Halloween!

This year Emily decided to be Wendy from Peter Pan. She was quite disappointed at Trunk-or-Treat when no one could guess who she was. She made a mighty cute Wendy though!

 Caleb chose to defend us all from the evil emperor Zurg as Buzz Light Year. He was thrilled that his costume included wings.

Getting them both to smile together proved to be quite the feat.

Karate Kid

Emily has begun taking Karate lessons from a friend of ours. She really enjoys it and it is teaching her some wonderful skills such as self confidence, balance, and coordination. She is currently half-way to a yellow belt! What a girl!!

She is pretty entertaining to watch as well- every time her teacher comes close to her she begins giggling while doing the blocks and defenses.

First Day of School

First Day of School 2011. Emily is now in 2nd Grade and very excited. Caleb is starting Kindergarten. They grow up so fast!!

Swimming Lessons

 Before Swimming Lessons- They can hardly stand themselves. The goggles turned out to be the best investment!! Emily's swimming suit started off meeting at seam- but this girl grows by the foot- and needless to say- it is now officially retired as too small. 

 Emily really enjoyed her teacher- she had him for both sessions. He was great and pushing her to do her best. 

 Caleb showing off his mad skills- he loved to go underwater with his goggles. 

Emily's teacher made them all kick while he was working individually with each student- what a great way to build up endurance! 

 Caleb Swimming with his teacher- he made great progress this summer!

 Kicking on the kick board all by himself! This was one of his favorite activities!

 Emily kneel diving- Her teacher was very patient, although he finally just pulled her in! 

 She curled up in a ball and quickly turned to grab the side. She tends to be pretty afraid of the deep end. 

Caleb in the 10 ft section. He didn't go off the diving board this time- but he enjoyed his life jacket. 

Creepy Crawly Days

The local museum opened their doors recently for a creepy crawly day. Emily wasn't interested in holding any of the creatures- although she did touch a turtle. Caleb was pretty hesitant to touch anything at first- but after a while he didn't think it was such a bad idea.

 This was a brown "rubber band" snake. Caleb insisted it was green, and said it really did feel like a rubber band.