It seems like we have been so busy lately!  It’s always busy at this time of year but now that I am working too it’s so hard to find time to keep my blog updated.  I’m going to work really hard on posting more often though because I always enjoy going back and looking at old posts.

Work has been going great.  I am really enjoying my job.  My boss has let me adjust my schedule to work 4 days each week, which is great!  Hailey really loves going to preschool too.  I’ve been able to spend some time with her in her classroom now that she has adjusted to being there.  It’s great to be able to see her throughout the day while I’m working.  When we get home at the end of the day we have to pretend that we are at preschool.  Hailey pretends that she is one of her teachers- Miss “L” and Rich and I have to call her Miss L.  She is so cute and loves teaching us.

Hailey has a new friend at preschool, which I am so excited about!  Last weekend Hailey’s friend invited her to go to Chuck-E-Cheese for the morning.  So we met her there and Hailey had a blast!  Hopefully next weekend her friend is going to come over here for a play date.

Hailey is also loving her new ballet and tap class.  We go once a week and Hailey absolutely loves it!  I took a picture of her a couple of weeks ago while she was waiting for class to start.  Please excuse the bad quality, I took it with my cell.

Hailey in her ballet outfit.

We’ve been busy getting ready for Christmas- but today we took a little break from all the preparations and took Hailey to see her first movie.  Since she loves all the Disney princesses we knew she would just love seeing The Princess and the Frog.

Me and Hailey waiting for the movie to start.

Hailey did really good during the movie!!  She sat through most of it, danced during some of the music, laughed at the funny parts and had a great time.  She did get a little restless during a slow part, but overall she did great!!

We are all doing great- just really busy!!  I’m going to work on being better about updating!

I realize that this post is about a week late but I just can’t seem to find the time to keep my blog updated anymore.  So- here are some pictures from Thanksgiving weekend.

We had a great Thanksgiving at my Mom and Dad’s house.  One of my brothers, Mike was there as well as my Aunt Winnie.  My Mom told me a few weeks before Thanksgiving that it was my turn to have Thanksgiving at our house, so I was very thankful when she said she would have it at her house!

Rich working on the gravy (he makes the best gravy and is always in charge of making the gravy) and my dad working on carving the yummy turkey.

My mom always makes delicious warm cider that we drink from cute little cups.  Hailey enjoys her little cup (with milk instead of cider).

After a fantastic dinner everyone did some relaxing.  Hailey and Aunt Winnie watched a Veggie Tales movie together.

We spent Friday and Saturday doing lots of shopping and I got a good amount of my shopping done.  It was a successful shopping weekend!

Hailey had been begging for weeks to wear her dress from Christmas 2008.  So I finally let her wear it to church on Sunday.

After church we decorated our Christmas tree.

Hailey and Brooke decorating.

Brooke and Hailey setting up the nativity.

I took a bunch of pictures of Hailey next to the finished Christmas tree, but she wasn’t being very cooperative and this is the best of the bunch!

For a while now Hailey has been telling me that she wants to be a ballerina.  I know I should have looked into it over the summer but I kept putting it off.  Finally I asked my friends on facebook the other night where I could take Hailey for ballet classes.  I found a couple of places to look into and called them.  Both places are going to let us try a free class next week to see if we like it.  One is on Monday evening and the other on Tuesday evening.

Both groups are getting ready to order their costumes for the recital in the spring.  So we’ll have to make a decision right away and pay for Hailey’s costume.  The Monday night class does ballet and tap and the Tuesday night class does ballet, tap and jazz.

Both classes cost the same amount per month, but one class is one hour per week (the one with ballet, tap and jazz) and the other class is 45 minutes per week (ballet and tap).  The shorter class is closer to our house and right on the way home from preschool.  The hour long class is a little further away and not on our way home.  So both have some pluses and minuses.  I guess we’ll just try each one out and see what we think and pick the one that fits Hailey’s personality better.  I know Hailey will look soooo cute, and have tons of fun!

A couple of weeks ago there was a big change here at our house.  I was offered a job and after much going back and forth in the decision I finally decided to take the job.  I am working 32 hours each week as an Assistant Director at a child care center.  A few days each week I go in at 7 to open the center and work until around 2.  Then the other days I go in around 1 pm and stay until 6pm to close the center.  The hours are great and my boss is super nice and soooo flexible with the hours I work.  She let me make my schedule work so that Hailey and I can still do the activities we have been a part of- like MOPS and story time at the library, etc.

The place I am working at has a pretty impressive preschool curiculum.  And since Hailey asks all of the time if she can go play with some kids we decided to enroll her in their program. 

Here are a few pictures on her first day of preschool. 

Heading down the stairs to get ready to leave.

All ready to go!

A quick pose next to her cubby.

So far things at work have been good for me.  I enjoy the job I am doing.  Hailey loves preschool and is doing great!  It’s been a big change and we’re still working on getting used to it- but so far it’s been good.