Preschool Fun

Today was my third day in a row as a sub in Kelly's preschool room. It has been a lot of fun and I LOVE my time with the kids!!! Kelly loves it too....but at times has a hard time sharing her mom!!! (Only one meltdown in 3 days.....so that's not too bad for a 4 year old!) Here are a few pictures of Kelly playing at recess.....and an adorable video of the class singing the peanut butter song!

Kelly riding one of the bikes at recess!

Kelly walking on stilts!

Mrs. Riniker and the class singing to the peanut butter song! This was absolutely adorable!!!

I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!! ENJOY!!!

Fun in the Preschool Class!

I have had a couple days of fun in Kelly's preschool room! I was a sub for Mrs. Bildstein (the associate for Kelly's class) as her daughter has been sick yesterday and today. Kelly LOVES having Mommy in her class and I had a lot of fun too!

16 adorable preschoolers!!!

ANNIE

Kelly, Grandma Peggy, and Mommy had a SUPER FUN DAY yesterday.....as we got to see ANNIE!!! We went to the Fireside Theater in Fort Atkinson, WI for brunch and a wonderful play! Kelly LOVED it!!! She knows all the words to a lot of the songs....and enjoyed singing quietly along with the other little girls! "Annie" was an 11 year old girl that did a wonderful job in the play! It was a really special day.....as I have always loved the Annie movie too!

Kelly enjoyed dressing up for the occasion!

Kelly and Grandma Peggy

Mommy & Kelly

Jessen & Molly

TWO ADORABLE KIDS!!!

My godson Jessen (22 months) & Molly (2 yrs.)

Why didn't I invent......

PLAY-DOH

My kids LOVE it!!! Molly is really loving play-doh these days.....especially when her big sister Kelly is at school and she gets all the play-doh and tools ALL TO HERSELF!

Molly playing this morning on our living room floor

CHEESE! Play-Doh is fun!

Here's Kelly on Christmas morning in 2008 when she got this extra fun play-doh set from Santa!

Kelly loved play-doh then.....and still does now too!

(Kelly is 2.5 years old in this picture.....about 3 months older than Molly right now.

Less than a second....

....is all it takes for something bad to happen to a 2 year old!!!!!!!!!!

Most people know Molly is a VERY PICKY EATER! She pretty much LIVES on yogurt! She also will eat crackers, cereal, Nutra-Grain bars, and bananas too. As far as normal food goes......she will eat macaroni and cheese (Kraft only...not home made), pizza, and occasionally chicken nuggets......yep, that's it!

Yesterday, Molly and I were making mac-n-cheese (HER FAVORITE)! We have done this at least 50 times.....she KNOWS the stove is hot.....and she has always been very good around it. For some reason, she decided to touch the pan on the stove yesterday......I saw it happening and couldn't stop it! It was literally LESS THAN A SECOND!

See her poor little finger below.....

A BIG blister on her right index finger!!!!

It looks so sore!

....but, if you put an Elmo band-aid on it with some burn gel....it makes her feel a lot better!

Here she is now.....napping in her big girl bed for the first time! She was reading and playing with some favorite books before she feel asleep.....and some of her stuffed animal friends too!

Molly and Abby snuggled up!

Kelly & Emily

I've mentioned before how much Kelly LOVES swim lessons! The last few weeks she has been asking me to get a picture of her and Emily (her swim teacher....and my WCHS swimmer).....so after lessons today I took a picture of the two of them for Kelly's bulletin board in her room.....now, I just have to upload the picture to Walgreens and print it!

Kelly & Emily

Kelly showing me her dive up close....before the next lessons start! She only had time to do one.....and this is the picture I got! Emily's arm is out so that Kelly dives over it!

Big girl bed

I peeked in on Molly last night sleeping in her big girl bed for the first time......and she was sideways in the bed!

More room pictures soon!

A little over 5 years ago......

We were sooooooo excited to show our baby nursery to everyone!!!! Since we didn't know if I was pregnant with a boy or a girl, we designed the nursery in an ocean theme.

We had the room ready to go by the end of January, 2006.....and Kelly Marie Snyder was born on June 17, 2006.

When we were pregnant with Molly.....we moved Kelly's room to our old guest room....and left the nursery pretty much the same for Miss Molly!

Molly is our tall little girl.....and she has been ready for her big girl bed for awhile now. Her room has been a work in progress for a little over two months....off and on. This weekend was our BIG weekend on Molly's room. Her big girl bed is set up and ready for her to sleep in tonight! We still have a few things left......so stay tuned for Molly's new room pictures!

You can see the old trim and part of the Nutone box on the wall....the trim is now new, and the box is gone too.

The crib in taken apart and stored.

You can see at the bottom of this picture the old register.....that is now gone and Molly has a new floor register.

A couple things left to get for Molly's room.....

* get a rug!!!

