Bad News + Good News= GOING BACK TO SCHOOL

Well, today we found out who my teacher was going to be. Isabelle got Mrs. Camp (who she'd had for a teacher in kindergarten) and I got Mrs. Davis. I was sort of depressed, because my mom had told me that my best friend Flavia was in Mrs. Brewer's class and my other friend Kristen was in Mrs. Jones's class. So then I went up to my room and talked to Flavia and found out that we are next door neighbours. Me and Flavia have been in the same class ONCE in first grade, and then never again. Every year we cross our fingers hoping that we'd be in the same class again. But no. We weren't. Next I called my friend Katelyn, and left a message. I started crying and I was complaining. But then, my mom called and told me that my best friend Hope and my buddy Cameron were in my CLASS! WHOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I can't write any more because I am going on a calling and emailing spree to find out who else in my class. SEE YA LATER!

North Carolina Week

Me, my mom and my sister went to visit my mom's friend Shalina O'Flaherty and her two kids Kevin and Anna. My mom and Shalina met when my mom started a playgroup right after I was born. Mrs. Shalina signed up with Kevin (Anna and Belle weren't born yet) and then they turned out to be the best of friends. 3 years later, they had Anna in January and Belle in March. Then years later, we came to their house and played and played and played. We even found out that we have 'wizard powers'! Plus, we entered the WIZARDS ON DECK WITH HANNAH MONTANA SCAVENGER HUNT SWEEPSTAKES which if you won you got Hannah Montana's anklet, three Wizards of Waverly Place wands, and a life preserver signed by the entire cast. Kevin said that there was a 50% chance of winning and a 50% chance of losing. We don't know yet, but on August 9th, I will tell ya'll. On the last day there was a lot of weeping and wailing and I wish we didn't have to leave. And to make it even worse, it took 5 HOURS to drive home! But at least we get to see them next summer.





A PERSONAL MESSAGE FOR SHALINA, KEVIN, ANNA, AND TIM:



I miss you guys so much! I wish we were still back with ya'll!

-Hayden :-)

A 'ReMARCOble' Weekend

For a weekend in June, me, Isabelle, my mom, my dad, my grandma, and my grandpa went to Marco Island Florida to meet my great-grandparents. We woke up EARLY the Thursday morning we left, to get to the Parking Spot. When our bus FINALLY came, it took us to the Hartsfield Jackson International Airport. We had gotten there three hours early for we thought security would take forever. Luckily, we got through security in about 10 or 20 minutes, not like most trips when it takes 3 hours. We went to our gate which was C7, and we waited. Our plane took off at 1:00, and it was already 12:00, so we went ahead and ate some sandwiches we packed. We also brought some Lays Potato Chips, so we ate those too. After we'd eaten, it was only 12: 30. So me and my sister played our Nintendo DS's, while the grownups talked together. Finally it was time for people to load the plane. We were in Section 2, so we boarded when the intercom said for our section to board. We waited 30 minutes before take-off, and for the flight, me and my sister watched Bolt. Before the movie was over, we had to shut down all our electronics, for we were landing. YEA! We landed, and rushed out of the plane into the BURNING HOT hallway to the airport itself. We went to Baggage Claim and claimed all our bags, and went off to get the rental car to drive to Marco Island.



45 minutes later......




"Hello Great Grandma and Great Grandpa!" We had arrived at the Dutchess condimonium, where my great-grandparents lived. We hugged, and kissed after we'd met up together, we went down to the Marriott where we were staying. (:-) TEE HEE) but when we got up to the desk to go to our room.........WE WERE IN THE WRONG HOTEL!!!!!!!! My Grandy had actually made reservations at the Marco Beach Resort, a few blocks down from the Marriott. Then, we went and got our baithing suits on and we played in the pool and went and played down at the beach. Then we came back inside, and went out to eat at Su's Garden, a Chinese restraunt that we'd gone to the last time we went there. That night, everyone had a good night's sleep, because the next day would be FUN...


