Nataly and Daddy Time

Yesterday Nataly and I went to the Children's Museum by ourselves. No mommy and no Lucy. We had a blast. We played in the grocery store, drove the bus, played with blocks on a conveyor belt and lifted girders with the crane. It was really nice to have time with just the two of us. 

Dance Recital

Yesterday was Nataly's first dance recital. We weren't sure how she would react to the bright lights and all of the people in the audience. She wasn't quite sure what to make of the whole thing. She is so used to practicing in a small little studio with mirrors and only 4 other kids in her class. Turns out that nothing bothered her she did great and put on quite a show. It's hard to tell from the pictures who is actually doing the correct dance. Some of them are standing when they are supposed to sitting and some are kicking when they are supposed to be clapping. It was pretty funny to see 5 little girls in bumble bee costumes on the stage doing 5 different dances.

Here is a video of the last half of the dance. Nataly is the second girl from the right...in case you couldn't spot the hair.

This is Nataly's friend Mary. She came to watch the big dance too.

Superstar!

Nataly's Special Day at Preschool

At Nataly's preschool if you have a summer birthday you get to celebrate during the school year. You get a special day and get to bring in your favorite things to share with the class. So she packed a bag with Tigger, her Penguin and Pinecone book and a Dora picture. She also made a board that had all of her favorite things on it. She had pictures of Honey Nut Cheerios, cauliflower, watermelon, anything purple and a picture of a doctor. Nataly wants to be a doctor when she grows up so Alusha photoshopped Natalys face onto a doctors body. It was pretty funny. She was in heaven. It's funny to see her act so shy in front if class, we never see that side of her. 

I can dress myself

Here is what happens when you let Nataly pick out her entire outfit. She loved it and was so happy and comfortable in it.