Fun in the Leaves!

It was such a nice day today, we had to go out and enjoy it! Well, out to our front yard, at least. We raked up a bunch of leaves and let Natalie have at it. We all had a lot of fun!

I just had to tell you...

I am thankful for you every single day. I am proud of you every single day.

I love how caring and kind you are.
I love your good conscience.
I love your sense of humor.
I love your nimble way of thinking and learning.
I love your silly dances and the creative songs you make up.
I love your art and your attention to detail.
I love snuggling you when you fall asleep in my arms still wearing your princess costume.
I love being your protector.
I love being your Daddy.
I love you.

Rapunzel!

This Halloween, we decided to take Natalie to "Spirit Halloween" to pick out her own costume. What a pricey decision! She, of course, chose pretty much the most expensive get up for her age, and we couldn't say no, so after asking her about 100 times if she was SURE she wanted it, we got her the Rapunzel (ala Tangled) costume. Well, it was worth it. Look how cute she is! I hope she enjoys wearing it for the next two Halloweens too.

We went to the Fall Festival at Fairview today. We played lots of fun games, got to ride a "train", or as we call it, a bunch of barrels tied to a ride mower, and even competed in our first cake walk!! Sadly, there was no cake won. Nickie and Natalie were both sorely disappointed, so we're going to make a cake later today. The spoils of defeat. 

A couple of funny lines

Man, there is so much I need to catch up to on here. I just wanted to get these documented while I remember them. If I had a dime for every time Natalie said something that cracked me up, I'd be rich!

The other day, we were driving and I pulled over for an ambulance that had it's lights flashing and sirens blaring. Shortly after it passed, Natalie said "that ice cream truck scared me!"

One day, when we were getting ready to go to big girl school, I told Natalie she could choose three of her little dollies to take with us for the ride. It was like Sophie's Choice, let me tell you. She had them all ready, but said "I change my mind', switched one out then said" I change my mind". I said "you changed it again?" She said "yep, I changed two minds!" so

I love my little biscuit so much.

Natalie's First Trip to the Muni- Beauty and the Beast

We had planned on taking Nat to see Beauty and the Beast at the Muni, but the forecast called for rain. So we decided against it. Until Lindsey L. texted and said that we should join her and the boys. So at the last minute, I grabbed blankets, some snacks, and took Nat. Except for at the beginning when the National Anthem started and she screamed with her hands over ER ears- she loved it! She intently watched every moment. Before we got there, she thought there would just e a huge tv outside so I think she was overwhelmed with delight at seeing all of the characters live! We also ran into Lisa D who brought Anna. She was nice enough to get Nat a special light up rose so that Nat could help turn the Beast into a prince (she loved this and was so excited about helping the beast!). Afterwards we lucked out and joined the line to meet Belle when it wasn't too long. She was on cloud nine to get to meet her, sit on her lap, and take her picture with her. Gaston (the bad guy) didn't have a wait to meet him, so I asked Nat if she wanted to meet him. Nat freaked and almost pulled my pants down in an attempt to get away from him. I guess I forgot that he is bad and why would she want to meet him!
The rain stayed completely away until about 3 minutes after we got back inside our house! It was a perfect memorable night! I loved cuddling with Nat under the blankets and watching a great show outdoors!

Fun Day At The Park

Since the temperature outside finally went below 90, we took advantage and played at the park today.  Natalie had a ton of fun as usual!

Fun Day At Scheels

I forgot to put the pictures from our fun and cheap trip to Scheels.  Natalie had a great time! She got to ride the ferris wheel for the first time, pose with the fun animals (but the presidents were terrifying to her) and eat some ice cream!  Lots of fun!