THE NEXT DAY:




We got dressed in our baithing suits, flip flops and cover-ups and went down to eat breakfast. Then afterwards, we went to the pool and swam and then went to the beach and walked for a long ways. Afterwards, we went to eat lunch with my great-grandparents....LEFTOVER CHINESE. Yum! Then we went back down to the water to play some more. Then we went to eat dinner at a place called Verdi's (Green's) where service was slow, and it was boring. So after me, my dad and my sister ate, everyone was still waiting for their food, and we were bored. So we went outside with Mommy's camera and we took funny pictures. Belle's favorite was the one where she was hiding behind a lampost and I was hiding behind a tree. She calls it 'NARNIA'. After we went back to the hotel, we had a good night's sleep.



THE NEXT DAY:



We ate breakfast, and then went down to the pool and played with new diving sticks we got at a surf shop called ALVIN'S ISLAND. Then, we went and ate some lunch and then went back to the beach. After we'd played the rest of the day, we went to eat dinner and got some sleep that night after me and Belle watched some of PRINCESS PROTECTION PROGRAM.




THE NEXT DAY we were to leave bright and early. Boo :-(. We went back to the airport and flew home that afternoon. We are now back here in Georgia, but I still wish we were back in Marco, the most fun beach ever!

Zoo Atlanta FUN!!!!

Yesterday, me, Isabelle, Mom, Grandma, Mozzie, Aunt Anne, and my cousin Christopher, went to Zoo Atlanta. We were going to see Naked Mole Rats, because when we were at the bookstore one Wednesday, Grandma saw a book called The Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed. After she had read it to Belle's class, and when we were in Arizona, Mom and Grandma looked up Naked Mole Rats and found out they were really naked. Grandma wanted to go to the zoo and see them for real, so for Mother's Day, we gave her a certificate, certifying that we would go to see them. So, yesterday we went to Zoo Atlanta, to see the Naked Mole Rats. But instead of just seeing them, we saw a whole lot of other animals! Gorillas, orangutans, zebras, giraffes, ostriches, tortoises, flamingos, otters, pigs, pandas, Komodo dragons, and we even went to Parakeet Adventure, where you buy a seed stick and you hold it out to parakeets, and they fly on your stick and eat the seeds! We also saw kangaroos, and weirdly enough, they looked kind of like Gracie!!!!!!! After we saw the other animals, we went to the naked mole rats! There was a way of getting in like you were a naked mole rat, for you went through a tunnel. I crawled in there with my sister, and when we came out, we were surrounded by NAKED MOLE RATS!!! They were separated into tons of different boxes, and they were connected by tunnels. There were little TVs that you could watch the naked mole rats crawl through them! They looked tiny, and pink and they were funny looking with their little teeth.


After we saw all the animals, we went to the Gift Shop to see if they had any Naked Mole Rat T-Shirts. Unfortunately they didn't, but Belle did get a baby panda which she named Peter, and I got a Naked Mole Rat which I named.....Nudey!!!!! :-)

Funkhana Friday

The day we were leaving was Friday, and also the day Tanque Verde Ranch had it's Winter Funkhana. The Funkhana is where horses compete in games, and you win ribbons. First, they started with the Buckaroo group. They did the Keyhole, which is where you try to stay inside a marked area, and they did the Egg Race where you hold a egg on a spoon. (My sister, Isabelle was not in the Buckaroo group, cause she had moved up to the Wranglers.) Next they had the Lopers (my group) and we did events such as the Keyhole and Barrels. Me and my horse Kermit got 2nd place in the Keyhole and no place in the Barrels. Next they had the Wrangler group. Isabelle, my friend from California; Elliot, and my friend from Washington; Jamison were in that group. They first did the Keyhole and Jamison got 1st, and Isabelle got 3rd. Next they had the Barrels and Jamison got 2nd and Isabelle got 3rd. GO GIRLS! In the end, Elliot also got a ribbon. They all did great! But then we had to leave and before we did, Mom got a picture of me, Elliot, Isabelle, and Jamison (which I now have framed in a TVR frame in my room) and it was a masterpiece. But then, we went to the office and I wanted to stay a little longer to be with Elliot. We hugged, but then we had to leave. I CAN'T WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR FOR THE TANQUE VERDE RANCH TRIP!


