A few more of my cute Kat!

I have a few more pics of Kat Cheerleading.  It's a lot of pics, I know!  But, I wanted to add these to the mix for when I print off my blog for the year.  She looks so cute cheering, I couldn't help it!

Kat's Cheerleading Class

Kathryn just finished up a Cheerleading Class at the Rec Center.  She had a great time learning the cheers and stunts that Cheerleaders learn.  She really wants to take another class!  I want her to take a tumbling class just to get the hang of the basics of tumbling first, and then she will be able to do even more with cheerleading.

She did a great job learning the cheers.  She was one of the loudest girls (I wonder where she gets that from?!?)  She was even one of the only ones to show 'Spirit' at the end of the cheers! 

I am so glad she had a great time and found something she enjoys!  We will definitely have to keep going at t and see where it takes her!

Park Day

Emma had a field trip to a park on Thursday!

I went with her and it was a lot of fun to see Em interact with the other kids in her class.

The kids sang us some of the songs they have been learning.  They had story time with their teachers while the parents signed up for snack and party duty.  The kids then got to do their craft - a plant pot with seeds because they have been learning about how seeds grow.

Then they got to play in the water feature!  (yup, it was warm enough to run and play in the water on the last day of September!  A little sad if you ask me!)

I swear, she is such a poser!  I told her I wanted a pic of her going down the slide.  She wouldn't budge until I took a few pics of her! 

Playin' in the Water!

We had lots of fun on Emma's first field trip!

Back To School Fashion Show!

For Family Home Evening last week we had a 'Back To School Fashion Show!' 

I figured the girls would love it and have fun showing daddy their new clothes!  Afterward, daddy gave the girls each a blessing for the coming school year.  It was a good chance for the girls to get ready for school and get excited about the new experiences!

Em is such a poser!  She is super excited for Preschool to start! 

This year, I let Kat pick out whatever she wanted for clothes.  I tried not to persuade her at all and just let her pick her own style.  She picked out lots of cute stuff!

Emma likes to pose with 'things'!  I guess she needs props!

This dress is super cute and Kat loves it!

 When Em saw this Spongebob shirt she 'had' to have it!  She asks every day to wear it, but I won't let her until it cool off some more!

Emma had to have a picture of her new tennis shoes so her Grandmas could see how cute they were.  This picture is for you Grandmas!

This skirt was one of Kat's favorite finds!  She found it in clearance at Walmart!  (I guess I have rubbed off on her!  She likes looking in clearance to find a good deal, just like me!)

She also loved this t-shirt from Old Navy because is says Paris on it!  She loves anything Paris-y!  She wants to go there someday!

Again, Em needs props!

This year I was able to buy the girls a few matching things!  I get Em a XS and Kat a XL!  How cute are they?  (Kat told me she will not be 'matchy' with Em in public!  What?!?!)

And one final pic of my little poser!

A week of Science

This past week was Kat's first official week of summer. 

I love summer for the following reasons:

sleeping in,

not having to pick Kat up in 110 degree weather,

 being able to go do fun things with the girls,

swimming whenever we want.

I dislike summer for the following reasons: 

girls getting bored,

girls fighting,

girls complaining about 'nothing to do'

 the fact that everything Kat just learned is slowly slipping away with every hour of tv she sits around watching!

So, we are having a theme each week to keep us bust, occupied, and learning!

This week's theme was SCIENCE!

Here are some highlights from our week:

 First we made Sensory Bottles.

Check out the details here, on my craft blog.

The girls love shaking their bottles and seeing what happens!

I made little 'journals' for the girls to keep track of all of our experiments and activities.

On Tuesday we went for a "Senses Walk" and talked about our 5 senses and what we are grateful for.

We also made Rock Candy!

On Wednesday we made GOO!

I had the girls experiment with different textures and mixes.

 Emma wouldn't touch any of it.  She stirred it all with a spoon.  At least, that's how it was until we made homemade play dough!

 Then she was super happy!

Thursday we painted lots of pretty pictures!

On Friday we experimented with Jell-o and Pizza!

 Jello Volcanoes!

We made pizza  dough from scratch (shocking!  I know!)

Em thought that the yeast stunk!

 The girls had fun playing with the dough and pounding it out.

It was a fun and productive week!  I think the girls had fun and learned a little about science!