Update on the Girls!

Hannah loved their new elementary school and will go into the second grade in the fall. She loves to read and is very good at math and art...she is wicked smart like her Dad and the conversations they have together are over my head most of the time!

This summer she is playing soccer for the first time and I haven't laughed so hard in a long time! She dances on the field more than she chases the ball! She has a great kick when she notices that the ball is coming her way, but she's usually too busy striking a pose to keep track of where the ball is! I love her spirit and silliness as well as her tender heart!

She still loves to entertain and is asking to take a dance class in the fall. Her favorite things are barbies, horses and more horses. It's too bad we don't have a horse and probably won't for a very long time if ever, but she dreams of riding one someday! She is a natural with all of the neighborhood pets and they all like her. She has been asked to care for a few of the neighboring dogs while their families travel and she is loving it!

Eight years old she will turn this summer and it truly seems like yesterday that we brought her home and I started crying on the way home from the hospital because I didn't know how I would leave her to go back to work. Poor Dana, I'm sure he was wondering what he had gotten himself into!

Hailey also loves their new school and she will be entering the first grade in the fall. She loves art and recess! Just like me. Oh and she loves science. She always want to do an experiment or make a "potion". She is a nurturer to the core and loves all of the babies in our community. I've noticed she's been giving me lots of extra hugs and kisses since her Daddy left for Missouri, just warms my heart because I know she's doing that for me not because she needs extras right now!

The other day she told me that she is ready to babysit... she's old enough now you know, she's six! And a half! She just lost her first tooth two days ago and thankfully she happened to be at the dentist for a check-up with a really loose tooth and he just quick numbed it and plucked it right out! I almost did a happy dance I was so excited that I didn't have to pull it! Not one of my favorite jobs. That night the toothfairy came, she is completely fascinated with the thought of pixie/fairies being in the woods behind our home, anyways there was fairy/pixie dust on the dollar and she was sooo excited. Now she talks with a slight lisp... so cute!

Hailey is a collector of many things....rocks, paper scraps, anything from the garbage or recycling bin that she can use to make something. That can be gross sometimes, but she says she want to "invent" things and oh does she!

As for her collections, one night recently I went to tuck her into bed and happened to feel something under her pillow and found a stash of tootsie rolls and lollipops under there, along with quite a few empty wrappers from consumption! She must have been sneaking them out of the kitchen one at a time and hiding them upstairs. She's sneaky like that ... plotting and planning always!

Two silly sisters who are the best of friends... most of the time! I am so proud of them both and couldn't have received two better gifts from God!