I love Tanque Verde Ranch and I miss everything there.

My Tanque Verde Ranch Week (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)

Last Friday when my class went on a field trip to the Gwinnett Heritage Center, I was super excited. Why? CAUSE I WAS GOING TO ARIZONA THAT DAY! How cool is that? Right after I got done with school, my mom and dad picked up Isabelle and took us to the airport. When we got to the airport, I couldn't wait! I was way to excited. My Grandy let me type on his laptop to calm me down, but I couldn't! So I typed about TANQUE VERDE RANCH. It was kind of like a brochure. After another hour, it was finally time to get on the plane. After we took off, they told us we could use our electronics, so my dad let us watch movies. And he surprised us by bringing our favorite movie that they just bought Bolt! After we landed we went to the Fairfield Inn. We stayed the night there and the next day, Tanque Verde Ranch's van would come to pick us up and take us to the Ranch. That was Fantastic Friday.

The next morning, Gus, the manager, took us to the ranch. Since he's the family friend, we chatted and he went fast over 'The Dips' the family fun ride. What happens is you go over the dips and you feel like your flying! When we got to the ranch, me and Belle went to the Kids' Camp. That day she was a Buckaroo and I was a Wrangler Kid. As a Wrangler Kid, you get to go on Trail Rides and such. That was Super Saturday.

Next I'm talking about Supremely 'SWEET' Sunday. That day we also had fun. We got to go to the pool which has a waterfall! Me and my friend Elliot made up a game called Superhero Island, which is a really fun game! We played for an hour! After that, me and my family had some popcorn from the 'Dog' House Saloon.

Third, I'm talking about Marvelous Monday. That day, my sister met a new friend named Jamison. She is from Washington. I think that's pretty cool. I also became her friend later on, but you'll learn about that later.

It's time for Terrific Tuesday. That day me and Elliot became friends with Jamison too, and that day we hired Isabelle and Jamison for Superhero Island. Isabelle was Flower Power and Jamison was Tropical Breeze. Cool huh?

Wonderful Wednesday was Elliot's birthday. He turned 8 that day. It was a great day. At dinner we gave him a gift, a sock doll. He named it Mr. Sockie. Totally Awesome Thursday was also fun. I got into the Lope Class! Since I'd loped the day before, Nancy, a counselor, told Lisa, another counselor that I'd be in the Lope Class! Fun! You'll hear about Friday on another blogging window.

I'M A WINNING AUTHOR!!!!!!!!!

There's something called the Georgia Young Authors Competition, and every single person from my school was entering. My teacher gave my class a topic, a diary of an animal. And she gave me a bee. What you'd do is you'd write a story and you'd turn it into the writing teacher. So I wrote my story. (And my hands and brain did the work. Not my stinger (tee hee!) And then the writing teacher would pick two people from each class to go to the one person competition! AND I WAS ONE OF THE TWO FROM MY CLASS!!! Me and my friend Katelynn Moon were the two girls from my class. And we were competing in the ONE PERSON competition, which is where the writing teacher picks one person from each class out of the two winners. And yes.....I WAS THE ONE FROM MY CLASS!!!!! I was so excited! Now, I have to wait and see if I'm the one from my entire grade to go to the state competition! I'll update when I get back results!!!! :-)

Me And My Glasses

Well you'll never believe it but I got glasses...

I came home from school one day telling my mom, "I can't see the board mom." My mom didn't believe me. She thought I was trying to look like somebody. And I said, "No I'm not." So she said she'd take me to the eye doctor. And yes, I was the one who was right. When the eye doctor came out of the room he said, "Yep. She needs glasses." And my mom looked at me and said, "Yep you were right." So then we went to the glasses board and we looked at all different kinds of glasses. Finally I chose a dark green pair and a bright red case for them to go in. I can finally see the board now and my eyes don't hurt!

My Boosterthon Fun Run!!!!!

