Pictures taken by the Hazel

Many, many self portraits.

Most are pretty washed out, but dang, they are hilarious.

Oh, random Trixie shot.
She gets those chins from her mama.

Preparing for when the aliens attack. (I would have said zombies, but the aliens have those bright lights that wash you out)
Hopefully, when she is older she will wash her face before taking the millions of self portraits.
Good thing we have digital cameras. I think I deleted fifty shots out of the 75 that she took. That would get pricey pretty quick with film and developing.

Hawaii 2010!

Yeah! We went back to Hawaii and had a lovely time. We did a whole lot of nothing and it was perfect. And we wore a lot of sunscreen (this family shot is from the end of the week).

Hazel wanted to be a mermaid.
She does not love the ocean. Which makes me sad, and Geoff really sad. But she got a couple of rides in (see the bottom of this post).
She does, however, love the indoor play land.
Ahhh...cute.
Hazel riding on Geoff's back on the boogie board.

Misc. December-February

The zoo pass is back in active status! Woo! I still love the zoo, even though they are ridiculous. Watch for more zoo pictures in the future.

Christie, Shauntil, Jenni and I went on a quick trip to Lava Hot Springs for Christie's birthday. We also made a quick stop at Smith & Edwards (it was gun auction day!) and we stopped at Maddox Steak House which had crazy-delicious raspberry butter. mmmm.....raspberry butter. It was the only good food of the weekend, LHS is not really a foodie town. But, the hot springs were fantastic. (no pictures of those, however, just this one crazy shot at Smith & Edward's)
Not in order, but we celebrated mine and Michelle's birthdays at Kyoto. It was delicious and a lot of fun. Hazel took this lovely picture of me and Geoff. Man, I look tired. I probably was and still am tired.

Hazel with her Tutu and Auntie Michelle.

I wish I had more pictures of this! Hazel's monkey went on a sleepover at the library. Those animals had all kinds of adventures! They ordered pizza, rode the elevator, read a lot of books, played on the copy machine, etc. The pictures were very cute. You can tell the librarians had a lot of fun with it. We will definitely do it next year!
Another shot of the face painting (see one of my earlier today entries) PS I suck at this. I will not be quitting my day job to be a full-time blogger.
I love how angry Hazel looks. The eyebrows/antlers just add to the angry face.
The end. Two more posts to go. One on Hawaii and one of pictures that Hazel took.

Caught up.

Ack! The cuteness that is my child. Mismatched clothing, sitting in a laundry basket and "reading" The Witches by Roald Dahl. While her reading has progressed by leaps and bounds, she is not quite to the this reading level yet.

Showing off her braids (like Pippi!)
I don't know if Pippi would walk like an Egyptian, but this does combine two of Hazel's current loves.
Oh, and our washer clogged. It was foul and horrible and I am so glad I was doing night laundry instead of the normal day laundry, Geoff was strong and capable and is a lot less gagging about stink water than I am.
Trixie is still a much loved part of the family. She snuggles up to Hazel every night.
The end!

Maybe now that I am not so overwhelmed with work, I can stay a little more caught up (ha!). Or, I could work on my taxes, double-ha!

Hazel's 5th Birthday Party!!

Can you believe my baby is five! FIVE!!!

Hazel wanted a sledding birthday party and she wanted it at Liberty Park. And I am an indulgent mother. However, the weather was not looking good. It was bitter, bitter cold and we were not having reliable snowfall. I was getting a bit worried, but not Hazel. She was sure that we would have a perfect sledding party.

Hazel picked out all the food for the party, including hot cocoa and hot cider. We also had hand warmers and I made fleece hats as party favors. And then didn't take a picture of them. DOH! I made 32 hats. THIRTY-TWO! The hats were quick, the pompoms took forever (thanks to Jenni and Christie, they were finished late on New Year's Eve.). We also had a fire to warm ourselves. But, there was still the worry of not enough snow.

I never should have doubted the Hazel. We had a big snowstorm just before her birthday and then the big day came it was sunny and (slightly) warmer and a beautiful day for a sledding party*.

Hazel decorated these cupcakes.
And helped with these (I also played a part). The Anne and Mom cupcake are so we didn't have to celebrate the grown-up birthday separately. :)
Sledding was awesome!
We had a fairly large turnout and blue, blue skies!

Hazel pronounced it her "best birthday ever!!!"

*Our friends were at dinner with some other friends and another couple at the dinner party mentioned some crazy gringos having a party in the park, "everything cake, balloons, food, don't they know it is winter??" They were happy to report that they were part of those crazy gringos!

The rest of 2010

I am very slow with updating. It has been busy.

Hazel has been busy wearing awesome outfits.
And shoveling the walks.

And we made some really awesome turkeys for the Thanksgiving (we didn't have a lot of guests, thus only four turkeys).
Oh, and we went back to Hawaii. Hazel got to participate in the keiki hula show and now wants to take hula lessons.
And she fell asleep while we were prepping to go to the airport. (Yes, I only have TWO pictures from a week in Hawaii. There are more on the other camera that is currently MIA.)
Face painting. Hazel painted Geoff's face.
And then it was Christmas. Santa brought Hazel, Jenni and I matching Turbie Twists. Which are totally awesome.
Cute cousins.
Bonnie made us these bonnets (that transform into aprons!!) for our Little House expedition this summer.
Jenni was totally jealous (and oblivious to the horde of Wild(e) reindeer about to attack her)
Hazel got this awesome Egypt box for Christmas. It is very cool and much loved.
And there you go. I have pics from 2011 to put up shortly.