Biker Lily- sans training wheels!

My big 5 year old is now riding her bike without the training wheels- she's growing up so fast! Man, was she proud and amazed at herself:) She kept asking me, "Mom, how did I do that!?!" Love this girl.

And here is the cute little sister on her tricycle:) Love this girl, too!

Halloween 2011

The girls have had a lot of fun so far during this fall season. Enjoy some pictures of the events!

Here's some pics from the Burke nursery and garden center's Pumpkin Festival:

(Lily just whipped this little lipstick out of her pocket during the wagon ride. She's 5 going on 15:) )

Halloween night:

Minnie/Mickey mouse hybrid and mystical genie

 

Halloween party at Grandma's house:

More Halloween night:

They got a pretty good sized load of candy this year:) 

First day of school!

Well, another school year has begun and this time Sophie gets to join in the fun:) Her first day of preschool went well! She did cry just a little bit when I left, but her teacher (who gave her a great big hug at the time) said she stopped within a minute or 2. All in all, things went well:) Lily loved being there to show her the ropes and so far, she loves kindergarten- especially when it is pizza day!

This next picture is completely random but, nonetheless, is what I'll use to segue into the next of the firsts:) (Lily finally earned her 10 checks and got the face paint she's been wanting!)

First ballet/tap class! (I'll take pictures of the actual class when they have the parent observation day):

While not taking the class, my little Sophie is a budding ballerina, as well:)

Does this sound familiar? It is the first song that Sophie learned in preschool. She is quite proud of herself:)

Swimming, Swimming and More Swimming!

My little fish sure love swimming this summer! Please enjoy a little snippet of Lily and Sophie working on their latest swimming skills:

Lily's back stroke (back swimming)

Lily's 1 millionth head stand:)

Sliding board at the baby pool! (Sophie has since gone down the one in the big pool, too! Unfortunately, the camera would likely not survive through that shoot)

Lily jumping off the diving board! She passed the swimming across the pool test, so I finally let her do it!

Sophie's crowning achievement: swimming (with vest donned)!! This took about 1 month for her to get brave enough to do- she finally took that last little toe off the bottom of the pool and then realized it wasn't so scary afterall:)

April-July 2011 pics

Easter morning

 

Daddy with his girls

Book time

Sophie (before and after)

Truman (Lily wanted me to show you this, Grammy)

Family birthday party for Lily and Sophie's second cousin, Allie

Lunch playdate with Grandma and Paige

4th of July!