Hayden update

I started to notice that I post all about Reid because he is changing so much!  Hayden is also changing and I am really liking the 4 year old phase.  Hayden continues to have an awesome imagination which I LOVE.  She can literally entertain herself all day long playing little story plots.  She still prefers to play with other kids her age, but does a great job playing by herself too. One of her favorite shows on PBS is Design Squad, I never really watch it with her, but I think they build things a lot.  So anytime we are making anything she pretends to be hosting the show and will say, "Today on Design Squad, my mom and I am making cookies, can you give us the directions mom?" or something like that, it's too cute!

This is an example of her creativity, she took the tie from my yoga mat and made a clothing line and was "drying" her wet clothes!  And on the left she was setting up a special surprise birthday party for me.  Every time I entered the room she'd say, "don't look!"

She also loves when I take the time to go through my old childhood things and let her play with them.  She inherited this Disney set last night :)  She is awesome at showing her enthusiasm and was too cute telling me how much she loved this "special surprise"

This summer we have been swimming a lot, going to 6 flags, white water, and playing in our own backyard.

I've also been trying to let her go on pinterest and pick some crafts she'd like to do.  This was one of our creations:

And since dad works from home 3 days a week now, I can take Hayden with me and have mommy daughter dates while Reid naps.  Hayden came visiting teaching with me and was so good so we went to McDonald's for some ice cream.  I haven't been there forever and I have to say it was delicious!

Hayden seriously loves to spend time with Reid and gets him giggling and smiling every time she walks in the room.  I can already tell he is going to admire her and want to play with her each day.

One of the girls in our ward works at the gym childcare room and she told me how sweet Hayden is to all the kids there.  If someone is missing their mom Hayden will go right up to them and get them involved in her game and cheer them up. She also told me how she is the leader of all the games, all the kids follow her around.  I am NOT a leader at all, so this must all be from Paul.  Paul told me one day he went to pick her up from the playroom and all the kids following behind her as they marched around the room and when Hayden saw Paul she ran over and the kids looked around at each other like, "now what are we going to do?"

I love my social little butterfly!