Hailey in her Halloween parade at school

My little miss

Hailey

The principal at Hailey’s school is the one dressed up as Dora.

Hailey all dressed up and ready for Trunk or Treat at church.

Playing one of the games

James and Hailey

Hailey and James going trunk or treating in the snow

Sitting on the firetruck.

Time to carve the pumpkin!  Pulling the guts out.

Rapunzel pumpkin

Hailey and her pumpkin

Hailey did this pumpkin for the baby.

All ready to go trick or treating

When we went out front to take a picture with the pumpkins we saw this spider.  I’ve never seen such a huge spider.  When we screamed for Rich to come see it he was even surprised at the size of it.

Hailey with the pumpkins.

Hailey got this shirt for her birthday.  She had begged for one of these shirts that she could color in and decorate herself.  The marker washes off though, so I bought some permanent fabric markers for the next time so it will stay colored.

Hailey wrote her own Thank You cards this year for her birthday.  She was so proud of herself that she was able to write them out on her own.  She loved writing her thank yous.  Let’s hope that continues.

Pa, Hailey and Rich working on a Halloween Haunted House.

The finished house from the front…

…and the back.

Hailey went to a birthday party where she got to wear her Halloween costume- she dressed up as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz this year.

Hailey at dance- we got to watch a Halloween dance the girls had been practicing.

Hailey doing The Monster Mash.

Some more of The Monster Mash

Hailey with Tigger at 5 years old.

Hailey with Tigger at 4 years old

Hailey with Tigger at 3 years old.

Hailey with Tigger at 2 years old.

Hailey with Tigger at 1 year old.

Hailey next to her ABC blocks at 5 years old.

Hailey next to her ABC blocks at 4 years old.

Hailey next to her ABC blocks at 3 years old.

Hailey next to her ABC blocks at 2 years old.

Hailey has actually been 5 for almost 3 weeks but I wanted to wait until she had her 5 year physical to post so I would know her height.  She is now 44 inches tall and in the 80th percentile.  Last year her doctor thought her height might slow down a little bit and kind of level off… which is did since she went from the 90th percentile to the 80th.

Developmentally- Hailey is in kindergarten and is doing fantastic!! She loves school and loves learning. She loves to write and is always asking how to spell words so she can write them down. She is working hard on sounding out words on her own too.  She really wants to read and I know she’ll be able to read soon.

A few of Hailey’s favorite things at age 5: “I like the Scooby Doo movies that Uncle Mike gave me, the Barbie princess from Princess Charm school, my American Doll, playing games with Mommy and Dadddy, chocolate candy and chocolate lollipops.  My favorite friends are Anika, James, Kerrigan, Logan and Josh.”

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.”

**********

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.)

**********

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!”

**********

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.”

**********

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.

**********

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