Hay Hay

Haylee 1st grade picture

Haylee has been printing her name on her assignments at school as "Hay Hay"... She's so cute! Well my cute hubby is off to Mesa for a continuing education class.. so what else would I be doing besides blogging! (I hate when he is gone!) I have been meaning to write my feeling about my sweet Haylee. I remember when she was my first and only child. We had so much fun together, just the two of us. We were like best friends. I still love being with her and we still always talk, but those are sweet memories! I am so thankful to have Haylee in our family! I love her beautful hair and cute freckles! Our family wouldn't be the same without her. She is such a big help with her sisters. She is learning so fast and is so much like Wayne (no wonder I love her so much!) There have been a couple things lately that have happened with her that I want to remember...

The other day Hay came home from school and our routine was pretty normal coming back from the bus stop:

Me: "How was your day"

Hay: "Good"

Me: "Who did you play with" (a question I ask about every day"

Hay: Anna, Taylor, Kenon (I had her the first two names but not the 3rd)

Me: "Is Kenon a boy or girl"

Hay: "A boy"

Me: (curious) "What did you guys do?"

Hay: "Just walked around and played on the swings... Kenon is a boy in my class. His mom came in to class and told us he learned to read when he was little, but he can't talk very well. He is different, so I wanted to play with him!"

Ok.. I about cried! I was so proud. I know that might now seem like a big deal to anyone else, but I thought it was awesome! One thing I definately want to teach my kids is to be nice to EVERYONE and treat them all nice! It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks of you, as long as you are doing what's right!

Our other experience was a little different. It was right before bedtime, Hay had just finished brushing her teeth. She came in to talk to me and said:

Hay: "Mom, someone at school said I don't brush me teeth good enough"

Me: (trying not to be mad) "what? who said that? why?"

Hay: ____ (I won't write her name)

She tries to tell me more and then starts SOBBING!! I couldn't stand it! I just held her in my arms and got teary eyed and waited until she could talk. She has a cavity in middle of her two front teeth, so I thought maybe that was why they said something. So again I asked...

Me: "why did they say that?"

Hay: "because of my silver teeth. She said if her mom told her that if she doesn't brush good enough she will have to get these" (Haylee has been proud of her silver teeth up until this point. He dentist calls them her princess teeth)

I told Haylee that she is beautiful no matter what anyone else says and that her silver teeth are so cute! I tried to make her understand it doesn't matter what other people think. Again this might not seem like a big deal, but it was my first experience with some one making fun on my girl! My heart hurt in a whole new spot! I hated to see her so upset and heartbroken. I was so glad she would come talk to me. I told her to tell the girl if they ever say anything again to tell them that her mom would bust them up! (I know not the best idea, but that's what I felt like!) She felt better once we talked and hasn't had any problems since, but wow.. I am in for a wakeup call when I have 3 teenage girls!! I love them all and I'm lucky to be their mom!!