Hailey tells everyone that she is 4 and 3/4.  Here are some of the things she has said recently that I want to remember:

At church I told Hailey she could eat some goldfish once the preacher started preaching.  A few minutes later there were some announcements being made and Hailey whispered loudly to me, “Is he screeching yet?”

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Hailey told me she wanted to start shaving her legs.  Then she told me she knew her legs would get hairy like a gorilla.

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I can’t remember if I posted this before- but every night when Hailey prays she prays for Captain Hook and Mr. Smee.

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Instead of saying “other”, Hailey says “nother.”  So she would say “I want to play the nother game.”

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Hailey has started asking me questions like,  ”Are mermaids real?”  and “Is Peter Pan in real life?”  and “Why do you think it seems like there are a lot of Santas?”  I’m not ready for her to stop believing in the magic yet… sniff, sniff

Rich decided the back of our house was not complete without a bigger deck on the lower level.  So he spent his spare time building a new deck this summer.

The beginning stages.

Getting the base all put down.

The floor is all done and Hailey loves riding her bike on it!

The finished deck.

Maybe at some point we’ll have more than Hailey’s bike on it!

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.