First Snow

We got our first snow storm of the winter on Saturday. The girls watched and waited nearly all day for there to be enough snow to go sledding down the hill in our neighborhood. Their patience paid off, and we bundled up and headed out late Saturday afternoon. Bailey wasn't too fond of the snow in general, her snow pants or of the seventeen-hundered layers her mean mom made her wear...she was nearly as wide as she was tall! Riley, on the other hand, lives to play in the snow! She would have stayed out there all night if we would have let her!

Playing Catch-Up

Here are some pictures from Halloween...we had two cute ladybugs cruising the neighborhood...they made quite a candy haul!

Bailey with all of her loot...which she didn't easily part with before bedtime!

Riley and her cousin showing us how it is done!

Bailey and Cory...in one of the few times she was carried all night long! Though it took a couple of doors for Bayz to get the hang of trick-or-treating, once she did, she had no use for Mom and Dad! She loved it!

Not Again!

I can't believe how fast time is flying by...and once again, it has been a LONG time since I have posted anything. I usually skip the "catching up" posts, but not this time! Here are a few things we have been up to over the last month (or two or three!).

I am keeping really busy with my preschool. Most of you already know this, but we converted a bedroom in the basement into a school room, and put in an entrance from the side of the house to that room, as well. I have a morning class and an afternoon class that meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays (24 kids total)...the kids are great, I like being able to work from home, and who can complain with the hours? I start at nine, have a break at 11:30 for a half hour, and then finish up at 2:25. My mom and sisters help out with Riley and Bailey in the morning, then Riley is in school and Bailey is in bed for the afternoon class. Works out pretty well...but boy, does it keep me busy!

The preschool room

Riley has finished fall soccer and had a great time with it. She is signed up for basketball (for the first time) and will start that at the beginning of December. We had our first parent/teacher conferences for the year a couple of weeks ago, and Riley is doing great in school. She got all 4's (the highest mark), and is making a lot of new friends. Her teacher asked her to set a goal, and Riley decided to read 50 books by the next parent/teacher conference in March. Every time we read a book she writes down the title, and so far she had read 11. I don't think we will have any problems making 50 by March!

Riley is such a good sister...she loves to read to Bailey, and Bailey loves to be read to!

Bailey is still quite the monkey. She has become obsessed with Finding Nemo, and would watch it 24/7 if we let her. It isn't just the movie that she likes, though. We have Nemo books, t-shirts, stuffed animals, a tent, and blankets from when Riley went through her Nemo phase. Bailey loves them all! It is pretty funny. We threw Bailey's bottles in the trash a few weeks ago and that wasn't too much fun for anyone. She is doing better with it, but we still hear "baba's in trash" like forty million times a day.

Bailey, Nemo, Dory, and Baa watching Nemo

I am going to try to be better about keeping up with my blog. I know that is how grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins keep up with us...I will do better!

The Best Day Ever!

We just got home from Riley's soccer game. Whew, what a game it was! This is the third time Riley has played soccer and after almost every game she has asked when she will score a goal...

When she was on the dark green team (last fall) she didn't score a goal. Bummer!

When she was on the red team she didn't score a goal. Bummer again!

Now she is on the bright green team, and today she scored THREE GOALS IN THE SAME GAME! Riley was so excited! On the way home she said it was the "absolute best soccer day ever!"

Fall finally kicks in...

Fall weather has finally set in...time to turn on the fire pit! The kids have been waiting not so patiently to break in our fire pit ever since we moved in! The evenings have been chilly lately, so for FHE we made s'mores. It was all the kids have ever dreamed of...they had a great time.

On Two Wheels!

Look what Ry can do! She got a scooter for her birthday at the end of August, and from day one has been riding that like a pro! In addition, Riley took off her training wheels on Labor Day Weekend and has been zooming around the neighborhood ever since. Way to go, Ry!

Isn't she lovely?

Bailey has taken a great interest in looking at her hair when she gets out of the bathtub. She has always loved looking in the mirror, but I guess there is something about her hair having that freshly towel-dried look makes it nearly impossible for her to look away. She thinks she looks great, and isn't shy about hamming it up in front of the camera when she is sporting her "crazy hair".




Riley said Bailey looks a little bit like Shrek in this picture...must be the green towel...