A Hair Cut- to Mommy's Dismay

Halle's hair has gotten pretty long recently, and I thought it was looking really pretty. (See "Candybar" post). However, she's been begging me for about two or three weeks now to have her hair cut short like mine. I wouldn't agree to that since mine is too short to pull back. But I did finally agree to give her a cut.


This is the first hair cut she's had that's been more than just a trim of an inch or so to even out her growth. She even got to wear the cape and everything. Then as I was bathing her tonight and doused her head with water, she asked me if it was still going to stay short if I washed it. I've never seen her so pleased.


She also wanted to post her short hair cut on the blog, so here's her picture.

Sweetest Things

While I was getting ready this morning, I stepped out of our bedroom to see what all the commotion was. I came into the kitchen to see Halle had dishes just about on every counter and she was holding a cookie sheet and a cooling rack.

I asked her what she was doing, and she said (with a "duh" in her voice), "I'm emptying the dishwasher." And so she was. All the plates and cups were on the counter beneath the cupboard where they belonged (too high for her to reach), and the silverware was spread out ready to be put away. I just gave her a big squeeze and a kiss. What a sweet girl.

On another note, we've had some much needed rain this week, and Halle has found it a wonderful opportunity to use her umbrella and rain boots. The rain boots, incidentally, were for playing in the dirt in the backyard because she's so picky about getting dirt in her toes. Anyway, I caught this picture as she was rushing out to play.

And here's a video of Halle's version of dodgeball. She's so slow it's hilarious.

We took a trip to see the cousins in Salt Lake over Mother's Day. We all went to a "jump place" nearby, which the kids loved. We have one close to us, but Halle said she wanted to call the one in Utah "our" jump place too.

They didn't stop moving for at least 2 straight hours.

Posing for a picture was apparently too much to ask.

This beat up old dragon sometimes "ate" the children when uncles were nearby.

Halle and Samantha trying to figure out why this car wouldn't start.

Four kids and three ponies means someone has to share.

We headed to Dave and Emily's after play time for pizza. They were all in tears as we left and kept begging for "one last time."


Lillie enjoyed the company. She and uncle Neal hung out for while.

Slowing down for the night in front of a movie. They are all pretty tuckered.

Halle didn't have a place to crash while we played games with the adults, so we put her on the floor in front of a movie for a little while.

Thanks guys for the fun weekend. We really enjoyed getting together with everyone.

Geese at the River

Halle and I were running errands, and it was nice enough outside that we decided to stop by the river and feed the geese. She was so funny. If you've seen the movie, "Fly Away Home," it's about a girl who takes in a homeless flock of geese and then teaches them how to migrate while flying in her ultralight. Well, the girl's call to the geese is "C'mon geese."

So Halle starts calling to the geese when we get there, "C'mon geese" like in the movie, and they came to her. At the time, there were quite a few other groups of people there tossing bread too, so it surprised me that she was able to draw so many away.

This is a clip of it, but the wind was pretty bad, so you can't really hear her very well over the wind.

This is a picture called progress. Last year, I believe she crawled out to the lookout on her hands and knees. If you look close, you may see some white knuckles this time, but she walked out there herself and even let go of the rail a few times.