Skate Night

Kaitlyn and I went to a Skate night at Rock-Roll-O-Rena for a fun school function put on by the parent club.  She was so excited but had never been roller skating before.  I was excited yet terrified because it had been about 20 years since I had last roller skated but used to be pretty darn good and just hoped it was as the saying goes, "like riding a bike."   Can't say I was super graceful, but I didn't fall at all even with Kaitlyn using me to hold her up or grab at me if she thought she was going to fall, we pretty much skated together the whole time holding hands which kept us able to skate for couples skate, lol and I even broke out the backward skating skills just so Kaitlyn and I didn't have to leave the rink when it was backward skating time.  :)

We get there and get our skates, Kaitlyn saw a friend in her class and was more interested in socializing than getting the skates on but once we got them on her she couldn't even stand up, it was pretty funny, so we traded those ones in for some slow roll, roller skates and she did AWESOME on those.  She could roll in them but the wheels were so tight that at times to catch up to her friends she was running on them.  But perfect for her first time out.  She was going pretty good when coming off of the rink and couldn't stop before she ran right into her school principal, no worries though, he thought it was hilarious and caught her so that she wouldn't fall after bouncing off of him. 

Kaitlyn with her friend Audrey.  They look like skating pros, but notice they both have a death grip on the wall and Kaitlyn's feet are trying to go in opposite directions.   Shortly after was when we traded those skates in for the other kind

Cutie pa tutie

holding moms hand but the confidence was growing fast

Kaitlyn wants to go again, in fact she wanted to ask the guy that was working the skate counter if she could buy the pair she had rented for the evening because she had so much fun.  I am so glad we went and had such a good time, with the slow roll skates that is a place we will definitely add to our list of things we can do in the winter time!  Who wants to go?

Jammed Packed Weeks of Fun

 We've had a busy but very fun and memorable past few weeks.  Fairs, festivals, balloon races, Cardinal game, and so on... We hope you enjoy the pictures because we certainly enjoyed making the memories!

Kaitlyn with her friends at the first Daisy Scout meeting.  She made herself comfortable right in the middle of the circle :)

Telling everyone their name and singing a song

after the meeting on our way out the car she jumped up on to the light post and sang, "I'm a daidy, I'm a daisy."  She seemed pretty happy about it.

It's been a very busy but very fun past two weeks from the Arnold fall festival, the forest park balloon race, the ball game and so much more.  We hope you enjoy the pictures, we certainly enjoyed making the memories!

silly face and gang signs?

wanted a picture with her friend at Walgreen's

Kiera loves to pretend she is wearing hoop earrings by putting my bracelets around her ears

 Fun @ the Arnold days Festival

 Forest Park Great Balloon Race

 Paw-Paw & Kiera playing Barbie's

Kiera being stubborn @ Khols, she wanted a dress out of the juniors department that was only $120.  She told me and maw-maw Cheek, "Too sad, too bad, I'm getting this dress!"

Silly Face

Silly face while reading her new Clifford Book

Sweet Sisters

Kaitlyn with her new T-bone pup from the Clifford show

Kaitlyn trying on a dress up dress that Kiera got that day,  she even got some flowers out of the kitchen to use as her bouquet

Kaitlyn posing for a picture with Kiera admiring her in the background

Pink Elephant down that lives down the street

A-Z + 1-10 Hopscotch, the girls loved the 36 square hopscotch that took up the whole patio

getting ready for the Big Cardinal game that Kaitlyn was singing at, Kiera was a bit excited and fell while playing and busted her lip on the storage bench in the livingroom,  she survived and was A Ok by the time we left

Holding Kiera while she hold the towel on her lip hoping she gets over it soon so she will have fun and be happy tonight at the game

Kaitlyn in line with her group getting ready to head through the tunnel to go sing

There she is on the field sitting in the front row, right in the middle.  They did such a good job!

Bon fire saturday night

The girls in their customized official Blusies that Uncle Ryan got them.  They turned out Amazing!