Fairies and Angels

Little boys believe in fairies too. They believe in the tooth fairy and the fairy that steals all the matching socks. Grown men believe in the fairy that matches the socks, magically make clothing appear in the dresser, keep the bathroom clean and conjure a sack lunch every morning before they even get up. That fairy was no where to be found this week. That fairy fell down the stairs, then passed out in the living room and hurt herself. We all missed that fairy. She was replaced by a hardworking Daddy who doesn't clean floors, but makes that bathroom sparkly. She was still stuck, watching things pile up, when Daddy had to go back to work but never fear! There are little angels in this house. Everyday the little angel picked up the toys and carried them up the stairs one at a time. It took all morning but she did a great job. The little angel learned to put her clothes in the drawer herself because the laundry fairy couldn't bend down and do it. Because of  Daddy and the angel Blake still thinks that fairies still fill the drawer with socks... to eat.

Valentines... Wheel you be mine?

I love to give gifts and make things for people. I have a ton of fun giving things to people. Unfortunately I'm not rich and I don't have unlimited time. This year for Valentines day I enlisted a little help. I got to make up fun little one liners and Hailey painted pictures. She loved painting and mailing them. She also told me what to write on them. It was a riot listening to her tell me " Bees sting you," " Wheel you be my valentine... I dunno what that is." and my favorite, " I am was a baby but now I'm a big girl, I am Hailey."  We couldn't do very many but there were a few lucky recipients.  The sad part was I forgot to sign most of them. Oops.

Yes, cheff

Hailey is going through a bossy phase. Well, maybe it isn't a phase. Anyway she thinks she is the chef around here and I am, apparently the sue chef. Today, since Daddy and I are on a health kick, we made sweet potato chili. She handed me the ingrediants and said " You can chops because I not holding ifes any more cuz te cut tuff and I will hurt you."  I am hoping she meant she might hurt me with the knife, it is possible she planned to hurt me if I didn't chop. I cut the veggies and she arranged them in the pan, chose the peppers, and insisted on stirring the sauce. That was messy. It was a lot of fun and she must be a good chef because it smells great! Doesn't look bad either.

Getting groceries

We love County Market. They have the " driving carts. "

Some of us are more interested in our thumbs.

Its very important to help mom bring in the groceries.

Its important to work smarter, not harder.

Riding off into the sunset

I spent the day taking the kids to the Dr. , sledding with Hailey and getting rid of our tree. Since I also have the flu the house didn't cleaned. I wanted to get a little done...the kids decided they had to "leave mokmy alone for a minute. We better go for a ride."  So they saddled up and rode off into the sunset.

A Super Christmas

We had a very exciting, extremly busy week leading up to Christmas. It was full of late nights and long days culminating in a 6 hour drive on Christmas Eve. Given all the craziness it came as no suprise that we all had the flu on Chrismas day. It kind of killed the excitment when ot came to candy in the stockings, and the coffee cake. However the.kids loved thier presents, especially the gifts they gave eachother. My Hailey Monster LOVES super man and has always been jealous of Blake's onsies so he got her Superman PJ's and she got him more onsies! They sat together and Hailey told him  all about how.super they were and to be honest just being home with them, even as horribly sick as they were, was really super.

Hunting like Daddy

You thought I would blog about moving and getting organized didn't you? Well... I haven't gotten organized.My house looks like an episode of hoarders.  It's a little bit scary when you can't find a whole room. I know it was there when they brought the boxes in. Have I mentioned that I have ADHD? I did say I wasn't blogging about the move.  I'm blogging about my daughter. She is her Daddy's girl and she loves it! She wants to do everything that daddy does from working on the "pipes" to dressing in orange and hunting for squirrels. She was super excited the first time she saw a chipmunk out our back window. W hen we went to visit our parents for Thanksgiving Hailey spent hours with her Daddy and Grandpa hunting. Grandma even pulled out an old Daisey for her to hunt with. Maybe she'll be a tom boy... maybe she just knows she looks great in orange :)