My amazing little SWIMMER...and DIVER!!!

Kelly LOVES swimming!

She is in the middle of swim lessons right now....and loves staying after lessons to swim for a little bit with my team. My team just got pink swim caps for our upcoming breast cancer dual meet with Hempstead. Since Kelly's favorite color is PINK...she HAD to have a pink cap!

She really LOOKS like a swimmer!!!

Kelly can also dive off the diving board now!!!!! Here she goes...

....in the air....

....perfect entry!

WAY TO GO KELLY!!!!

KINDERGARTEN

Kelly is LOVING every minute of KINDERGARTEN!!!

Here is her school picture!

Czipar's Apple Festival

We went to the Czipar's Apple Festival on Sunday.....the girls had a lot of fun (and we did too!)

Sisterly LOVE! They can be so cute sometimes!!!!

Looking at all the different apple things....the girls both got flower barrettes at the festival.

Kelly is REALLY blurry in this picture.....but Molly is so adorable I had to post! The loved the painted pumpkins!

Kelly LOVES getting her picture taken!

BOO!

We met up with the Herrig family....here are all 5 kids playing in the pool of CORN!

My girls loving playing in the corn!

Myles and Molly didn't want to get out.......I think they would have stayed in there all day!!!

Papa Bear's birthday

We celebrated my Dad's birthday a little late this year! (His "real" birthday is Sept.13...but I had a swim meet & it was a school night for Kelly!) On Saturday afternoon we brought Papa Bear an angel food cake decorated by the girls!

The girls singing to Papa!

Kelly made Papa a present (a foam door holder)

Fridays at Kelly's school

I volunteer in Kelly's Kindergarten class every Friday morning for 1.5 hours. I LOVE my time in the class getting to work with the kids. We do something different each day......it has already been a great experience again this school year!

TODAY....they were working on "M's"

So....

We did MARBLE painting of the letter "M" with MAGENTA paint

I took the kids back one at a time to do the marble painting....the kids LOVED it!

Here is Kelly rolling the marbles around!

Kelly was proud of her final "M"

(They are making an ABC book.....they painted the "A" with APPLE SLICES!)

Future BECKMAN girls?

Today is HOMECOMING for Beckman Catholic High School in Dyersville.

It is an out-of-uniform day as they get to wear green and gold to support Beckman...and they also get to watch the parade at school!

Ellie, Sophia, Kelly, and Maria waiting to line-up at school.

(Ellie just got to school and hadn't taken off her Xavier fleece yet!)

Kelly IS a swimmer!

Kelly started swimming lessons again last week! She LOVES the water!!!

Since it's the middle of my coaching season right now.....swimming lessons are right before my team practices. Here is Kelly right after lessons and before my team got into the water!

Here is her dive.....and her first 25 backstroke!

She is doing AMAZING and makes the swim coach in me SMILE!

My soccer star!!!!

My Kindergarten ADORABLE soccer team!

Playdate with CAMBRIE

Kelly had her friend Cambrie over to our house after they both finished there soccer games. It is my last weekend before 6 weeks of Saturday swim meets....so I let Kelly have a friend over. The girls had a lot of fun! They played outside for a long time....riding bikes, jumping on the trampoline, playing T-Ball, blowing bubbles, etc. When it got colder they came inside and put together beaded necklaces, played "house", Princess games, did pretend make-up, and I helped them paint toenails. It is fun to hear the chatter of two 5 year old girls!

Cambrie & Kelly

Papa Tom's birthday

We celebrated Papa Tom's birthday today with pizza, ice cream, and cupcakes at Happy Joe's!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA!

Kelly's Kindergarten class

Kelly's teacher sent out a picture of her Kindergarten class!

They look so old in there uniforms!!!

14 kids!!!

(8 girls & 6 boys)

PRECIOUS!!!!

On Saturday afternoon when it was raining.....the four kids went into the Salow's camper to watch Yogi Bear. When we checked on them a little while later, this is what we found!!!

Molly fell asleep on Logan's shoulder....and he has his arm around her....to cute!

Kelly & Lexi were watching Yogi Bear and coloring too!

Day 2 of CAMPING

Our second day of camping was just as fun as our first....but a little less muddy!

We had a great time....the girls spent a lot of time riding bikes, playing on the swing set, painting fingernails, going on a hay ride....and just having fun being KIDS!

Lexi & Kelly

Kelly & Molly riding bikes around the circle path.

Molly LOVED riding her bike.....she is getting so big that she can ride a big bike at 2.5 years old!

Molly & Lexi riding bikes together.

Kelly even met up with her friend Joe from her Kindergarten class. They rode bikes & played together too as he was visiting his Grandma and Grandpa that were camping too!!!

Lexi & Kelly on the hay ride.

Kelly ended up going to the front with Daddy....and Lexi too!

Daddy & Kely looking out during the hay ride. We saw horses, cows, deer, and more!

Five of the big kids up front....Kelly, Lexi, Caden, Logan, & Ethan

Molly fell asleep on the hay ride!

So tired! Being out in the fresh air for two days straight wore Miss Molly out!

Painting fingernails under the shelter.

Molly LOVED pushing Elmo around EVERYWHERE in the stroller....here he is sitting up....

...and now laying down as Molly pushed Elmo while he was sleeping!

Kelly taking a break to PAINT SOME ROCKS that she found.

Lexi & Kelly hanging out!

Miss Molly!!!!

Molly enjoyed climbing up this rock wall....

...she has always been my climber!

The three girls!

***Molly riding her bike! I've been meaning to put a little video of her on the blog!

**The three girls dancing on the hay ride.....at the beginning, before Molly fell asleep!

Camping in the RAIN....

We planned on going camping this weekend with Craig, Emily, Logan, and Lexi. Well, it rained last night....and off and on all day too! Since the Salow's have a camper....we still went out for the day. The kids had a BLAST.....riding bikes and playing in the mud! (Well, Molly didn't really play in the mud!) Kelly made some amazing MUD PIES...and was officially the dirtiest I have EVER seen her! Thank goodness for nice showers at the campsite!!! The adults stayed dry under the shelter and played games and the kids watched a movie and colored inside the camper when it was raining. It was a fun day.....but we didn't set up our tent as the ground was too gross! We are home, clean, and dry and ready for some nice camping weather tomorrow!!!

Kelly with a little MUD pie....

Kelly and Logan carrying mud!!!!!

Kelly playing in the mud puddle with the boys!!! She played here....with these three boys....for most of the afternoon/evening.

**Caden, Kelly, Logan, and Andrew**

(Lexi and Molly were playing on the swing set where they had wood chips and it wasn't muddy!!!)

Lexi eventually joined the mud puddle fun.....and this is how these two looked before supper!

The two girls...keeping up with the three older boys!

Our 5 year old.....VERY DIRTY!!!