We went to the hibachi restaurant and the girls loved the chicken and shrimp! 
Tap Dance outfit for her doll. She ran and got her to put it on right away! 
Something fun to do with Daddy! Lego police command center. 
She opened her watch first thing in the morning and then wore it to school. She can tell time by the hour right now! It's 1:00 for an hour and then it's 2:00... 
By this point in the day, Kaitln was out of control! She ate her dinner like a crazy person and then fell asleep on the way home. Good times. 
Kelsey, Kaitlyn, Kirstin, and I spent a girls day going to my cousins baby shower and then outlet shopping until 8:00 at night! We went to dinner after all this shopping and had a fun time. Kelsey was psyched to see that Red Robin has corn dogs on the menu. "...A real corn dog" ?? not sure what that's all about. The girls got some new clothes and I even got to get some things. Kir and I really enjoyed having two people provide loud, critical commentary on our choice of undergarments, and other observations while we were changing in the dressing rooms...always entertaining! 
Bob brought Nate into Kaitlyn's preschool for Show and Tell today. Kaitlyn was so happy! She showed her class how Nate shakes his paw. She was so excited to tell me about her day when I picked her up! 
Kelsey with Mrs. Shields. She loves Mrs. Shields! She's doing very well with her reading this year! 
Kelsey got to be part of a group with Michael, from our neighborhood. The kids went on a safari reading adventure while the parents listened to some reading tips from the teachers. She had a great night! 
Bob enjoyed meeting our new dog nephew, Rocky. He's Kirstin and Paul's new dog. He's very energetic and took Bob for a few spins around the back yard. 
Who wants to see some dinosaurs! Kaitlyn and Kelsey were psyched to go to David and Ryan's dinosaur day/movie party! Bob and I had fun having lunch at Champs and shopping! 
Kelsey and her friend Lucy. Kelsey had a great day at the Ice Rink. She did a really nice job skating. I only held her hand for the first 20 minutes or so and then she was on her own! 
Kelsey's school ice skating party
Kelsey and her friend Bryce. She told me that he was a "real" hockey player. He was speeding all around Kelsey all afternoon. 
Kaitlyn is doing great getting used to her brakes! She is a speed demon - not too shocking! She just needs some practice stopping before she hits things.
NO MORE TRAINNING WHEELS!
Kelsey learned to ride her bike without training wheels after about 4 practice sessions! We tried last year but didn't see any motivation - she begged to have them put back on after the first day! This year she was motivated! She practiced gliding down the driveway and gliding down a little hill near our house. One day she was having lots of trouble so I sat on her bike and realized that the steering wheel was crooked! She had no chance! Once I got that fixed up, she did it after 2 more practice days. She's going around turns, going up hills, she's ready for summer!
Kelsey and David were happy to take turns racing the train through the country and the city. They like to turn out the lights and make the train fly around - literally off the tracks.
Ryan and Kaitlyn preferred to play with the Barbie House on this night. They all had a good time playing in the train room one last time before the train is packed up until next year!
Kelsey jumped out of the seat - thrilled to have it done! Kaitlyn sat very quietly and almost started to cry! She was so set on having it done but I think she was surprised that it hurt!
Wait! What! This hurts! 
She wants to have this done , but she doesn't want it to hurt?
Kaitlyn posed for Kelsey with this poor naked baby while I was vacuuming upstairs. The girls took about 20 pictures of various wacky things...standing on the couch, the babydoll's eyes, the stairs, etc.
a self portrait
Kaitlyn rode her new bike around the neighborhood twice tonight! Kelsey preferred to use her scooter and hang out with Paige. Kaitlyn learned all about braking on the hills following a scary race that we had together! I had to catch her bike to stop her when I realized she didn't know how to brake!!! She was so scared that she kept peddling one time and then braking. She got the hang of it by the second trip around. 
Kelsey's cool pose on her razor scooter. She explained to me that she tucks her t-shirt in to her pants because that keeps her from sweating - ? - and also she was very proud of the fact that she could store her water bottle in her waistband - ? - very cool. 
The girls got to do some sled riding on Tuesday night! Kaitlyn lasted about an hour and Kelsey stayed out until it was dark! She was soaked but she loved it. She stayed out sled riding with Paige for about 2 hours! 
Kaitlyn carried her sled up the hill about 5 times, then I carried the sled. I went down a few times too! That hill is just the right size.
No fear! She doesn't mind spinning around or going backwards.
Kaitlyn's really into pretending now. She took "snowy" her snowball pet down the hill - backwards.
Kelsey had to try out going down the hill backwards after she saw her little sister doing it!
We went on a weekend trip to Massanutten in VA over President's Day. The girls were very excited to see their Aunts and Uncles. They put on a show all weekend....
The girls really liked this warm water pool. It was about 85 degrees! They kept going under the water and we had to keep our eyes on both of them but Kaitlyn was especially brave! She would just go right under and swim around. She even figured out to get to the bottom and push off the floor. She was smiling the entire time - even under the water.
The girls got brave and tried out the slides and water fun area of the park for a little while!
The girls liked the waterpark. I think Kelsey could have stayed in the pool the entire day. We had to force her to try out the lazy river and slides. I didn't get very many pictures because we were busy the whole time we were at the park!
We were all glad to see snow on the slopes and on the snow tubing park. We got all dressed in our gear to try out the tubes. The girls were excited at this point...
At this point, Kelsey had already said that she would only go down once...
Crying...I am reasoning with her. We're here, the whole family is doing this, you might like it, we don't have this at home, you can hold on to my tube, I'll buy you a pony,,,etc...
Kelsey saw some other kids and she was excited to go down the slope!
The girl's reaction when they found out that Uncle Marco had picked out their tinkerbell toys!
Kelsey checking to see what Kaitlyn got...
Kaitlyn checking to see what Kelsey got.
gifts from Spain for everyone! 
Kelsey and Karen in their cool new hair-dos (sorry Karen). It's a cute pic
This is Kelsey at her table. She sits with these six friends everyday. She was a little shy with me there that day but I have a feeling this is a good group. The girl side of the table took their frame craft very seriously - trading stickers, looking at each other's work.
Here's Kelsey at group playing a game where you aren't allowed to smile. Kelsey was never able to get through the sentence without smiling! She had to say "Happy Valentine's Day to you but I just can't smile" and the other student was allowed to make faces and be silly the whole time! Kelsey ended up being "it" 3 times because she just couldn't do it without giggling!
I got to play 2 games with the kids! I made a sight word match up with hearts and the silly smile game. I loved checking out the class. The little boy that Kelsey talks about (Bryce) is sitting right behind her in the striped red shirt. After getting t0 hear all of Kelsey's comments about her classmates, it was neat to go in and meet them! They're a great little group.