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Christmas 2007

We celebrated Christmas with Tom, Amy and kids on Dec 23rd. Went to Marcia's Christmas Eve night and then opened gifts here Christmas morning. So we have been busy!! Both girls got a lot of nice things. Hannah got a big barbie house and Haydn got a rocking horse. Those are probably their biggest gifts.

Hannah's preschool

Hannah had a little program today at school, sang a few x-mas songs and then santa made a surprise visit! she told him she wants a butterfly and chalk! Not sure where that came from! She always wants something different each time.

Hannah & Santa

Took Hannah to get her picture with Santa today. She did way better than Haydn. Haydn is at the hard age, I don't think any child from 1-2 likes Santa! We went and saw Jolly Holiday lights last night. Great night to see them, wasn't busy at all. Also drove her by AIB, told her that is where I went to college, not sure if she understood or not!! Doing x-mas with Tom and Amy on Saturday here in DM. Hope the weather is good for them to travel. Can't believe Christmas is almost here. The month of Dec always flies by!! I hope all of you have a Merry Christmas!!

Santa visit

Here is Haydn's reaction to seeing Santa this year!!

Mt Ayr x-mas

We had Christmas in Mt Ayr this weekend. Anna Leigh flew home. The girls had a great time in Mt Ayr. We came back to Des Moines on Saturday and went to the Radio City Rockette's. It was a great show!! Was a fun mother-daughter night. Of course I forgot my camera in the car Sat night!! Kayren, Anna Leigh and I got matching outfits! How funny!! Years ago this would not be funny! But now it is!! Hannah, Stella and Haydn had a hard time telling us apart!!

High School Musical

Nov 21st we went to HSM!! Marcia, the girls and I went! Actually both girls had a great time. Haydn didn't sit still the whole time but would watch them skate for periods of time. She has heard the music so much that she too loves to dance!! Hannah was glued to the ice, she sang along to. I had as much fun as Hannah if not more!!

Warm Nov day

What a beautiful day outside today, hard to believe Thanksgiving is next week! I don't have any pictures to post of the girls! We are going to High School musical the Wed before thanksgiving! Hannah LOVES HSM!!! I am so excited for her!! Last year we went also but she didn't know too many of the disney movies they were performing! Anna Leigh is also coming back the beginning of Dec for an early x-mas. We are excited about that. We will be going to the Rockette's on Dec 8th! Looking forward to the show. I will post pictures after HSM!!!

Halloween 2007

The girls went trick-or-treating tonite. Haydn had a blast picking out candy. It was such a beautiful night for treat0or-treating. Hannah got to dress up today for preschool and even go trick-or-treating around the triangle in Waukee.

Okoboji weekend/nice fall weather

We had a great time in Okoboji this past weekend. All three grandkids did great during the photo session. We had all of our pictures outside, so excited to see the proofs! Hannah had a great time with Sam (she is almost 16), Sam straightened her hair Sat night and put lip gloss on her. Hannah loved it!! Today it was nice here in Waukee, so we headed up to the park, what might be the last nice day. Hard to believe Oct is almost over!! Hannah will be excited next week for Halloween! I hope beggers night is nice night for all the kids to be out!

Happy Tuesday!

Just another Tuesday in the Little household. Hannah had preschool today. A firefighter came to visit her class for fire safety month. So she thought that was cool!! Haydn is really starting to talk more in the last few weeks. She loves shoes as you can see from the picture below! Kind of thought she might not be a girly girl but she loves shoes and she likes purses!! So time will tell. We are going to Okoboji this weekend with Tom and family, Adam & family and Geoff. We are getting our pictures taken professionally, so will be a fun weekend. I am sure I will have pictures to post about our Okoboji trip!!

Circus

Marcia took the girls and I to the circus today! The girls did great, I think us adults enjoyed it as much as the girls!! Hannah enjoyed the elephants. The round metal ball had 7 different motorcycles in it at one time! I even thought that was quite amazing!! We had great seats, we sat in the 7th row! So could see things quite well.

