Shake that booty...

Natalie's latest dance move:

Natalie Sayings...

Here are some of the things that are making me smile and laugh lately - and a bit of potty humor, so be forewarned...

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Natalie was in the bathroom, breaking wind, well, big time...

Natalie: How did that happen? How can such a big fart fit in such a little but?

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We were reading books at bedtime. We use a timer to make sure that bedtime stories takes the approriate amount of minutes (and not hours, as Natalie would prefer...). Natalie looked at the timer, then:

Natalie: There's "E" minutes left.

Me: That's right, there's three minutes left

Natalie: No, "E" minutes, like in my name!

The timer

Natalie's name on the wall in her room - notice the "E" is a mirror image of the "3" on the timer!

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We were reading a book. We always read the first page where it says who wrote and illustrated the book:

Me: ... Illustrated by Ronnie Rooney

Natalie: Did he have a runny nose?

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We were walking around outside when I ended up with at little bit of bird droppings on my jacket.

Natalie: Mommy, why did the bird think you were a potty?

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When Natalie get's a piece of candy, or get's to do something out of the ordinary, we often tells her that she "get's away with one". It took me a little while to figure out what she meant the other night:

Natalie: Can I have a "way-with-one"?

I guess she was looking to get a treat...

Springtime party at daycare

On Friday, Daycare held their "Springtime Social". There were many fun activities:

Making a necklace.

Playing a boardgame with Mommy and Daddy.


Hotdogs and chips and punch.


Of course, with Natlie doesn't really like hotdogs, so she just had a bun and some chips dipped in ketchup (yes, both the bun and the chips got dipped).

Tattos and stamps.

Face painting.

This was a big hit. She got a flower on one cheek and a butterfly on the other. And the best part:

Natalie painted on Mommy's cheeks, too!

Princess Natalie

Yesterday, Natalie had to be dressed as her favorite book character for daycare. She chose to be a princess. So on the weekend, we invested in a real princess costume along with tiara, princess wand, and princess shoes.

The tiara, shoes, and wand didn't get added until after she got there, but just seeing her in her dress was pretty priceless. Especially when she was dancing to the theme music from that mornings episode of Superwhy:

Natalie Stickerhand

The other day, Natalie and I went to the post office to send a couple of letters. Natalie was very good, helping pick the stamps out and giving the money to the lady behind the counter. So the lady behind the counter gave her a sheet of stickers. Not just a sticker, but a whole sheet of them. Natalie was so happy and proud.

All the way home in the car she was singing, and playing with her stickers. When she came home, she immediately had to show her latest art project to Daddy:

Look, it's Natalie Stickerhand!

Springtime bubbles!

This picture is a couple of weeks old. I wanted to post it anyway, though - I think the bubbles make it look so pretty and spring-like:

Springtime bubbles!

Easter Egg hunt at the Zoo

On Saturday, we went to the annual easter egg hunt at the Zoo. Natalie was so excited about going. When I told her that we were going, we were both still in our jammies. I told her we both had to get dressed before we could leave. I went to get dressed myself, and she went into her room. I assumed she was just playing around (I could hear the happy sounds from in there), but then I turned around and there she was, all dressed and ready to go. She had picked her outfit out of her dresser and gotten herself dressed faster than I could get myself dressed! So I guess she really, really wanted to go.

She was smart this year, bringing two baskets with her. The thing is, the easter egg hunt is set up so that the kids are to find easter eggs, then trade them in a different colored stations for candy. The pink eggs at the pink station, the green eggs at the green station, etc. So, she had two baskets, one for the eggs, and one for the candy. Pretty smart move!

Lookit! Eggs AND candy! How lucky can one girl be?

One of the (many) things I adore about Natalie is how she isn't just in it for the candy. She took her time, making sure she stopped to see all the animals. Here, she's looking for the penguins - though they actually weren't there, the water had been pumped out (for cleaning?) and the penguins were on the other side of the exhibit...

Where did all the penguins go?

Of course, we had to make sure we had time to play on the playground. Because who can say no to a turn on the swings?

Whee!

The easter egg hunt also included breakfast. The pancakes with whipped cream (or beep-beep, as it is nicknamed here in our house, because, well, that's a long story...) were a big hit:
Pancakes! Yummi.

It wasn't until a while after this breakfast that Natalie asked to open some of the candy. I'm soo proud of her, and how she just enjoys everything about a trip like this, not just the candy.

It was a very tired and very happy girl we brought home for naptime on Saturday!