Wedding Crashers

Claire and Hayden were the flower girl and ring bearer in my cousin's wedding this weekend. Claire had been prepping for the event for weeks. She practiced with Barbies, watched You Tube videos of flower girls, and we held several mock weddings in the yard. The morning of the wedding, she woke up at 5 a.m. and said, "Is it time to put my dress on?" She had the time of her life and is already looking forward to her next wedding.

Hayden wasn't quite as enthusiastic as Claire (to be fair, no one was as enthusiastic as Claire), but he did his job, looked adorable, and probably consumed about 5 lbs. of candy, so it might well have been the happiest day of his life.

The dapper duo
 
The whole family
 
Not sure what Hayden is doing, but that boy has some impressive moves
 
Claire with Mr. & Mrs. Brawn
 

Happy Birthday, Hayden!

...and thanks again for being born on the 7th rather than the 8th. I really didn't want to have a Thomas the Train birthday party this year.

This was the first year that Hayden really understood what a birthday is. He woke up at about 11 o'clock the night before, wandered downstairs, and said, "Is it time to blow out my candles?" He had a small party with a few of his friends on Friday, followed by more presents than any one child needs. Sounds like a good day to me!

 

Fishin' (whistle the Andy Griffith theme here)

Grumps and Hayden patiently settle in for their first bite.
 
And two minutes later...Hayden's first fish! Hours later, he was already telling fish stories like he'd caught some kind of trophy fish.
 
Claire and Papa came so close to catching a fish, but the fish bailed on them. Surely Hayden throwing sticks and rocks into the water had nothing to do with that.
 
Reid thought the whole experience was exhilirating.
 

Reid's first haircut

He turned into a big boy in like 5 minutes flat. Waaaahhh.

Before
 
During
 
Well? How do we look?
 
Ta-da!