Preschool

On Feb. 22, Hailey started in the Preschool class at the YMCA. They said she was more then ready to move up, which was great to hear but it still made me a little sad that she is growing up SO fast. We also increased her attendance from 2 days a week to 3 days a week so she can get used to being in a school environment. She is enjoying her new teachers, but I think the thing she likes the most is the new playground which includes multiple puddles to play in! We figured out quickly to send rubber boots to school for when they go outside!

Hailey is learning a lot and recently counted to 10. She isn't consistent with counting all the way to 10 each time, but we are working on it. She is really in to singing and loves to sing the Barney song, Jingle Bells, Going on a Bear Hunt, Twinkle Twinkle and Old MacDonald.

She also knows her whole name, our full names and where we work. It's SO cute to hear her say "Washington State Patrol!"

Silly girl

This is what a blue lollipop does...

Cousins

This is a cute picture of my niece Ashley, nephew Lincoln and Hailey!

Pacific Science Center

Last month we went to Seattle to visit the Seattle Science Center. Jeff and I hadn't been there in forever, so we weren't too sure how much there was going to be for Hailey to do. We were surprised to find that there was a whole toddler area with cool water toys to play with and a little music room. They also had a reptile area and a dinosaur section, which Hailey was afraid of :-) The neatest area was the butterfly room, which was SO hot, but there were butterflies everywhere and Hailey loved it. She kept sticking her finger out so the butterflies could land on it, but they didn't want to.

Boulevard Park

Even though it's been cold, we still like to get out of the house to do things. So we bundled up and went to the beach. The tide was in so there weren't any crabs to be found, but Hailey had fun throwing rocks and shells in to the water and digging around in a tree stump. After the beach, we walked down to Woods coffee for some hot chocolate and to play on the playground. We also got to watch a train go by, which Hailey thought was really cool.

Zoo fun

We renewed our Zoo membership during our most recent visit to the zoo. Hailey has so much fun checking out all the animals, that it only makes sense. Even though it was a cold day, we saw lots of animals. The best were the gorillas who were very playful. The baby gorilla was being very playful with it's mama and it was really cute to see their interactions. Hailey was concerned because the gorilla's didn't have shirts on :-)

Fun with John and Marka

My Uncle John and Aunt Marka stopped by for a visit on their way home from Canada. They hadn't seen Hailey since she turned one, so I was excited for them to see how much she has changed. Hailey took to John and Marka quickly, and enjoyed telling them stories and dressing them up. Hailey also got to show them the deer that walk through the back yard. Thanks for the visit!

Dress up

Hailey got a dress up box filled with princess dresses for Christmas from Papa Mac. She loves to pull everything out of the box and pile as much of the stuff on as she can...today she was really interested in the hats. She is such a little ham for the camera.

Police Ball 2010

This is the picture from the Police Ball in December. The quality of the picture is awful in person (we got a refund), but I'm sad because we forgot our camera at home that night, so this is the only picture we have of that night. SAD!

Hanging out