You gotta love it.......

....when the weather starts getting nice outside! The girls and I have already got 3 walks in this week! The temperature today hit 50 degrees!!!

Fun in the double stroller!

Kelly's tap & tumble group

Kelly's tap & tumble gymnastics group!

These 3 & 4 years olds are too adorable!

Sleepover!

Last night after our birthday party.....we dropped Kelly off at Grandma Peggy and Papa Michael's house for a sleepover! They VOLUNTEERED to have Kelly sleep at their house and then play all day today. That means........Brian and I got to sleep until 7am today!!!!! Kelly is our early riser and normally if we get to sleep until 6am that is a good day. Molly normally sleeps until around 7-7:30am. Anyway, Grandma and Papa bravely took on the challenge. Kelly didn't disappoint....she woke up at 4am to go potty and then got back out of bed again before 6am. They had a fun day together.....despite the early morning!

Kelly was playing with her makeup set when we got there to pick her up tonight....the makeup set that STAYS AT GRANDMAS HOUSE! Kelly AND Grandma tried to have Kelly bring it home......but it's a Grandma house thing!!!!!!
Putting eye shadow on....yes, that is makeup on her cheek!

Lots of lip gloss!

Checking herself out in the mirror!

A CLOSE UP!

Don't worry....Grandma washed all the makeup off before we brought her home!

Brice's 5th birthday

We celebrated Brice's 5th birthday yesterday (he turns five on Tuesday 3/9). The kids all love getting together for birthday parties!

Brice with his construction cake!
Molly, Kelly, and Helena playing with all Isabella's old babies and clothes. Molly claimed one of the babies as her own!

Helena and Kelly....with a front row seat to watch Brice open his presents.

Cousins having fun.....Racquel, Kelly, and Helena

Wednesday at the library

Every Wednesday is library day! I have been taking Kelly to the library once a week since she was around 15 months. She was in the Wee Read program from 15 months until she was 3 years old where I was in the room with her. When she turned 3 last June, she moved up to the storytime library program without me! It is a lot of fun for her....and Molly and I just get to hang out in the library with all the other moms and little kids. We get to read books, play with puzzles, etc. while Kelly has her storytime. Kelly's program usually lasts around 40-50 minutes. The Wee Read program is at 10:30am....right after Kelly's 9:30am storytime. This week the teacher asked me if Molly was ready for the Wee Read program. I decided to try it with Molly and she was really good for the first time! The theme this week was Dr. Suess!

Molly & Kelly at home with the Dr. Seuss hats they made in their library programs. Molly isn't quite sure what to think of her big sister Kelly and all her "princess" stuff! Kelly gave Molly a wand to hold as if she is a "princess in training!" I know Molly doesn't have these princess genes in her....could I really have TWO girls totally opposite from me???
Showing off their library hats!

Kelly decided on her own to set up all her princess friends on the couch and sit next to them.....she then said......."Mommy, please take my picture with my princess friends!"

Here she is with Princess Bear, Hello Kitty, and Amy!

On Tuesday night, Grandma Pat and Papa Tom brought a present up to the house for Kelly. While they were out of town shopping, they found the Crayola Crayon Maker that we wanted to get Kelly for Christmas....but every place was out of them! Here Kelly is loading up all the broken crayons in the crayon maker to make new FUN swirled crayons!

Kelly making sure the crayons are set in there just right!

Watching the crayons melt into new crayons!

THANKS Grandma Pat and Papa Tom for the FUN crayon maker!!! Kelly LOVES it and we had a lot of fun making new crayons! I'm sure it will get used a lot!

Tap & Tumble

Every Tuesday since the beginning of September Kelly has been in a tap and tumble gymnastics class at Moser's in Dyersville. She LOVES it and always comes home and shows Mom & Dad what she learned in her class. Debbie (her teacher) was taking a group picture of her class yesterday, so before it started we were able to take individual pictures of our kids. I can't wait for her recital on April 25.....I'm sure it will be adorable!

Iowa City Shopping Trip

On Monday the girls and I took a day shopping trip to Coralville Mall in Iowa City with Grandma Peggy. My main purpose was to try to find my girls shoes! Sidenote....Kelly has an EXTRA WIDE foot and Molly has a WIDE foot....which means there are only a few stores that even carry shoes for kids in wide and extra wide widths. I'm sure you have heard me complain many times before.....as you can't just go to Target and pick up a pair of shoes for my kids! I got both the girls measured a couple different places....but it always comes out to wide and extra wide....which means no fun for me! The trip was pretty successful.....Kelly got two pairs of close-toed sandels and a pair of flip-flops and Molly got one pair of sandels too! Total Bill = $150!!!!!! I wanted tennis shoes and dressy sandels for Molly but they didn't have any that fit.

Kelly playing in the play area while Grandma Peggy was shopping.
Molly wouldn't stop long enough for me to get a picture of her....here's an action shot! She LOVED the play area....we were there over an hour!

The girls playing together in the play area.

Molly fell asleep after all that time in the play area!

Grandma Peggy thought Kelly was such a good girl that she took her to build a bear!!!! They weren't very busy, which was nice....since last time we went on a Saturday and it was craziness! Kelly picked out an adorable bear this time (she picked Hello Kitty last time). Now her "Princess Bear" and "Hello Kitty" are best friends....just like Kelly and Sophia! She has been playing with BOTH of them....plus Amy (her American Girl doll) ALL THE TIME! All three of them were even loaded up this morning into the van to go to the library!!!

Here is Kelly stepping on the pedal to stuff her bear.

Kelly checking to make sure the bear is perfect!

Picking out a heart!

Putting the heart inside her Princess Bear!

Brushing her bear....

....listening to her heart....

....and taking her blood pressure.

Kelly whispering to Grandma Peggy that she wants to name her bear "Princess!"

Kelly and Princess Bear waiting for her birth certificate to be printed!

Kelly loved her time at Build a Bear!

Thanks Grandma Peggy!