Hanging with Haylie

Lauren has had so much fun playing with her best friend Haylie in recent weeks. Here's a recap of their shenanigans:

After an afternoon of playing, the girls double-tub it. They had too much fun playing with the bath crayons from Stephanie!



Pre-bath, Lauren and Haylie hang out in Lauren's "castle" from Aunt Beth and Uncle David. She loves to read books in there. Her own little book nook!

Lauren Shows Haylie the Fishing Ropes

Lauren's very first bass! Daddy tried his best to get her to hold it by the lips, but she wasn't so sure about that...

Fishing again with Daddy, Jamie, Stephanie, Haylie, and Bill and his step-grandkids.

Stephanie helps Haylie hold up one of her first catches.

Saturday Sillies

Jamie brought Haylie by a couple weekends ago. We decided to take the girls out for an icecream treat to beat the heat. Lauren got most of the way through her chocolate icecream cone before Daddy took a taste and realized it tasted AWFUL. The DQ guy said, "Oh. I must have a bad valve. I can give you another cone in vanilla"....seriously?! She ate most of her second cone too, sharing with Haylie (Daddy test-tasted first, of course!). She did mention later that her first cone was "horbibble" but that she got a new one that was much better. :)

Yeah. not so sure this tastes right, Mommy.

Jamie and Haylie enjoy her baby cone-- fortunately vanilla so no bad ice cream for Haylie!

The girls coloring. They actually share pretty well together.

Best of Friends

Haylie carries around photos of Lauren. She'll even kiss the photos when asked, and considers this play time. If only we lived a tad closer so they wouldn't have to "pretend play" with each other, right?? We miss our time with the Crunkletons and are so happy we've had a chance to hang out more lately.