Hailey loves posing for the camera.  The other day she had this hat on and enjoyed herself quite a bit while getting her picture taken.  As soon as the camera goes off Hailey runs over to look at the back of the camera and says, “Me, Me!”

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Over the weekend we made a little trip to Toys ‘R Us.  I’ve been wanting to get Hailey this slide.  It was on sale (with a coupon) for $29.99.  She loves the slides so much when we go to the park that I thought it would be great to get her one.   Everytime she sees a slide her eyes just light up and she calls out “WHEE!”  I figured since it was only $30 we should get it for her so she could have a “whee” at home.

So, we got to Toys ‘R Us and checked out the slide.  Once I saw it in person I thought it seemed small and not all that safe.  If you look at the picture you can kind of tell- but there isn’t much room at the top for the child to get his/her feet up off of the ladder and onto the slide.  I thought it seemed like something that would cause many falls.  If any of you have one and feel differently, I would be interested to know- but to me it just didn’t seem safe enough.

I had my mind set on getting Hailey a “whee” so we ended up getting this one instead.  It was $79.99 with a coupon.  A bit more than we had planned on spending.  But this one seems so much safer and it has other stuff on it she can do.

They had boxes of this slide on the shelves but instead of bringing the box up front to pay you are supposed to bring up a little card to give to the cashier to ring up.  I imagine that’s a whole lot easier than trying to run the huge box over the scanner.

Anyhoo, we paid for the slide and the cashier told us to stand at the front of the store to wait and someone would bring our slide up.  So, we waited and waited.  And then we waited some more.  It was lunch time and Hailey was getting a bit hungry and grouchy.  And also- I was getting a bit hungry and grouchy.  Oh, and Rich- he was getting hungry and grouchy too.  So after about 15 or 20 minutes we said we were just going to go get the slide ourselves.  The cashier pretended not to hear us. 

About a minute later Rich came up to the front with the box.  He told the cashier at least three times that he had went and got the box himself.  She stared straight ahead like she couldn’t hear him.  And I know she wasn’t deaf because I talked to her when we paid for the slide and her hearing was just fine at the time.  So we just started to walk out of the store.  Suddenly someone was available to help us- yelling from across the store “I NEED TO SEE YOUR RECEIPT.”  You know just in case we stood in the front of the store for 25 minutes and then decided to go ahead and steal a rather large box with a slide in it.

Anyhoo- I was pretty irritated with the customer service.  The lady who finally “helped” us by looking at our receipt said they were just very busy.  But, I could clearly see about three employees who were busy talking, not working.  And the store didn’t have a whole lot of customers in it either.

When we got home Rich set Hailey’s slide up in her playroom (it was a cold, rainy day) while I fed her lunch.  My plan was for Hailey to her nap first and then see her new “whee” but Rich just couldn’t wait to show it to her.  She was thrilled.

While I was putting Hailey down for her nap she kept pointing and crying “whee, whee, whee.”  She finally feel asleep.  She usually sleeps between 2 -3 hours (depending on the day).  But, about a half hour later I could hear her calling from her room “whee, whee, whee” and I knew nap time was over.

“What Mom?  Am I doing something wrong?  You don’t want me to put your water bottle in Dottie’s water bowl?  I had no idea.  And the box of treats- I don’t know where those came from.  Dottie must’ve put those over here.”

Is it time for Meme Monday already?  Wow!  The weeks sure do fly by fast.

So- what’s Meme Monday all about?  Every week we save up everything we are tagged to do and then post all of the memes we have been tagged with each Monday.  We also use it to post the awards we have received during the week before.  Get all of the details right here.

For the last two Meme Mondays I didn’t have anything to post because no one had tagged me.  So, some of you must have felt bad for me last week and decided to tag me.  I’m not going to post everything today though because that would be too overwhelming.  So, if you tagged me I will eventually get around to doing it just not necessarily today.

I was tagged by Zam for this high school meme.  Some of the questions I won’t be able to answer because I’m pretty sure the school system that Zam grew up in was a lot different than the one I grew up in.  But, I’ll do my best.

THINK BACK TO 4th year high school… Let’s see how much you remember and how much you regret.

What section were you?
This question, for example, I don’t know what a section is.  So, we didn’t have sections where I went to school.

Who were your seatmates?
I’m also not really sure what this means.  We had nine different class periods throughout the day so depending on which class I was in I had different people I sat next to.

Still remember your english teacher?
I won’t be putting her name here, but I do remember.  Which is pretty surprising considering I rarely went to her class.  Maybe once or twice a week I would show up.  I did well in her class and she didn’t care if I came to class, so I didn’t usually go.

What was your first class?
I have no idea. I can’t believe I don’t remember. I can remember what I had at all of the other times of the day but I can not remember what my first class was.  It’s driving me crazy!

Made friends to the lower years?
Yes, I did.  And much to my parents dismay there was a certain boy who was younger me that I spent lots of time with- and he was trouble.

How was your class schedule?
It was great.

Made any enemies?
I don’t think so.  I can’t remember making any enemies.

Who was your favorite teacher(s)???
My calculus teacher.

What sport did you play?
HA!  Me?  Play a sport?  That is just too funny.

Were you a party animal?
No.  I had lots of great times with my friends but I wouldn’t consider us to have been party animals.

Were you well known in your school?
I don’t think so.  I knew a lot of the people who were in the same grade as me but as far as school wide I don’t think I was well known.

SKIP CLASSES?
A little too much.

Did you get suspended/expelled?
I had in school suspension… for skipping too many classes.  Which makes a whole lot of sense to me- you don’t go to class so you get suspended from going to class.  Huh???

Can you sing the alma mater?
Some of it.

What was your favorite subject?
Math

Did you go to the dances?
Just to the prom.

Where did you go most often during breaks?
Out of the building to various food establishments nearby.  That is actually how I met Rich

What did you do on the last day of school?
I have no idea.

Well, that was a fun little trip down memory lane!  If you’d like to play along let me know so I can read yours too!

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Then I received this award from Dana at Just Talk.

Awww, thank you so much Dana!  I think you rock too!!

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