Hallie's Special Day

On the 8th of this month Hallie turned three. She has officially left her babyhood behind. She is all grown up or at least she thinks so. She and I had a wonderful day. We dropped Reagan off at pre-school and went to the mall where we made an appointment to have her picture taken. We were then off to Pottery Barn Kids (a favorite place to play) until the time of our appointment. We found lots that we liked, but nothing that we needed, so we returned to the photographers happy and with enough money in our pockets to go to Build a Bear after Hallie's photo session.

She chose a cute little horse that neighs and then we proceeded to buy it a ballet outfit, complete with shoes and bows for it's ears. Hallie's favorite part was the box that it came home in. (She calls it her horse's home.) After our adventure in the mall we went to pick up Reagan from preschool and then were off to lunch at chick-fil-la (they have the cleanest play area). We played and played until all three of us were tired, then it was time to go home for what I hoped would be a short nap, Hallie had other ideas.

Instead we headed to the store to buy wrapping paper and a big balloon in the shape of a piece of cake. (Hallie still has the balloon 9 days later.) We had a dinner of Tacos and then Hallie helped me make cupcakes. The pink frosting and sprinkles was Hallie's favorite part. She loved all of her presents and cards, but her favorite gift was a pink and blue ride in car. Mark spent all night putting it together. It was the perfect combination of girly pink and it allowed her to be a true princess. You see she gets pushed all around in it, making her feel like the princess she is.

I love this picture. It shows Hallie really concentrating. Mark uses his tongue the same way when he is using all his brain power to think. So cute!