Tuesday, March 22, 2011

spring time fun

The sun is finally shining outside so we had to take advantage of the weather! Normally Ben would opt for his other bike, but today he wanted the strider bike and thought it was loads of fun! He had to do what Jaelyn was doing at all time which included going down some hills! Watch out world...this kid is following in my little bro's footsteps (having no fear, that is!)


Jaelyn thought is was great that Ben wanted to ride his Strider. She went into "teacher" mode and had all different nuggets of advice for Ben!

These pictures were taken on my iphone - not too bad!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Calvin Women's Soccer 2023?

Jaelyn was pretty pumped to get to her soccer class today...she didn't even want to wait for Daddy in the parking lot!



Practicing dribbling before the class started

A little photo op with cousin Elisabeth - yep, matching outfits!

Ben REALLY wanted in on the action. He wanted to wear Jaelyn's soccer cleats...and gave me a full on tantrum when I put them on Jaelyn instead! He definitely is a strong willed kid. He's going to give us a run for our money!!

The fun games they get to play during tot soccer - dribble to get the cone and bring an ice cream cone back to the coach - complete with the flavor of ice cream!




We didn't end the class very well, however. They were doing some sort of game being "cars" and not sure what really happened - but her ball was taken from her and she didn't like that. Tears came and she was done with the class. She didn't even want to shoot on goal at the very end of class. Oh well - I remember hating soccer because I didn't like getting kicked in the shins...but that all changed! Hopefully next week we will make it through a whole class! :)

Friday, March 11, 2011

our mermaid!


I haven't taken video of Jaelyn (aka our little mermaid) swimming lately so I thought I would post some more footage. It's so fun to watch her progression! It still amazes me how fast she has taken to swimming. Ms. Angela still can't believe that Jaelyn is 3 yrs old!






This is how she would have it for the entire play time! She loves to wear goggles and swim around with her head in the water. For the better half of play time today she didn't even use the noodle and swam around all on her own! I kept my eyes glued to her the entire time - but she did fabulous! I wish I would have captured it with a photo or video, oh well!

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Spring Cleaning!

Just cleaning up the yard from the crazy week of weather we have had! Huge gusts of wind, rain & hail rounded out our week! Thankful for the sunshine today & that this branch didn't hit our house!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Soccer in Seattle

The heavens opened up and it down poured right at the start of Jaelyn's first soccer practice! We definitely were not prepared for the cold rainy weather that occurred! Thankfully they ended up canceling the practice - after we had called it quits and were back at the car. (Jaelyn started one of the drills and then came crying to me - she was freezing & had enough....so did I!) We were all completely drenched and enjoyed a nice warm bath once we got home! Hopefully next week we'll have a better experience!!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

the next keri strug?!



Practicing doing a somersault on the green "balance beam"



More somersaults!



The tumbling trampoline - one of her favorite things to do.