Trick-or-Treat

We had another great year of Trick-or-Treating around our house.  We went with the Salow family, another neighbor boy, and Kelly's friend Courtney from school.  All the kids had a great time.....and came home with a bucket full of goodies.  It worked out perfectly as Molly & Lexi were together, Kelly & Courtney, and Logan & Andy.  It was a little cool.....but a fun night for everyone!

 Molly as Snow White & Kelly as Bat Girl

 Courtney (Polar Bear) and Kelly right before we left our house

 Kelly & Courtney had a great time Trick-or-Treating together

 Friends!

 Lexi & Molly going up to one of the houses.....I don't have any pictures of the other kids as they were always ahead of us.....and I was in back with these two girls.

 Our Trick-or-Treat gang....including Natalie!

While we were out Trick-or-Treating....we ran into Kelly's big sister, Jackie, from last year at Xavier.  She is now a 7th grader at Beckman....so Kelly doesn't get to see her very much.  Kelly was excited to see Jackie (Spongebob)!!!

Pumpkin Carving

Kelly enjoying carving our pumpkin with Daddy....while Molly watched and Mommy took pictures! 

 Kelly dug right in.....which made Daddy proud!

 Scooping the pumpkin guys....

 ....with Daddy's help!

 Yuck!

 Our finished pumpkin!

Great job Kelly & Daddy!!!

Silly girls!

Fern Halloween P*A*R*T*Y

Peyton, Helena, and Racquel wanted a Halloween party for all the kids!  Aunt Tami and Uncle Eric planned a great afternoon for all the kids....filled with bobbing for apples, a pinata, decorating sugar cookies, and other fun games!  Kelly & Molly had a great time celebrating Halloween with their cousins!

 Kelly bobbing for an apple!

 The water was COLD.....she immediately wiped her face!  You can barely even tell she has the apple in her mouth!

 Taking a bite out of her PRIZE!

 Molly didn't want to bob for an apple.....so she played dress-up and played on the swing set instead!

 Molly was first in line for the pinata - as she was the youngest!

 Kelly's turn at the pinata!

 CANDY!!!!!

 The girls enjoyed frosting their cookies.....

...and eating them too!

***Thanks for a great Halloween Party, Fern family!***

Girl Scout Halloween Party

Kelly had a great time at the girl scout Halloween Party!!!!  They played a lot of games, made a craft, went through a haunted house, etc.  It was an afternoon of FUN!!! 

 Isabel, Courtney, Jessica, Sheridan, Kelly, Laura, Maci

 Kelly & Courtney working on a craft

 BAT GIRL!!!!

Kelly's 1st grade troop

Be-dazzling Pumpkins

The girls wanted to be-dazzle their pumpkins this year......with glitter glue, gems, pumpkin push-pins, etc.  They had a great time and spent over an hour decorating the pumpkins they picked out at the pumpkin patch.

 Molly showing off her finished pumpkin

 Kelly's be-dazzled pumpkin

***The be-dazzled masterpieces!!!***

Daddy/Daughter Hockey Night

Brian's company had two free tickets for the Saints Hockey Game on Saturday night.  This was the night of Districts (which means we find out who qualifies for state) so I wasn't able to go with him.  Some of the other Dads he works with decided to take their oldest children......so Kelly and Daddy had a special night together.  The tickets included two free drinks for each of them and unlimited appetizers.  It was a great night for Daddy & Kelly!

Kelly & Daddy

(Grandma & Papa watched Molly until I could pick her up after District results....thanks for the picture of these two before there fun night!!!)

 It was "Pink the Rink"....which was right up Kelly's ally.....she was decked out from head to toe in PINK!  The gave away these towels to wake when they scored!

Kelly enjoyed her evening with Daddy!

Library Halloween Party

Brian took the girls to our Dyersville Library's Halloween Party....while I was at my teams District Swim Meet in Cedar Falls.  The girls had a great time trick-or-treating at some of the local businesses, listening to some Halloween stories, and making a "bat" craft.

 Bat girl & Snow White

 The girls making their craft - a black bat

Kelly is always ready to pose for a picture! :)

Alaina's 4th Birthday

Molly's friend, Alaina, turned 4 and we were lucky to be able to celebrate her Ariel birthday party with her! :)  These girls have become great friends through the library story time program.  This is Molly's second friend that has turned four....so she is excited to turn four soon too!

Molly, Alaina, & Annabelle

 Happy birthday to you.....

 Molly enjoying a cupcake

 Molly was excited to give Alaina the card she colored for her and present too!

Ben & Daniel's birthday

Grandma Jackie and Papa Bear took the girls on a road trip to Minnesota to celebrate Ben turning 7 and Daniel turning 5 years old.  From everything I heard....the girls had a GREAT TIME!  They loved the birthday party....complete with a pinata, games, cake, playing outside, and a fun favor bag too.  They stayed overnight in a hotel, had breakfast in the morning, and went SWIMMING too!  It was a fun trip for the girls....while Mommy & Daddy were at a swim meet all day.....and then slept until 8am on Sunday morning. :)

 Daniel (5) & Benjamin (7)

 

 Birthday boys with cousins from both sides

Daniel taking Molly for a ride.....

 ...gotta love those SMILES!!!

Kelly having fun outside!

Molly hitting the pinata...

 ...and KELLY broke it open!!!!!

(Kelly was soooooo excited.....that was the first thing she told me about the weekend!!!)

Pinata candy!!!

Sunday morning hotel fun.....Molly, Kelly, and Jessen

Grandparents Day at Xavier

The girls were lucky to have 4 of their 6 grandparents attend the Grandparents Day Celebration at Xavier!  They enjoyed showing Grandma and Grandpa their classrooms and they each made something special for their Grandma's and Papa's too!

Kelly and Molly are lucky to have 6 loving grandparents!

Molly's teacher took this picture and it was in the October newsletter that was sent home today.  Molly is looking a little grumpy....not sure what that is all about!?!?!