Off our fun trip to Wisconsin, Hunter caught a bug and spent the majority of the week resting. We emptied a number of boxes of Kleenex!
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Forty Five
Written by Patrick on January 24th, 2010
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Forty Five
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Forty Four
Written by Patrick on January 17th, 2010
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Forty Four
We decided to take a trip to see Grandma Jean, Papa Don and the Toney family in sunny Wisconsin. This was Hunter’s first time seeing snow and he absolutely loved it. We built our first snowman and went sledding a couple times as well. I don’t think this will be our last trip to see the snow!
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Forty Three
Written by Patrick on January 10th, 2010
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Forty Three
Those of you who were following along with the drama from Hunter’s broken arm were probably awaiting this next post. We decided one crib accident was plenty for us and converted Hunter’s crib into his big boy bed as soon as his cast came off. So far, he has made an easy transition.
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Forty Two
Written by Patrick on January 3rd, 2010
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Forty Two
One of the benefits of living in Florida is the beautiful winter months that help us get through the hot summer. This year has been unusually cold here in the Sunshine State. This week we wrapped up (literally and figuratively) our wonderful holidays with a trip to Disney’s Hollywood Studios to take in the Spectacle of Dancing Lights and some hot chocolate!
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Forty One
Written by Patrick on December 27th, 2009
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Forty One
There is no better time around the Hayes household than Christmas time! The three words below sum it up pretty well!
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Forty
Written by Patrick on December 20th, 2009
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Forty
Ah Christmas time is near which always means one thing for certain, Grandma Jean sends her annual batch of pfeffernusse cookies! These bad boys are hard as a rock and might not be packed with the most flavor your ever tasted, but they represent Christmas and they are good! This year Hunter really took a liking to the pfeffernusse and asked for them on many occasions (most likely because of the earth shattering crunch)! Being the giver and sharer that Hunter has become he said, unprompted, “We should bring these over to Grandma Curly’s and share them with Uncle Drew, Aunty Fran, Grandma and Pop Pop.” I was so happy that Hunter thought of this great idea that I really wanted to take them with us.
Fast forward to us getting in the car and I thought it would be a wonderful idea to just set the cookie tin on top of the car while I put Hunter in his car seat. “I won’t forget,” I thought. Before we headed to Grandma’s, we of course needed to stop at Starbucks because that was on the way??? Twenty minutes into our trip to Starbucks, I realized that I think I forgot to take the cookies off the top of the car. I was not happy. When we got to Starbucks, we checked the top of the car, but there were no cookies. After we got our drinks we began to retrace our drive and search for the tin. Thank goodness we found it (in the entrance of our neighborhood)! Even the strength of these cookies (which was quite a hot topic on Facebook) couldn’t withstand the beating that the car must have given them. The tin wasn’t the only thing crushed… Hunter cried SO hard when we had to tell him the cookies were all gone. Thanks Grandma Jean for sending us more. Sorry Mike Hayes that you got gypped out of your cookies due to my negligence!
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Thirty Nine
Written by Patrick on December 13th, 2009
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Thirty Nine
Every year we try and take a few days around the holdiays to stay at Disney and take in the decorations and festivities. It also gives Emily a much deserved break from gift buying, wrapping and general holiday preparation. We decided to stay at DAK Lodge this week and we had a great time. Hunter really enjoyed getting the game spotting guide and identifying the animals that we saw out our hotel balcony. If you haven’t had a chance to stay here you really need to!
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Thirty Eight
Written by Patrick on December 6th, 2009
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Thirty Eight
For those of you following along it has been two weeks since our little buddy had his surgery. We went back to the doctor last week and the removed his splint, took some x rays and got him a cool green Christmas cast. Amazing how they adjust to having a huge cast on their arm so quickly. Mom of course had to get it in green so it would match his Christmas outfits. What would I do without her?!
PaperBack Swapping Maniac
Written by Emily on December 2nd, 2009
PaperBack Swapping Maniac
Okay, those of you who live near me (Patrick, Mom) know I will not shut up about this website. I heard about PaperBack Swap in a magazine and decided to check it out. Well, it’s genius. Instead of figuring out how to sell my books for pennies on ebay, I now go on this website, punch in the ISBN on the back of my unwanted book, click to post my book, and I’m done. Then I wait for another member to request my book, at which point I use their online postage printer (for a small fee) and print the label right from my computer. Stick it in an envelope, tape the label, and mail the book from my house. Every time you use their system to mail a book, you get an instant credit to get another book from another member. You don’t even have to trade with the same person! You just get a little bank of credits and you can shop the website for whatever you want.
If you want a book that no one has posted, you can add this book to your wish list (and we all know how I heart a wish list) and when it comes available, you get an email asking if you still want it and if you have the credits for it. It will tell you how far down you are on the wish list (right now, I am wishing for some books after 100 other people, but hey… you never know). Once you’re done with the book you receive, it’s yours to keep OR you can just relist it on the site. It’s great for those books you want to read but don’t care to keep, and if you’re like me and want the convenience of the library from the comfort of home. And also… there’s no time limit, unlike the library. I am obsessed. I scoured our shelves today just to find more books to post. It’s addicting! Oh, and then I went through my Amazon list and found all the books I wanted but didn’t really care if I had new-new. I looked up all those books and managed to find like six of them available on PaperBack Swap (that’s PBS for those in the know). Now I don’t have to “waste” my gifts on these books!
I believe you get two free credits for the first 10 books you post, so you can start requesting right away. Obviously older books don’t get requested as quickly, but there’s no harm in posting them. Someone requested a 10 year old Norwegian travel guide from me just last week. Go figure.
If you sign up (which is totally free, by the way), and you love me, sign up through this link (the link, not the icon), and I will get a book credit when you post your first 10 books. And you still get your two credits, so it’s a win-win.
www.paperbackswap.com/index.php?r_by=fsuem@yahoo.com
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Thirty Seven
Written by Patrick on November 29th, 2009
Hunter’s Week in Three Words – Week Thirty Seven
Well our little buddy made it through his first week in a cast. It wasn’t easy but we were able to pull through. We went out on the Friday after Thanksgiving, as is the tradition, to get our Christmas tree. This of course meant that we got to set up our Mickey Christmas train. There was nothing like the sight of Hunter’s face when the train went around the tracks for the first time of the season. Thanks Grandma and PopPop for the batteries! Christmas is indeed coming!
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