And this is what I see:

An empty bed.

Apparently Hailey has outgrown her nap.  Most days she will not take a nap- and on the days she does take a nap she is up until 10 or 11pm.  But when she doesn’t get her nap she is ready to crash around 5pm and then she is non-stop wild around 7pm.  There are some days when she still takes a little nap- when she gets up too early or has had a really busy morning.  But most days she just can’t sleep.  In place of nap-time we are doing quiet time.  We read together for a little while and then I bring her a big pile of books, set a timer and tell her to stay on her bed reading until the timer goes off. I started out with only 10 minutes and we’ve worked our way up to 30 minutes of quiet time.  She is doing great with staying on her bed reading.  I just thought that most kids took afternoon naps until they were 4 or 5 years old… so I didn’t expect her to drop her nap so soon.  When did your kids stop napping?

Today while we were playing outside Hailey wrote her name on our driveway.  She needed help with the “e” so I drew some dots for her to connect.  We need to work on the “e” but she did great with the rest of her letters!

Back in the beginning of May we took Hailey to her first circus.  I didn’t get any really great pictures of the circus so I never posted any pictures.  But since this was the first time she went to the circus I decided that I needed to post pictures anyways.  My pictures of the actual circus did not come out at all, but here are a few pictures of some of my favorite people.

Hailey watching the circus- she loved the clowns and the tigers.

Rich and Brooke- obviously Brooke was thrilled about having her picture taken.

Hailey loved her light up butterfly toy!

See my pictures aren’t very good- but I had to document Hailey’s first time at the circus.

For the last few weeks we have been walking to a nearby park as much as possible.  If it’s not raining out we have been going to the park.  It’s only .7 miles away from our house but it’s a tough walk- it’s up a very, very steep road.  So, it’s great exercise.  These are some pictures from the first day we went to the park.

Hailey all ready in her stroller for the walk to the park.  (There’s a peek at our new house in the background)

Hailey ran to check out what there was to play with.

Hailey and Rich relaxing on a swing.

Hailey’s favorite- the slides!