Playing in the leaves!!!!

I watched my nieces today (my sister Tami's 3 girls)....and while Molly was sleeping, we went outside to play in the leaves. Kelly has been asking me for the last week to go outside and play in the leaves. There was never enough to make it worthwhile....until today! We had a good frost last night, and it was raining leaves. The older girls had fun....while Molly took a nap!

Kelly buried in the leaves!
Ready, Set, Go!!! The girls lined up and ready to go jump in the pile of leaves.
(Helena -3, Kelly -3, Racquel - 2, and Peyton -8)

Fun times with cousins!

Kelly and Amy

Kelly and her doll....Amy.....have been inseparable all week. Amy has gone EVERYWHERE....including her gymnastics class. Kelly puts her to bed every night. She used to sleep in her own bed (a baby pack-n-play), but now she sleeps with Kelly....with her own blanket! Kelly and Amy have played together a lot this week....

Building our railing

Our railing got put up this week.....good thing, since Molly is into EVERYTHING! Papa had a couple helpers while he was building it! It looks AMAZING!

Both girls helping Papa get ready to start building the railing.....
....the posts are up and Kelly is helping Papa figure out how many spindles for each side....

....it getting closer....Papa putting the finishing touches on the railing....

it's DONE!!! :)

DOUBLE TROUBLE!!!

I have double the TROUBLE these days....now that we have moved back home! Molly LOVES to un-roll the toilet paper in the bathroom....and then Kelly picks it up and stuffs it all into the toilet! We have already had two toilets clogged this morning!!! I cannot have Kelly shut the bathroom doors, as she has already got Molly's fingers caught in the door jam. I DO watch our kids....but it seems to happen SO INCREDIBLY FAST!!!

Molly crawling out of the bathroom with a BUNCH of toilet paper!
CAUGHT IN THE ACT!!!! "She looks so guilty!!!"
(This is our 1/2 bathroom....the trim isn't on yet!)

DOUBLE TROUBLE!!!

Molly - 10 months

Molly was 10 months old yesterday!

Molly playing with her lamb on our NEW HICKORY HARDWOOD FLOORS!!!

Pumpkin Parade

Brian took the girls to Anamosa yesterday for the Pumpkin-fest Parade while Mommy was coaching at a meet in Cedar Falls. Great-Grandma Snyder was the grand marshall of the parade. It sounds like Kelly had fun....got LOTS of candy....and saw some BIG pumpkins too! I don't have any pictures of Molly....but here are a couple Brian took of Kelly.

Kelly waiting to get MORE CANDY!
Kelly watching the parade.

Kelly standing by the BIGGEST pumpkin....1622 pounds!!!

3 weeks at Grandma & Papa's house!

Today is our last full day at my mom's house. Tomorrow marks 3 WEEKS that we have lived with Grandma and Papa!!! It has been a crazy, stressful, and busy 3 weeks. Kelly had 3 weeks of swimming lessons, gymnastics, and storytime at the library! Brian was working at our house or working the computer system at multiple swim meets for one of the Dubuque schools. I had 5 swim meets and many, many practices....not to mention one of the weeks was Wahlert's homecoming week! Oh....and MOLLY LEARNED HOW TO STAND UP ON HER OWN TOO!!!! It has been a long 3 weeks, and we are excited to get back home! (I will be more excited when our house is put back together....which may still take A LONG TIME!) I know Grandma and Papa are ready to have ALL of their house back too....and get rid of all the mess of two kids and there parents too!!! We thank them for letting us stay here for 3 weeks.....Kelly and Molly loved seeing Grandma and Papa everyday!

Molly & Kelly playing at the bottom of the steps! This was our biggest challenge with Molly....she LOVED the steps!
Bathtime for two!

Molly LOVES splashing in the bathtub....a future swimmer!!!

YEAH!!! Molly Ann learned how to stand up on her own on Tuesday 9/29 while Mommy was at a swim meet out of town!

Molly getting in trouble with her big sister. Kelly was putting a puzzle together and Molly wasn't a very big help!

Two days of standing......and she has bumped her head a few times. She still needs to learn how to get down once she stands up! You can see a mark above her right eye from this morning.

I tried to confine Molly for a minute while I went to the bathroom......

.....it didn't work!

Thanks again Mom & Michael for letting us stay here!