On Wednesday February 4th, was my Boosterthon Fun Run! If you were wondering, the Boosterthon Fun Run is a healthy new way to help raise money for me and Isabelle's schools. What you have to do, is you get pledges from other people (AKA. money) and they pledge you a dollar amount for every lap you run or a flat donation which means you will pay that much money, no matter how many laps your kid runs. The kid can run up to twenty-five to thirty five laps, which means, thirty-five is the most you can run. Well, guess how many laps I ran! THIRTY-FIVE!!!! I never thought I could do that in only thirty minutes! Last year, when I was in second grade, we did the exact same program, and the lap cap was fourty. Last year, I ran thirty-one laps. This year, I ran four more laps! WOW!

Sugar Angeles By Dorie and Colleen

TODAY Dorie and Colleen were on the counter. They had taken the flour bag out of the pantry and had poured it on the counter and made sugar angels. Mommy said, "They should have helped clean up. Instead they made more of a mess!" Isabelle laughed her head off when she saw it. "They are the funniest little elves!" Me, I just said, "HILARIOUS!!!!" They are going home on Wednesday night. (AKA. Christmas Eve Night.) And on Thursday morning (AKA, Christmas Day) they will be gone but in their place will be a gift. One for Isabelle, one for Hayden (me). One from Dorie, one from Colleen! Oh how I hate to see them leave so soon, but we'll see our little friends next year!

The Fairies CAME!

LAST NIGHT my little sister Isabelle and I left a little platter for the fairies of Fairy-Berries, Cranberry Juice and Fairy-Berry Soup. We were so excited. We even wrote a note saying: To The Faries ENJOY! Leave note in return!' The next day, they took chalk and wrote on the curb, Yummy! in cursive! COOL AND AWESOME! I will update when we leave them a platter tonight!

3 DOGS= SO MUCH WORK!!!

ON FRIDAY was my Christmas chorus concert. And also the day my grandparents went out of town to New York for the weekend. And so of course, we had to keep their dog Jack for the weekend. Kind of a little vacation for him too! We already had two dogs at home already, Stitch our owned dog, and Grace our found dog. So when Jack came, we had THREE dogs!!!!!! Well, now we have problems. Like when Grace trys to get near Jack, he growls at her. When Jack tries to eat, either Stitch, Grace, or Jake (our cat) tries to eat it. And since that happens, when Jack eats, Mommy or Daddy has to guard his food so the other pets don't steal it. SO MUCH WORK!

Double Event Night

LAST night Isabelle lost her 5th tooth. And Dorie and Colleen, our elves from the North Pole, did wacky stuff. So I guess the Tooth Fairy must have met Dorie and Colleen when they were doing their silly things! This morning Isabelle got a dollar from the Fairy and Dorie and Colleen did a wacky thing on the computer! Dorie was on the keyboard and Colleen was handling the mouse. They even wrote a note to us saying: 'Dear Hayden and Belle, Thanks for having us back this year we are having a great time with you. We hope that you don't mind that we get into wacky things, we can't help it, cause we are elves. We really like the Club crackers, they are YUMMY! Love Your Elf Buddies, Dorie and Colleen.' Last night I can't wait to get downstairs and see what crazy things Dorie and Colleen did, and was so eager to see what Isabelle got from the Tooth Fairy! WHAT A DOUBLE EVENT NIGHT!

Dorie and Colleen have arrived!

Me and Isabelle remember having Dorie and Colleen last year for Christmas. This year they arrived in the car. Apparently they had known that we were doing errends that day! The next day, after we went to sleep, Colleen was in the pantry with her head in the Honey Comb box, and Dorie was in the refrigerator drinking Isabelle's chocolate milk! The second day, they hung themselves in our Christmas tree holiday card organizer! Then the third day, they hung themselves in the Christmas tree!!!!!! Wonder what they'll do next?!?!?!?!?!?

Welcome To Hayden's Highly Hilarious Hijinks!!!

This is my first ever real blog! I will try to update as much as I possibly can. There are a lot of fun things going on in my family. So most of my blogging will be on fun, exciting things. Some of them might be from the past but most of them will be coming up. So just enjoy my blogging!!!!!!!