Haley gets SO excited about this dance each year (Jed loves it too). He picked up some pink tulips and a singing princess card for Haley and they left hand in hand for the dance.

Jed said that this year they didn't meet up with any friends till after the dance (although he mentioned tons of girls from school and dance stopped by to say hello) and it was sweet to just focus on dancing and spending time with Haley. In a world where it is hard to turn off all your gadgets and just engage with people, especially your daughter, I love that so many men take time to spend with their girls. It is such an essential bond and sets the pattern for what they expect in a gentleman who wants to pursue them one day. Set your sights high Haley....your Dad is a wonderful example of the kind of man I pray you meet one day:)

I can't believe my baby girl is SIX! How did this happen? Where did the time go?

I couldn't be any more proud of our precious six year old daughter. Haley has had a wonderful year at Kindergarten making sweet friends and despite some attitude here and there has been making great choices to excel at school. Her awesome teacher even called today to wish her a Happy Birthday since we didn't get to go to school and celebrate due to all the ice and snow in Frisco.

She has a joyful heart, a kind spirit and passion for life. She LOVES school and especially LOVES all her new friends. She is reading, doing math, enjoying research and growing in every way. Even though she is one of the smallest kids in the class, she'll grow taller one of these days, she has such a huge heart for others. One of my favorite moments was when the teacher mentioned that she prayed for another girl that was having a hard day:) She still loves dance, music and art. She is quite the perfectionist and we are learning how to move through life together even when things can't be just the way she wants.

We love you Haley Ann Roseberry and praise God for another fabulous year with you as our daughter. God knew exactly what He was doing when he gave you to us. I see so much of myself in you and am so thankful to have the opportunity to love a daughter the way my mother loved me. Here's to many amazing years ahead.

This weekend we celebrated Haley's upcoming 6th Birthday with an art party. We had so much fun. Thanks to an amazing Gigi...we had a canvas outlined with each girl's initial and some flowers with a border taped off. Each girl arrived and found a personalized apron with coordinating artist's beret to wear. After a quick lesson on mixing paint colors (from the amazing Gigi again) each girl (and little brother of course) painted her own canvas.

It was so precious to see what each girl would select. I will say there was TONS of pink at this painting party:) We had to let the art dry a bit (sweet friend Amy helped the process along with a blow dryer) while Dad read, "Ain't Gonna Paint No More (twice while we stalled). The girls also made coffee filter butterflies which turned out precious.

Then, we took off the tape and reapplied it over the painting so that the girls could paint a striped border around the edges. They turned out so precious. Everyone had so much fun creating their own masterpiece. While Gigi and Dad put some finishing outlines on the paintings to add definition the girls created some valentines. So much FUN!

I am so thankful for all the moms, grandparents and friends who made this art party such a success. I LOVE planning parties and can't wait to get my next one underway.

Oh, and the food was artistically delicious....crayons (fruit kabobs), paint (cake balls), brushes (chocolate covered pretzels) and other colorful goodies.

Haley finished her project (100 objects and displayed in a fun way) on Sunday and since it was still hot outside the kids are in short sleeves...which is totally crazy since we haven't gotten above 25 since Tuesday.

Anyway, this is Haley's first school project and I thought it turned out so precious. She glued 100 pom pom balls onto foam board cut in the shape of a heart (thanks to dad)!

I love watching her work. She is such a perfectionist. I, on the other hand, am not. I would have just thrown the glue and balls onto the board as fast as I could so I could go do something else. Not Haley. She carefully counted and placed each ball exactly where she wanted it.

I always want to remember how careful she is with things and how much purpose she finds in every task. Even though she can really frustrate herself if she can't do something as good as she wants, she sometimes wants to quit, she generally pushes through and finishes with flying colors.

I love your creativity Haley and hope that you continue to explore it more and more as the years unfold.

Today the roads looked like an ice skating rink so school was closed and we played all day. We started out with play doh, transformed the entire living room into a tent then spent some time working on an art project. We are topping the night off with a movie. Perfect snow day!

This is Haley's first canvas to paint and hang in the house. We got the idea from another blogger (http://meetthedubiens.blogspot.com). She has awesome craft and food ideas. We thought since we had the time and supplies, we'd try one of the projects out.

It is awesome. We used contact paper to cut out an "r" then pressed it firmly on the canvas. Haley used blue and green water colors to paint the rest of the canvas. Then, we removed the "r" and hung it in the bathroom. I have been needing some new artwork in there!

She was so proud and we had so much fun drinking our hot cocoa and snuggling together today.