Sunday, April 5, 2009

Too messy...

As usual, we did our weekly grocery shopping this weekend. On the way home in the car, Natalie had the following conversation with Karsten:

Karsten: Natalie, do you remember what we bought in Walmart?
Natalie: Chocolate milk!
Karsten: Is that for Daddy?
Natalie: No, it's too messy for you. It's for Natalie!
Karsten: That's a blog entry...

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Cheese - or youghurt...

I think she's saying cheese - but she's eating youghurt with wheat germ sprinkled on top...

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Sprinkles on the bus

Let me set the stage for this one... We were eating dinner yesterday. Natalie had gotten a muffin with sprinkles as part of her dinner (don't worry, she ate about two bites of that and a whole plate full of fresh pinapple...). For some reason, she loves the sprinkles. But after a while, they usually end up spread evenly across the dinner table and under her chair.

So, after we all finished eating, Natalie started singing songs for us. First, she was singing:
"The people on the bus go up and down, up and down, up and down, the people on the bus go up and down, all thru the town". And all the while she was showing us with her whole body how they were going up and down.

The next verse was:
The sprinkles on the bus goes "put them on the floor"
"Put them on the floor, put them on the floor"
The sprinkles on the bus goes "put them on the floor" - all thru the town.
- And all the while she was "helping" clean up by wiping all the remaining sprinkles down on the floor, all very matter-of-fact-ly...

I guess I should have taken the opportunity to teach her not to put the sprinkles on the floor on purpose, but I was too busy laughing!

Of course, she helped sweep the floor afterwards, but that's a whole other story!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Head and toes...

This girl has a mind of her own...

Guess who decided to wear two different color socks today?!?

It was all her idea. She usually get's two pairs to choose from. This morning she told me that she wanted one of each. And why not, really... Mis-matched socks may be just the fashion statement that is needed to show off some of her sparkling personality!

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Twinkle, twinkle

Natalie really likes to sing songs. And she likes to sing them in silly ways, mixing up the words. As you probably know, the normal version of Twinkle, twinkle goes

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are

Well, here's Natalie's version that we got the other morning while she was getting dressed:

Twinkle, twinkle, little cracker,
How I wonder with no pants on...

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Don't ask...

...If you don't want to know the answer...

Last weekend, we were at the video store. Karsten was carrying Natalie. I could see that he could feel, well, something, so he asked:
Karsten: What did Natalie just do?
Natalie (loud and clear so the whole store could hear it, and very proud): I made a stinky fart!

Friday, March 20, 2009

More pictures from the Museum

Last set of pictures from the museum...
Where did the boat go...

There it was!


Driving the big firetruck!


Hmm, which train should I play with...

Books - always a favorite!