What we don't know

Hadley has been sleeping with a mini flashlight at night, a few months ago she mentioned she was scared of the things in her room at night.."In the dark they look like other things and they are scary." Her exact words. So she turns on the mini flashlight and then turns it off when she is ready to sleep (the fear of the battery wearing out gets her to turn it off!).
So tonight I was putting her to bed and she called me back in and said "I can make a bunny" My response.."What?" Next thing I know I am being entertained by her shadow puppet show. She made me a bunny and dinosaur and then looked at me and said, "This is what I do while you are watching TV."
And this whole time I thought the mini flashlight was for the fear of the dark! At least she turns it off and goes to bed eventually!!

Sales Champ in the Making

Hadley is learning to read at school. She has learned the words: the, see, and my. So she practices writing them so she remembers them. The other morning she was writing the words on a sheet of paper:
H: I am going to write the words on lot of pieces and take them to my friends at school. If they don't know the words I can sell these to them for $50.
M: Wow, that is a lot of money.
H: Well, okay how about $7. But if they don't have it then it is $70.

Looks like Hadley will make her money selling homework!

Soccer Champ

Hadley started soccer in September (I know took me a long time to finally post about it) She is playing for the Iowa City Kickers! She loves it. The first practice she was a little shy but as soon as they started kicking the ball around she was off and running! She has had a few games and loves them! She is a bit aggressive. At one game she kept using her hand to push the other team away and one time she actually pushed a kid down (somehow the coach/ref's didn't see!) When I asked her later why she did that all she said was, "Mom..I wanted that ball." Needless to say she took after her Daddy in athletics and not Mommy. Here are some pics: