Meet Hatilyn A winner in our Cutest Kid Contest

Four-year-old Hatilyn zips down one of the slides at LeBounce in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Name: Hatilyn Laura Valerie Holmes Hawthorne

Birthday: June 9, 2008 -- age 4

Family: Parents Shonda Holmes and Tim Hawthorne, and big brother Jaxson

Lives in: Bell City, Mo.

Hatilyn's favorite things to do are ...

Go swimming and boating with her daddy, ride her motorcycle with her brother, compete in pageants for fun, play with her cousins at LeBounce and take vacations to North Carolina to visit her NaNa and PaPa and her very favorite puppy, Annabell!

She laughs when ...

She is tickled on her belly or feet.

She hates it when ...

She has to get her hair brushed and hates it even more when she has to get it styled.

She is learning to ...

Help those who are less fortunate. For example, she asked if she could give away one of the unopened presents she received for Christmas to Toys for Tots.

Hatilyn is known for ...

Her big, beautiful, brown eyes and her cheerful, outgoing personality.

Hatilyn is ...

Always a happy girl. She is very loving and kindhearted. She is outgoing and enjoys being on stage and entertaining others with her playful personality, while singing or dancing. At home she is called the sunshine girl because she spreads sunshine every where she goes.