"two circle hairs"

and here you have Hailey's second day of pre-school picture... I just couldn't resist...

oh! this is her new, favorite hair-do... "circle hairs"...

and one last thing... her entire outfit came from our one and only store (Wally's-Mart) -- I think I might stop complaining about our one and only store. they really, honestly DO have cute (inexpensive) things!

"expensive hanger habits"

Pre-school... a SUCCESS!

Yesterday was Hailey's 1st day of pre-school. I have been a little bit nervous because she has been especially (really... very...) attached to me lately; I thought for sure she wouldn't let me leave without a fight. BUT... to my relief (and shock)... she just walked right in and said "bye mom!"

I admit I got a little camera happy... but can you blame me? I mean... just look at her...

Toodles.

potato chips... holding hands... Tony...

another funny Tylerism (thanks Kari for the phraseology.)

Tyler came out of school today SO HAPPY! The reason -- he made a friend! HOOOORAY!! And this is his explanation (not his exact words... but darn close...) "Today at lunch I sat next to a boy. His name is Tony. He had never tried potato chips -- so I shared my potato chips -- and it made us friends! He is in Mrs. Larson's class, the class next door. We held hands back to our classrooms! "

I laughed so hard (internally of course)... such innocence in 1st grade! And also, hope Tony's mom doesn't come after us for feeding her kid potato chips....

"I just call him dude."

So each child in Ty's class has been assigned a 5th grade friend. Ty met his 5th grade friend on Friday. Andrew and I were asking Ty about his day and about his 5th grade friend. We asked him what his friend's name was... his response: "I just call him dude."

randoms.

because... well. why not?
first.
you NEED to buy this:

it's so good. really. it reminds me of the bread at Macaroni Grill. oh, if the "sam's choice" on the box didn't give it away, you buy it at wal-mart. where ELSE would I buy it in this here town of mine?

second.
hailey.
yes, her:


these photos were taken during my days of ailment. she was sooo patient and good. her favorite past-time was to give mommy a "make-over" ... then I would reciprocate (thus, the pictures...) there are no pictures of me post-makeover because Hailey's idea of a makeover is mascara all over my face. and let's face it... sick face and mascara face = not a pretty picture. I don't think any of you would come back... ever.

while on the hailey-subject, I have two funny hailey moments to share : 1) for the past week-ish she has requested her bedroom light left on bedtime. she falls asleep INSTANTLY. I can't explain it. maybe she would stay in bed ALL night long if I left her light on ALL night long? might be worth a shot? AND worth the inflated energy bill. 2) last night she cried for at least 15 minutes because she wanted to watch "boston" on tv. "boston" = the boston red sox. andrew was a very proud daddy at that moment. too bad they weren't on tv last night. to calm her, we just put her in bed and turned on her light. MAGIC... ;)

and the last random...
it has been raining here so much (so much) (so much ) (so much) (so much). as a result, we have mushrooms the size of baseballs growing in our yard. ***I meant to take a picture*** but I didn't get to it before andrew mowed the lawn***next time maybe he could be more considerate?*** anyway... anyone want to come over for lunch tomorrow? we could have pizza... salads... ?

cya.

I love these guys.

and I love these pictures.

because Hailey has her arm around Ty. usually his arm is around her... but she got to it first this time (plus, his arms appear to be full...)

yep... I love these guys.