Busy Busy Busy!

Well it looks like I really suck at keeping up with my blog, that's probably why I stopped writing in a journal when I was a kid. Anyway, the rest of the summer was fun but really busy. Classes ended two weeks before Amber and Mark's wedding and there were still things to get ready for that as well as get things organized before I started my co-op job at the Canada Revenue Agency (as an Assistant Research Specialist! I hope I live up to the title, lol). The pic on top is a shot I finally got of Hailey with a barrett in her hair! It's surprising that she 1) let me put something in her hair and 2) didn't rip it out before I was able to take a picture! Her hair is growing, but sadly still not enough for a pony or pigtails :(

We managed to cram in as much as we could in the week before I started to work full-time. Hailey saw the beach for the first time when we took her to Port Stanley. As you can see in the picture she was a little surprised by the amount of water! She loved it though and we played in the sand, but thought that next time we should remember her sand box toys. She ran through the water a little bit and thought that was pretty funny, but it wasn't too warm that day (about 20C) so we didn't let her go in past her knees.

Hailey and I went with Lindsey and Olivia to the Children's Museum here in London. It was pretty cute and there were lots of different rooms that they saw, but it did seem to be for older kids (under 2 yrs old is free for a reason I think!). They had fun in the sand boxes and Hailey had fun pretending to ride the snowmobile and pushed a mini shopping cart around (there are a lot of different exhibits if you're wondering why those two things have nothing to do with each other, lol). Sorry no pics of that b/c I forgot my camera!

One of the last day trips was to Storybook Gardens. We went on Labour Day weekend which we knew would be busy but we were running out of time to go and the weather was awesome that day. Here's some pics....

Hailey was pretty anxious to get into the park!

With daddy in the mist!

Playing in the sandbox!

Next week we're going to Oshawa for a combined b-day party for Olivia, Sarah, and Natalie (our nieces).

Found the camera!

Well after wondering if we'd lost our camera forever (but not really looking very hard) Hailey found it this afternoon in a gift bag! I forgot the memory card on it was full so I'm sending off a bunch of pics to Costco so I can finally free up some room on it. Hailey has really been growing lately and we definately need to get some new pics.

School is really busy right now and I have two co-op interviews next week. If I get one of the jobs it would mean that I would be working full-time for a semester instead of going back to school! I think this would be great for our family and I'm hoping for the best!

Tomorrow I have a field trip to go to in Toronto. Our children's materials class will be visiting two special collections libraries for children - maybe I'll be able to take a few pics! I'll most likey end up buying something for Hailey as it always seems to happen when I go anywhere :) Mike has the day off so he can look after her and spend some quality time together. Our home daycare provider has taken the week off for holidays so today my sister Ashley came to look after Hailey in the morning while I was in class. It's great that we have family close by that can help us out!

Here are some pics of Hailey in her robe that is still a little big for her. She loves cuddling in it after her bath while she gets a story read to her!