Play date with Natalie

Natalie loves it when one of her friends gets to come over and play, and a while back she got to play with Maddie during the weekend. They both had an absolute blast. Their favorite toy ended up being the carts, which they tossed their dolls into and pushed around for quite a while. Natalie and Maddie also spent a while showing off their artistic sides by drawing on the art table. Enjoy the pics!

Eric's first time playing in the snow

Well, the longer I wait to post these the more embarrassing it gets, so I'll just post the pictures now :-) At the end of January we got a bunch of snow, so Eric and Natalie went outside and played with the kids next door. This was Eric's first time really playing in the snow, and he had a pretty good time. He also looked super cute in his winter coat and hat.



Natalie had a great time as well. we threw a few snowballs, rode the sleds down the hill, and she even gave her dolls a ride in the sled!

Parties number 2 and 3

Natalie had a second birthday party, this time with the Flannerys, and she once again had a wonderful time. She also got to have a smaller party on her actual birthday. Not too bad of a deal at all!

Here's Natalie reminding everyone how old she is, and enjoying her cupcakes.


Check out the coooooool Dora cake. It's even purple!



Eric enjoyed the cupcakes as well.


New water color paints to expand Natalie's artistic side and our carpet cleaning abilities.


A cool new airplane toy from Uncle Brian that Eric loves to watch.



A cool new Dora big wheel!


And way too many other toys :-)

Natalie turns 3!

Hmm... Where to begin? Now that it's been almost two months since we've posted a blog entry, there is so much to talk about! Let's start with the fact that Natalie turned 3 way back on February 6th. Our lucky little girl got to have two birthday parties too. We went to Indianapolis a little early to celebrate both Natalie and Aunt Emily's birthdays (Happy Birthday Emily!) and had a great time. I'll post the pictures from that trip here and I'll post the pictures of the second party tomorrow.

There was definitely a princess theme to the party at Grandma Ginny's.



Then there was a fun game of pin the flower on the... flower. This is a slightly less demented version of pin the tail on the donkey.




Look! A new princess bike!



Everyone had a great time! Happy Birthday to Aunt Emily as well!

Ball Pit v2

Natalie's ball pit was upgraded a few months ago, and she's been absolutely loving the new version. The upgrade comes with a ball pit, a place to climb, and even a slide! It takes up a ridiculous amount of space, but it's still worth it.

Natalie and all of her dolls have been down the slide dozens and dozens of times, and they've gotten pretty good at it. Eric's been down the slide a few times as well, but what he really likes is the ball pit itself. He still smiles ear to ear every time we put him in. Enjoy the pictures!

More stylin'

Natalie is on a kick where she likes to use Mom or Dad's computer to play online games for Dora, Max & Ruby, or Blue's Clues. She's learning how to use the keyboard and mouse, and hopefully her leap frog computer will help speed that along.

One time in December she had gotten herself all dressed up and decided it was time to play on Dad's computer. She also wanted to sit in the chair all by herself this time. She had her headband, sunglasses, necklace, Minnie Mouse purse, and christmas dress on as well, so she was looking good as she played Dora games.

She was looking so cute that I couldn't resist grabbing the camera. That works out for you guys too, because a picture is worth a thousand words when trying to describe it. See for yourself!

Happy New Year!

First, we just want to wish you all a Happy New Year!

For New Year's eve we all went to a friend's house to hang out for a bit of a parents' party. With 8 kids running around it was a bit crazy, but it was good to see everyone and Natalie had a great time. We had a "ball drop" celebration at about 8:30 so the kids could participate in the festivities and then took the kids home to put them to bed before watching the real ball drop.

I'm still waiting on pictures of the party itself from some other folks, so in the meantime I'll just post a few cute pictures that I've been waiting for a chance to post :-) Enjoy, and have a GREAT 2009!