first face painting

haley got her first face painting today (a pink bunny) and she did GREAT sitting very still for the 5 minutes it took!  the lady even gave her the bonus of the stars & hearts since she sat so still and took her picture afterwards.  haley was tickled pink (just like the bunny!)

she was sitting on my lap during the painting and it was so funny -- she told the lady she wanted a bunny, then she decided she wanted it pink with sparkles in the course of their conversation. it was so cute to see her make decisions!  she's doing that at restaurants too.  big girl!!

some of the black outline got smeared on the drive home, but you can get the idea.

piggy bank purchases

we took the $ out of haley's piggy bank and told her she could buy something with it. 
her first choice was a princess umbrella, since her friend at school had his own umbrella.  so, we went to the disney store to see if they had any.  they were all out, and she saw a little minnie mouse that she fell in love with.  minnie's shoes match haley's pink dressy shoes to a T (which she was wearing when we were at the mall).   we went and found a princess umbrella this  morning.  with both purchases, we made a big deal of the fact that she was using the $ she saved in her bank, and let her pay and put the change in her own pocket.  the clerk at the disney store made a big deal out of it too and gave haley a high-five.  so, it was fun. 

here are the pics of her showing off her purchases.  i guess rubber boots are next!

 

This pic is not related to her piggy bank but she was totally posing before school friday, so i had to add it!  i have no idea where she gets her poses from!

 

cherry blossoms 2013

We took the afternoon off and headed to DC to see the cherry blossoms.  it was haley's first subway ride, and she was tickled pink the whole way there (~40 mins)!  (not so much on the way back.... -- was crowded and she was very tired!)

she could have cared less about the cherry blossoms but was totally interested in having a popsicle (which we could not find so had to settle for a 'cherry ice' cup).  we did manage to get a few pictures but most were of her frowning like the first one below....

 

easter 2013

posing in her pretty easter dress from r&k!!

easter package from G&G

snuggling with her "fluffy"!

easter package from G&P & Cats

at the park with henry

weather was beautiful this weekend so we hung out with henry at the park.

Reston Zoo Easter Egg Hunt

We went to Reston Zoo for an easter egg hunt in March.  it was our first time at reston zoo -- LOVED it, and haley had fun at the hunt.  it was QUITE cold, which was the only downside. but luckily i had an extra scarf & hat for her. the absolute highlight for her was getting to feed the piggies a bottle.  (we tried to give it to the lambs & goats but they would not take it!) 

that's as close as she would get to the babies (and all others except the piggies!)

who knew roos slept on their backs??

we got to see the tortise walking!

feeding the piggies a bottle

hoarding eggs!

feeding the piggies a bottle again