Jumping in with both feet

Okay, so here is another short video clip of Michaleigh jumping into the pool during swimming lessons. Her instructors have been working with her to jump in without holding anyone's hands and to jump out rather than right at the instructor. This was one of her best attempts to date!

Look Mom...No bubble!

Michaleigh has been taking swimming lessons at the Y for the last few months and this past week they were testing the kids to see how they are progressing. This video clip shows her trying to swim (I think she was supposed to do the backstroke) without any bubble. She did it 2 or 3 times. It wasn't easy but she is definitely progressing. She swam the whole rest of the class with only one bubble rather than 2, 3 or 4 bubbles. So, we're getting there.

Anastin's passion for pears

Yesterday, the girls and I returned home after picking up Michaleigh from preschool and while I was busy getting something for Michaleigh, Anastin was busy herself. You see, lately she has insisted on being a big girl and doing things herself, like eating from a spoon or getting on a chair, or climbing the stairs instead of being carried. Well, after taking care of Michaleigh, I discovered Anastin had climbed up on her sister's chair and had chosen a pear out of the bowl on the kitchen table. Our girls LOVE pears! Anyhow, she was already busy digging into the pear with her new teeth...no need to have mommy cut it up anymore, she's a big girl now!

Dizzy girl!

Storytime with Pancake Pig

This past Saturday, we took the girls to Barnes and Noble for storytime with Anastin's favorite pig. They read the books "If You Give a Pig a Pancake" and "If You Give a Pig a Party". If you know Anastin, you know her favorite thing is her pig. She sleeps with it every night and takes it wherever she goes so to see a giant version of her favorite stuffed animal was adorable. Anastin didn't want to touch the big pig but she kept pointing to it, smiling and waving.

My favorite part was when the pig had to leave and Anastin took off chasing the big pig while holding her little pig. So Cute!

This one is for my mom...

Here are some pics of the girls I took with my mom in mind since she got these outfits for the girls.

Trick or Treat

So here are a few pics from our "exciting" Halloween night. For those of you who haven't been to our house, we live in a very large development with lots of families so we were anticipating tons of trick or treaters. In addition to living in a large development, here in Rochester, trick or treating doesn't have a time frame...kids can go all day if they wanted. So we figured we needed lots of candy. We went to BJ's and bought three huge bags of candy in preparation for all the trick or treaters we had. Then on Sunday night, our good friends, the Dudleys came over for pizza, pumpkin roll and trick or treating. The kids headed out a little before 6 and so far, we hadn't had any trick or treaters. I was a little worried. I think we were the first ones to head out but the night was getting colder and the dark was coming. We made it down the street and the sleet started. It was crazy! The kids only made it to a handful of houses before having to head home. Their buckets weren't very full but they had a good time. After the Dudleys went home, Michaleigh and I headed out to hit a few more houses. Needless to say with the sleet and cold temperatures, we didn't end up with a lot of trick or treaters but we did end up with a truck load of candy!

Here are the trick or treaters...Andy, the baseball player; Anastin, the giraffe; Mark, Elvis; Drew, Obe One Kinobee ( I have no idea how to spell that); Michaleigh, the cutest Tinkerbell ever; and Will, Darth Vader.