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These pictures were all taken on St. Patrick’s day. Hallie kept changing her clothes and it was hard to keep green on her all day. In the evening we went to a chili cook off for our apartment complex and at that point Hallie was in her 4th outfit of the day.
On Sunday Warren, Allison, and Danielle came over to finish off celebrating Berret’s birthday. As always the girls had a blast together and went completely crazy.
Berret got to play with his new helicopter his parents gave him.
Then it was time for cake and ice cream. Hallie now calls fire “happy birthday,” after both of Berret’s celebrations.
As I mentioned in the my book store post we had Scott and Erica over for an Irish feast. We had corned beef and cabbage, boxty, spinach salad, and then some Thomas Kemper. We stuffed ourselves and then watched a movie which I think only the guys stayed awake for.
Our boxty was green because I blended up a ton of spinach in the milk I used for the mashed potato part of the recipe. On the right Hallie was brushing Erica’s pretty long hair that she recently got done by the amazing Liz.
Berret needed to look at something at Barnes & Noble today. While Berret did his thing Hallie and I hung out in the kids section. Hallie was in heaven, she looked at so many fun books.
When Berret was done we wandered over to the other side of the kid section and found a train table. I don’t think it could have gotten much better for Hals.
When we were leaving the mall Hallie saw a girl with the shoes that have hidden wheels for gliding around. She was amazed by this and it was so funny to watch her try and glide like that girl.
The rest of today was pretty awesome too. Got lots done in the morning and we were able to jog to the park before Hallie’s nap. In the evening we got to have an early St. Patty’s celebration with Scott and Erica, and we always have fun with them.
I didn’t babysit today so we did a few things different. Hallie got up early enough to see Berret leave. I think she gets up as soon as possible some mornings just to see Berret even though she is still tired and not ready to function. Today she was pretty tired after she got up so she relaxed to Nemo on our bed while she ate her toast. Hallie doesn’t usually get to watch stuff in there since Ashlynne sleeps in the room. This picture below cracks me up with how her legs are crossed. She must have it rough and just has to let go and relax once in awhile 
Later in the day while Hallie napped I got to work on a little sewing project repurposing an old sweater(more on that in another post). Hallie got up from her nap before I finished. I showed her what I was doing and she thought it was so cool. I got her a chair to sit and watch and she just loved it. We sang made up songs and she ate hop hops while I sewed. I really love the stage Hallie is in right now. She is so interested in everything but she listens still. She didn’t go crazy grabbing things while I sewed. I explained stuff to her and what was and wasn’t ok to touch and she obeyed. She is such a good girl, I am very lucky.
When Berret got home something really special happened. It was nice enough to jog to the park! It was so nice to breathe fresh air and run free instead being stuck on a treadmill in the stuffy gym. Hallie really enjoyed the park, she needed to get out and just run around. She has grown a lot since the last time we went to the park; she now uses steps upright without grabbing the rails.
Hallie has the cutest smile in the second picture of the second row.
