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Hazel lost her first tooth today and swallowed it!  I thought she would be so upset that she had eaten her tooth, but it didn't bother her a bit! She loves telling people "i lost my tooth and i wasn't supposed to till I'm 6 or 7!"  We stuck a note under her pillow to explain the situation to the tooth fairy. Luckily she was understanding and left some money that Hazel is trying to save up to buy a dog. I'm trying to gently persuade her into a fish.

haute couture by hazel

hazel is quite the little fashonista. she gets so excited about new clothes and she loves to pick out cute outfits for special occasions.  she has thrown together some pretty cute outfits, but she also doesn't know a lot of the general matching "rules".   when she first started dressing herself i tried to teach her what went together and tried to force her to look cute, but they i got thinking - who am i?  if she is ever gonna get some style of her own i've got to let her experiment!  and experiiment she has...

this is from hazel's "spring wedding" collection.

 the terry cloth veil and statement jewelry is so 2010.

stripes are all the rage this year and hazel hits the trend dead on by pairing two

differnt stripes in one ensemble.

again we have the pairing of stripes with a third patterned element in her headband.

clearly this look is a cross of rock-n-roll and ballerina.

sportswear will be big this year, but we'll be seeing it in unexpected ways.

 this soccer shirt can go from the field to the gala when a sparkly sweater is thrown on top.

layering will continue to be on trend, with the mixing of patterns adding that special twist.

all the color-matching rules will be thrown out the window and actually matching will be considered so passe.

swim googles are making a big comeback, and not just in the pool. 

headbands will also be on runways and streets from new york to paris, with the emphasis being on the "undone" look. nothing overly fussy here.

IT SMELLS LIKE MUSTACHE IN HERE - hazel stone

Kyle's Mustache Season that he did at his company is over!  He worked so hard organizing everything and it was a huge success.  The wrap up party was in the main area of Flames Central in downtown Calgary.

here are the "growers" up on stage in all their glory

kyle had the celebrity judges choose "womanliest", "manliest", "baby-maker", "gnarliest bush" mustache etc

the prizes were sweet too.

Kyle was the MC. If I had to do that I'd probably pee my pants, but Kyle was giving David Letterman a run for his money.  You would think Lanny McDonald is talking hockey here, but he's talking mustache, he takes them very seriously!

Last year Kyle earned $1,700 for Make a Wish Foundation, this year they earned $13,000!!!!!!

Crazy! It is such a good cause and I am so proud of Kyle for putting it all together!

It's hard to smile with a fake mustache on!

               

don't get caught with a naked upper lip...

it's back

with a vengence

kyle is doing mustache season at his office again this year (it's his brainchild) but this year it is sort of a big deal.  as in a wrap up party at flames central, celebrity judges (anyone heard of lanny mcdonald), and 30 "growers".  they've already raised almost  $10,000 in the first 2 weeks for make a wish foundation.  after all - not shaving your upper lip is hard work.

our new dog(s)!!

oh yes it is a dream come true for hazel - she finally has a little puppy to lead around - his name is bolt

this puppy shows up at our house quite often as well, her name is bolt

this puppy is also a regular, also (if you can believe it) named bolt

the person who gets to play the role of "penny" on a daily basis could not locate a picture of herself and needs to remind her husband to take a picture of her occasionally. 

snacks in heaven

so hazel and i have been having some deep discussions about heaven. usually when she brings it up she is very teary eyed and worried. she knows that she is going to heaven, but she must have worries about kyle and i. she keeps asking if we are coming to heaven too.
on tuesday she had an even bigger worry about heaven - the food. after i reassured her that kyle, dekker and i were coming to heaven with her, that we would all go together (no point getting too specific right?) she was then stressed about what we would eat on the way and what we would eat when we get there. so she decided we would bring snacks! i like the way my girl thinks.

happy belated halloween

I really love haloween. candy and playing dress up - who doesn't right? (besides kyle- who wanted to dress up like a "dad". hazel didn't let him get away with it. he ended up being a "soccer player", he has a jersey on under his hoodie. what a party pooper eh?)

this year hazel was sooo excited about it and then got the flu the day before. but "magically" she was cured for halloween and had lot of energy to yell "trick or treat" and her tummy felt good enough to eat her treats! she was sick again 2 days later when her candy ran out. of course.

all of sept and most of oct hazel was a puppy - she wouln't answer to her own name - only to "bolt" or "puppy". of course i bought her a puppy costume and then she wanted to be a balarina. which would have been exciting if she wasn't in the throes of wearing this specific purple balerina dress every day!

dekker was the cutest little puppy. his costume had a little sound maker in the paw "woof-woof" that was pretty amazing to him. is it bad to include the crying pic? hazel really likes to hug her brother and a lot of the time it ends with an unhappy brother.

of course we did the pumpkin carving thing and hazel wanted to do a skull and crossbones one (i let her choose from a bunch of pics). i was quite proud of myself cuz it looked awesome and then i didn't take any pictures for proof. sad.

dekker is ONE!

mmm... dirt cake!

i made him a skor/ granddpa hicken's chocolate pudding/ ghiredelli fudge cake-

with worms on top in the back of 2 of his dump trucks.

he had a great time getting filthy

hazel and tyson getting ready to dig in.


i can't believe my baby boy is one!
he is just the cutest thing. lately he has been obsessed with his tooth brush, he drags it around the house with him. one night he wouldn't go to sleep without it. when he gets upset he usually shrieks. in fact he shrieks and screams a lot. he also makes the biggest kissy lips when things don't go his way. he doesn't kiss to show affection, he mushes his face into yours and holds it there. i just love, love, love him!

dekker is the cutest little boy

dekker thought he'd died and gone to heaven with all that water and muk!

the day after he learned to crawl i caught him in the bathroom twice like this!
of course being the germaphobe that i am, he went directly into the tub.
and i learned to close bathroom doors.



dekker LOVES balls
this is the funniest pic to me, it reminds me of keelia saying - "oh this, tis nothing"


i got a fancy new camera so i took some pics of dekker to blow up on the wall
of course i chose this one

although this one really tempted me and probably would have been the more sensible choice

the big 04 for the haze

the birthday cake bar has been raised.

that's right, that is rolled, home-made frondant on a 4 yr old birthday cake.

a little overboard, but hazel helped me.

hazel fluctuates moment to moment as a baby, doggie (bolt) or a princess!

she had an awesome party and now is planning dekkers b-day cake.