughty.”

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A daily occurrence  in our house used to be acting out Cinderella.  We would each play a part- Hailey would be Cinderella, I would be a step-sister and Rich would be the Grand Duke.  Hailey would go running down the hall and lose her shoe, then the Grand Duke would have to try the shoe on “every girl in the kingdom.”  Hailey would say all the lines from the movie.  She doesn’t do this every day anymore, but we do still get to act out her favorite princess movies from time to time.

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One day while shopping in a busy store I was at the register paying when Hailey said to me, “I have to go poopy Mommy.”  I didn’t answer her right away so she started saying it louder and louder.  All of the ladies in the store were giggling at her.

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When Hailey says her bedtime prayers there are often some cute things she is thankful for- like she has been thankful for chocolate.  She has also requested that God would give her curly hair.

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Once when she wouldn’t clean up her toys I told Hailey that I was going to give her toys away to the poor children who don’t have any toys.  She responded by saying, “But then I’d be one of the poor kids who doesn’t have any toys.”

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One day at preschool Hailey came running up to me with a little boy by her side and said, “Look Mommy!  I found my prince!”  Then she grabbed his hand and ran off.

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Right after I got Hailey out of the bathtub I stepped into a huge puddle. I asked her if she was splashing and made a mess on the floor. She told me that what had actually happened was a ghost threw a rope up into the bathroom window and climbed up the side of our house. Then when he got into the window another ghost came along and dumped water on the first ghost, leaving a big puddle on the floor. I wasn’t sure if I should be upset with her for lying or impressed with her creativity.

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The other day Hailey woke up and smiled and said, “I have a beautiful dream.  It was about J.” (her prince)

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Hailey recently told me that when she grows up she wants to be a mommy and have 2 kids, a boy and a girl.  I asked her what the names of her kids will be.  And she said, “I don’t know.  Me and J will have to talk about it.”
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She Cracks Me Up

November 5th, 2009 Melanie Posted in Hailey, The Things She Says No Comments »

Hailey told me this morning that she could not wear any clothes today because she is a dalmatian.

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