Fun weekend

Mom and dad were up Saturday night. They stayed out by Jordan Creek. The pool area has a little baby pool so perfect for the girls to swim in! Was a beautiful weekend weather wise too! Walked around the lake at Jordan Creek mall too. Hannah and I also went to Beaverdale parade Saturday morning. Was a nice parade. Hannah came home with so much candy as she does every year. Haydn stayed home with Wes, she wasn't too fond of the Waukee homecoming parade on Thursday night so didn't think she would enjoy Saturday's parade.

Play-doh

Hannah wanted to play with her play-doh yesterday right when Haydn was waking up from her nap so I told her today while Haydn was napping that she could play with it, so of course she remembered!

Rainy Sept Day

As I sit here, it is raining outside. One day it is fall and the next day it is warm like summer again!! Got to love the beginning of fall. I have got out both girls fall clothes, but have kept a few summer outfits out for those warmer days. It is nice to see a different variety of clothing for them and me too. Even though Haydn's clothes are mostly hand me downs but that is fine too. I have been to a few garage sales this summer and have scored some cute 18 month clothes for her.

To reap the last few weeks for you. We have our fall festival here in Waukee this past weekend so went uptown and enjoyed some carnival rides, food and Hannah even made some crafts. Went to the parade on Sunday was a nice size parade. Homecoming is this coming weekend so there is another parade on Thurs nite and then this coming Sat, is Beaverdale Days. They have a BIG parade. Seriously Hannah comes home with SO much candy!! I hope Saturday morning is nice for the parade. Hannah is loving preschool! She wears her backpack around the house until it is time to leave! Glad she wants to go, rather than have to drag her kicking and screaming!! Would be fun to be a mouse in her room with 23 other 4 yr olds!!!

Haydn is going to be the son we never had! She is a climber. Climbs on the kitchen chairs and then on the table. Can get on the toilet and plays with the toothbrushes! LOVES to flush the toilet!! When she falls and bleeds she doesn't cry, on the other hand Hannah cries at the site of blood or even the thought she might bleed! Funny how they can be so different and be from the same family!!

Well I will try and post pictures next time, haven't taken any of them lately!!

Enjoy the cooler weather!!!

Hannah's big day!

Hannah started preschool today. She goes Tues, Thurs and Fri. She had a great time her first day. Loved snack time, played dress up and made a craft. I think she is going to have a great year of preschool and will make some new friends.

Hannah is 4!!

Hannah turned 4 today, hard to believe for me!! She had a wonderful birthday party here today. She got a lot of nice gifts, really girly girl gifts this year, a new basket for her bike, some clip on earrings, rings to name a few!! She is now VERY excited to start preschool. Now that she is 4 she thought she could go to school today!! She got a new elephant backpack to take to preschool so she is set!!

Fun weekend

The girls went to Mt Ayr last Wed (25th) I meet mom half way. Wes and I then went down Friday after work for the weekend. This was the first time that Haydn has stayed the night without mom or dad there! Wes and I were able to go out to eat supper, come back to an empty (clean) house!! I went shopping on thursday for Hannah's b-day decorations and some shopping even for myself! Was a nice couple of days!! I know the girls had a good time in Mt Ayr too. Here are some pictures........

Zoo

Took the girls to the Blank Park Zoo today. We have a membership pass so try to get there as much as possible. Hannah really likes the petting zoo and her favorite animal is billy goats. Haydn enjoys all the animals too. You wonder what she is thinking when she see them?!

Haydn

Here are a couple recent pictures of Haydn. Eliott was in town this past weekend so we got to see him. He is walking, Haydn will pick on him at times. I guess she is use to being the one picked on, so wants to share the love!! She likes to sit in her activity table, she thinks it is a chair. She was eating a snack and watching a cartoon in this picture.

Anna Leigh and Patrick had a beautiful wedding!! The weather wasn't too hot. Hannah enjoyed her first plane ride!! She had a great time in North Carolina! The whole weekend just went to fast. Here are a few pictures from the trip!