"My Papa is as old as you!"

Neal took Halle with him to the city office when he was running some errands yesterday, and Halle launched right into conversation with one of the workers there. Here is part of their conversation.

City worker: "How old are you?"
Halle: "I'm three."
City worker: "You know, I have a granddaughter as old as you."
Halle: "And I have a Papa as old as you!"

You just never know what she is going to say, but it most always makes us laugh.

Our Brave Little Halle

Halle has a tremendous fear of heights that we have known about since she was just over a year old. However, she so desperately wants to try fun things like slides even when they scare her for the first few times so we patiently try to work with her. One day at Grandma's house, we were sledding in the backyard and she suddenly decided she wanted to go down the tube slide that had terrified her all summer long. So I helped her up the ladder to the playhouse and you can see she is safely standing away from the railing.

After we finally got used to being up there, she decided she was ready for the slide. But we were up there for a good 45 minutes to an hour before she could actually make herself do it. And I still had to give her a little push because I was starting to get cold. But after that first trip down, she wanted to go down again and again.

Here is one of the many videos of her trying to convince herself she's totally ok with it. She would sit there and say she was ready, but then say things like "maybe I should stretch my head first" or "I am just going to take a little rest."

And here we are after she finally made it down and discovered that she "loves it!"

Neal has been adding on to his parent's house for them. This is the view from the playhouse for those of you who are wondering how it's coming along, although you can't really see much of it through the tree.