The world through the eyes of a three-year-old.

Bam-bam-bam-bam! Lately I feel a little hand pounding on my mattress to wake me in the morning and then I hear a tiny whisper, "Don't worry Mommy, it's not a monster -- it's just Hailey."

She barged into the bathroom this morning while Brandon was getting out of the shower. He closed the shower curtain to finish drying off and Hailey asked him why.
"Because I need my privacy," he said.
"You should probably lock the door, Dad."
"You're right. I thought that Mommy might need to come in though."
"Well, people might want to talk to you."
"People like Hailey?"
"Yep."

She continues to astound us with profound insights like, "Sometimes people need to talk to each other." I wish I could remember the world as a three year old. They know just enough about what is going on to have a simplified perspective. Hailey likes to utilize what she does know and then fill in the gaps with whatever she feels like. It makes for some funny conversations. Like last night at dinner she informed us, "Scenes and beans come on Fridays."
"Oh really?" I commented.
"Yes, and sometimes Wednesdays forever."
"Hmph. Interesting."

I just laught listening to kids conversations sometimes. I over heard Hailey chatting with her friend Scotty the other day. He asked her, "Can you make a boy voice?"
"No," she answered, "I only have a girl voice." Sometimes I find myself envying their uncomplicated world.

She seems to be getting a grasp for how meetings work as well. Brandon was leaving for an Elder's quorum meeting tonight and she said, "Bye, you'll be back in a month!" Spoken like a true Latter-Day Saint!

Well, I had my turn with Tanner calling my name, now it's Dad's turn. All day long (and the past few) he's been saying, "ada da da da." It's pretty cute to see how pleased he is with himself when he realizes how affective calling for "Da-da" or "Ma-ma" can be. He has become quite chatty and he's cut two teeth. One on top and one on bottom -- way to go Tanner!

funny talk

Hailey has a couple of princess dolls that have seen better days. One is missing both her arms and the smaller of the two is missing both her legs (lucky for her she has a long, stiff dress so she can sort of get away with it). I want to make them "disappear" but she still likes to play with them. Yesterday I heard her playing with them in this way:

Smaller legless doll: "Mommy, will you hold me? I don't have any legs to stand on."
Larger armless doll: "No, I'm sorry honey. I don't have any arms to hold you with."
Smaller legless doll: "oooohwa."

Don't worry. Christmas is coming and those dolls will soon have a happy place in toy heaven.


Hailey makes us laugh on a regular basis. Here are some some recent quotes:

"Don't worry horsies. It will rain in a couple minutes and you can have a nice shower!"

"Don't leave me while I'm sleeping, Mom, because that would make me especially sad."

"Do you want to listen to my tummy? It's saying 'FEED ME! FEED ME!'"

Believe it or not, Tanner has been saying something that brings a smile to my face too! Just before his 6 month mark he started saying, "mmom" when he was ready to be picked up. He did it consistently for a couple weeks then stopped just in time to go see family for Thanksgiving. Well, now almost 7 months old, he's picked it up again. We were sitting in chruch today and Brandon was holding Tanner. Tanner took a look at me, said, "Mmom," and leaned over for me. Dada is a little bummed, but it melts my heart every time! Here is an old video to prove it:

I told Hailey we were going to do a photo shoot. She picked all her poses. She just kept moving and I kept clicking.