Our Swimming Star

Mary continues to enjoy her swimming lessons at the local YMCA. During the long winter months these are especially wonderful - an added bonus has been that daddy gets to use the time to exercise his "new" shoulder in the water.

Aarrrr Matey!

For Valentine's Day I had a girls night out. I went with my mom, my sisters (Kathleen & Angela) , Mary, Lily (their cousin), and Katie to see Peter Pan at the Missouri Theatre in St. Joseph. What a blast we had! My sister, Kathleen, captured Mary and Lily meeting Captain Hook up close and personal. All the girls did such a good job paying attention during the performance. Now Mary and Kate run around the house singing the Peter Pan song "I don't want to grow up" - I may come to regret their enthusiasm if they are still singing that at 32.

My Little Divas

I forgot to include these pictures when the girls got their hair cut. They both left the salon and raced to the car so that the wind would not blow their "beautiful hair". I guess we girls are just born with it.

Funky Mama Fun on Friday Family Fun Night

Every Friday night we have "Friday Family Fun Night". Last Friday we got a real treat when Funky Mama came to visit St. Joseph at the local mall. The kids were asked to pick a partner and dance. A little boy walked up to Mary and boogied down. I was not sure how she would take that but to my surprise she joined right in. And they danced the night away. Kate chose to stay close to mom and dad. She danced on the sideline.