OOPS!!!

Well little miss Natalie as really started to say some interesting things. Her new favorite lines are:

Mommy, can you do me a favor?

I just need one more minute

Well, I think….

Do you mind if….

And the ever so popular question… WHY!?!

She is talking a lot with her hands and with the flip of a wrist. She will talk about things that she did at school and then will say.. Can you belevie that???

She actaully had a pretty amazing analogy the other day….

We were in the parking lot of her daycare and she points to the other building in the lot and tells me that her Great Gram went there (she has not really mentioned her in a few months)
Me: really when?
Natalie: Yesterday (everything happened yesterday right now)
Me: OH, did you see Great Gram yesterday
Natalie: No, she was old yesterday
Me: Yep, do you remember where Great Gram is now?
Natalie: Yep, she was like the caterpillar on Wonder Pets (cartoon, 3 animals go and help other animals get out of precarious situations)
Me: What?
Natalie: the caterpillar got old and turned into a pupa and then was a butterfly and Great Gram got old and then went to sleep and is now an Angel… right Mommy?
Me: that is right Natalie, Great Gram is in the sky and watches over us, right?
Natalie: Yep, there she goes….
I thought that this was pretty insightful for a 3 year old! I have no idea if they talked about something like this at school or what… she just brought this up out of the blue.
Ok tomorrow there will be pictures. I will remember my camera tomorrow.

Update with Pictures on Monday

It is a SAD, SAD, SAD day!

Natalie's BFF Aniyah is moving... Aniyah will be gone as of August. I have not told her yet but I will keep you posted as soon as we do!

Imagination!

Little miss is in the process of moving to a new class room, she is going to the 3 year old room. In this room I think that she may be getting into a bit of trouble, why you ask? Well, last night she was talking to her "daughters" telling them that they were going to go to "teacher time" (time out) and they had "one more chance to behave" Joe and I promptly asked her what her daughters names were… Apparently they are Shaw-Shelia and Kyra. She was quick to mention that Kyra had a Y in her name… Shaw-Shelia got in way more trouble than Kyra but Kyra was never a good listener. Wonder which on Natalie is.. The one that gets in trouble or the one who does not listen???

So what is new with Natalie you ask,

Well the little princess is about to turn three. She has a new obsession…. Ballet. I was watching a movie called Center Stage and now that is all she wants to watch. She is still "Off to see the Wizard" about 3 times a week but Ballet dancing every night.

Nana was just here and got to see the ballet dancer herself. She is just too cute when she dances. The girl in the movie is Jodi… so Natalie now walks around calling herself Jodi. She must have braids like Jodi and the same color pony tail holders, pink and yellow.

Other happenings…. Her and her best friend, Aniyah, have been together since they were 12 weeks old and for the first time are in different class rooms, not because Mel (Aniyah's mother) and I did not try to keep them together the daycare said that they fed off of each other too much and needed to be separated. This has been a bit weird for her. She does not like going to school and not seeing Aniyah all day long. Aniyah is soon going to be going to a different school all together so this may just be best that they are not together now. We still have Aniyah and her family over about once a week so that the girls can act silly.

Interesting story of how she is not a baby any more but growing up… Everyday we pass by the same horses, one white and one brown. For the longest time Natalie's horse was the brown one and Aniyah's horse was the white one. The other day she and Joe were passing the horses and Natalie told him that hers was now the white one and Aniyah's was the brown. Joe asked her why she had changed her mind and the answer was that the white one matches her feet and her bumb and the brown one matched Aniyah's feet and bumb.

She is using bigger and bigger words and just growing up so fast.

I hope to post some more pictures soon. Hope you all are doing well and staying safe!

3 year old pictures

Natalie and her best friend Aniyah


Just her

Hi ALL!

I will be updating soon, I have had shoulder surgery and just am very slow at this typing thing. So as soon as i am out of my sling you will get some new pictures... sorry!

The Park

Natalie and her boyfriend Henry went to the park this weekend and had a great time.










Hope you all have a great fall!

Halloween Pictures

Halloween Party at Aniyah's house. Her BFF





Halloween Night




Our naked girl sitting on the "naked" couch. ("naked" couch, so soft you can sit on hit naked)


Hope you all are doing well!

March of 21st

This is the way that up until about a week ago Natalie would explain what day her birthday was on. About a week ago however, this is the conversation that took place:

Natalie- Mom, my birthday is not March of 21st
Mom- Well, when is your birthday?
Natalie- When is yours?
Mom- February 5th
Natalie- That is mine too
Mom- Don't you want your own day to get only presents for you?
Natalie- No.... Daddy when is your birthday?
Daddy- October 4th
Natalie- My birthday is October 4th and February 5th
Mommy- So you get two?
Natalie- Yep, more presents

This weekend Joe and I were also privied to a special "concert". The princess sang; You are my sunshine, ABC's, Twinkle Twinkle, Baby Turtle and The Spider song for about an hour with piano and a microphone at the top of her lungs. She even had the hand jestures going. And Mommy and Daddy got a lot of, "Now you sing with me" It was pretty funny!

Hope you all have a happy and safe Halloween!

All are healthy!

After my surgery as well as Joe's and then Natalie's bout with pneumonia I am happy to report that we are all healthy! She is getting bigger and bigger every day and more of her own person with her own opinions.

Here are a ton of pictures from the last month.

Her and Nana at the park.




The first "good" picture Natalie has taken


A night with the grandparents, minus Grandpa Mike



The neighborhood Halloween Party


My mom and neighbor Kelly being silly

Natalie and Catherine from next door

Natalie, Henry and Emma




Hope you all have a Happy Halloween!

I know...

Hi there everyone!

Well we have had a bit of an exciting month. I had my tonsils out along with everything else that an ENT services. Then just as I was almost healed I was re-admitted for bleeding. All is well with me now but Joe had his sinus clean out surgery this past Wednesday. He is doing ok, but still in a lot of pain and just sleeping a lot.

Now for what you all check the website for… Natalie. She is getting very big and just a little pistol. She wants to pick out her own clothes, her own meals and would like to cook them if we would let her.

Now for pictures
Helping Daddy wash the bikes










Throwing a fit

Having fun in the tub


Going to school

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

Not much Natalie news. She is growing like a weed!

Natalie and her friend Ellie eating cake!



Natalie and her best friend at our house after school one day




Natalie and her boyfriend Henry hanging out watching the Dad's play toss across



Hope you all are having a great summer!

Just pictures today!

Nothing really new to report. Natalie is still being Natalie, getting smarter everyday. She has decided she wants to be an astronaut.

Chef Natalie

Natalie eating donuts on Father's Day

Throwing one of her normal fits

In front of the fish pond at the zoo

What, what is that you say... what is between Natalie's toes? Raisins

How sweet!

Natalie and some of the neighborhood kids

Natalie and Emma her new BFF