* get two light switch covers

* get a new light fixture

* get a CD player

(Both my kids loved the mobile and would stand up and turn it on if they weren't asleep by the time the mobile stopped! Kelly still listens to music every night while she falls asleep. I'm surprised our mobile lasted 5 years!)

We still need to paint and caulk the trim one last time......and paint Molly's window too. The weather needs to cooperate to paint Molly's window!

Sooooooooooooo......stay tuned for pictures of Molly's new room soon!

Mississippi River Museum

The girls and I spent yesterday morning at the Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium with my Dad, Jackie, and Jessen!!! My Dad and Jackie have a grandparents pass for the year....so we only had to pay for me. The kids had a great time. They have expanded the museum since I have been there last.....which is great for the ages of my kids. The entire second floor of the new expansion is an indoor kids water play area....which they all LOVED! It was a fun morning!

The three kids in a CAVE!

Molly & Jessen loved watching all the fish.....they would have stayed there for a long time....but Kelly was ready to move on.

Molly & Jessen watching the fish.

The river otters were really fun and playful while we were there.....the kids loved watching them eat strawberries!

Papa Bear with his two youngest grandkids....watching the BIG FISH!

Water play area!!!

Kelly and Molly playing together.

Kelly building her boat to float down the river.

Molly with her boat.

Jessen with his boat!

Planetarium Field Trip

Kelly had her THIRD preschool field trip this morning....we went to the Loras College Planetarium! They have been talking about SPACE the last two weeks at school. They have learned about all the planets including the newly discovered dwarf planets that are also in our solar system. They got to watch a video of the Discovery Launching and of astronauts floating in space and what they do for their missions. Kelly has learned a lot about outer space!

Kelly's class outside the Planetarium...it was built in 1964.

(It was really sunny so the kids were having a hard time looking into the sun!)

Daddy met us at the Planetarium too!

Kelly was excited to have Mommy & Daddy at her field trip!!!

Some of the girls checking out the Loras football field before we headed back to school!

Happy Birthday Papa Michael

Today is Papa Michael's birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

We celebrated yesterday at Mom and Michael's house. We spent the afternoon there.....the girls played and the adults got a card game in too!

Kelly doesn't think it's a birthday without balloons....so we stopped at the Dollar Tree first so the girls could pick out a couple birthday balloons for Papa. At the dollar store, Kelly found these "wind machines" as she likes to call them. They were really cute......both the girls got one and they got one for Papa too....since it was his birthday!

Papa, Molly, and Kelly trying out their "wind machines!"

Papa with his two granddaughters

Blowing out the candles.....with a little help from two little girls!

Both girls helped me decorate the cake!

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.........

The St.Patrick's Day Parade this afternoon was COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!

The kids had a great time though.....and got a lot of candy!!! They also got a toy from RC2 outlet, string cheese, chocolate milk, necklaces, bouncy balls, hostess treats, and can Koozies. We had 5 kids with us.

Jessen - 22 months, Molly - 2 years, Racquel - 3 years, Kelly - 4.5 years, & Helena - 4.5 years

Molly & Jessen all bundled up in the double stroller waiting for the parade to start.

Racquel, Helena, & Kelly bundled up in the wagon waiting for the parade to start.

The big girls are ready to start getting CANDY!

Jessen, Molly, & Kelly watching the parade.

Helena & Kelly were the troopers.....they made it almost the entire parade before getting cold!!!!

Molly lasted 10 minutes, Racquel about 30 minutes, Jessen around 45 minutes, and the two big girls about 55 minutes.....we were all bundled up ready to go when the last part of the parade went by. The kids came home to some hot chocolate and a piece of candy of their choice! Overall, a wonderful....YET COLD.....day!

Leprechaun Leap

This morning was Kelly's second St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun Leap! Dyersville goes all out for their St. Patty's Day Celebrations!!! Kelly had a great time again in her fun run! She was in the 3-6 age group. It was hard getting pictures of the actual run....as Kelly lost her hat (due to the extremely windy conditions) and I went back for it as she kept running.

Kelly in the gym waiting for the race to begin.

She's ready....hat, scarf, and gloves.....

She decided to put her coat on once she got outside....it was VERY cold!!!

My little HIDER.....

Molly has ALWAYS been my little hider! Lately, she is hiding her prized possessions (Elmo & Blanket)....and now.....her glasses! Her hiding spots are getting better and better too! It wouldn't be a problem if she REMEMBERED where she hid them!!! It took me an hour (off and on) to find her glasses while she napped! She hid them right before I put her down for a nap....while I was helping Kelly with a game on the computer.

Our Little People living room bay window. The girls set some of their little people on the window ledge to play with (for the winter!) Isn't it cute.....a princess castle, a fairy treehouse....

....a tent, and a house!

The girls were setting up all the Little People today.....Kelly really makes sure everyone is in their right places.....everything looks good, right?

Well....open up the tent and there are the missing glasses!!!!!!!!

I guess the Little People wanted to sleep under the stars to leave room for Molly's glasses to be safe!!!