Ellie's First Day Of Gymnastics...

Ever since Ellie became mobile, she has been very agile and loved to climb on everything, jump, roll, spin...you name it.  I always thought I might decide to put her in gymnastics at some point, just to give her an outlet to channel her activity.  Well today was the day, and she did great!  She is already asking when she can go to her next class!

 Before class started, she was up in the observation room with Mollie and me, looking down into the room she would be practicing in.

 My pictures turned out a little blurry because she was moving so much.  I had so much fun watching her though.  She loved every minute of it!

Random Silly Pictures...

Since this is a collection of my little memories for the kids to read about when they are older, I thought I'd include these two random pictures from earlier this month.  

Every time we go into Old Navy, Mollie first looks for this little girl mannequin.  Every time she finds her she hugs her and says, "Look Mommy, it's me!!!!"  Then she tells me that the bigger girl behind her is Ellie, and that the lady mannequin in the back is Mommy. 

 Every. Single. Time.

 And I don't know what I love most about this picture...perhaps her fleecy footy jammies on a hot summer day.  Or maybe it's the inside out tutu, or the fact that her helmet is on backwards while riding her brother's old bicycle.  I just love everything about her unique personality!

Last Swims of the Summer...

Once Mason started back to school, I took advantage of my time with the girls by visiting a pool that we never go to because Mason doesn't really care for it...it's mostly shallow and has no diving board or big slide for him to enjoy.  Instead, it has this awesome little clam slide that the girls had lots of fun playing on!  So after we dropped him off at school, we got to enjoy this pool 3 times before they closed for the fall last weekend.

 So long summer!

First Day of Third Grade...

I'm nearly a month late, but here is Mason's first day of 3rd grade as we were about to walk out the door.  

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I really don't want to think about how he is beginning his downhill side of elementary school.  This is going way too fast.