St Patrick's Day

We are going to back in time for this one. Last month grandma and grandpa took NW for the day and they went to go see the parade in St Paul. If you remember the July 4th post, then you know that NW loves a parade. She doesn't even eat the candy, she just loves to see how much she can get and the whole experience of it. So if you add a parade to being with grandma and grandpa....look out.

Snowsuit and shamrock headband. Let's do this.

Fill er up.

Look at that haul. That is more candy than she gets for Halloween.

Catchy Little Tune

We dont know why, but NW had this song stuck in her head all afternoon. It's not even a real song, it was something that she made up. It was funny for a while, but it got real old after a couple of hours.Don't believe me, try watching that video for 2 hours. It got so bad that I started talking to her in the same tune. Then it was funny again.

Outside Finally

I don't need to tell you, but it was a hellish winter. The kids were going crazy to get outside. Now that they can be outside, they never want to come in. They would eat and sleep outside if I would let them. NW has started playing with the neighbor girls and cant wait for them to get home from school. She knows that they get home from school at 4:00 and is waiting at the fence for them to come outside. It is super cute. She is growing up in a hurry.  Pretty soon she won't want anything to do with us.

Now for some pictures of LW:

Check out those baby blues.

This is what happens when you leave LW unattended in the backyard. It looks like Oreo's on her cheeks, but it's charcoal. She found a left over piece from the snowman. Charcoal isn't bad for her is it?

Kid #2 in the coupe.

She has no fear. She will go down the slide without any help. She loves it.

The Shrine Circus

Uncle Brett wanted to take the girls and I to the circus. So, last week we all went along with Auntie Anna. It was a ton of fun! The had all kinds of activities before, at intermission and afterwards. I told Brett that Nataly probably won't want to go on the elephant so don't plan on it. Well when we got there Brett asked Nataly if she wanted to go on a pony ride. She said, "No, I want to go on that!" She pointed to the elephant ride. I was shocked! Nataly was bound and determined to get on the elephant. Of course it was the loooongest line there. So, before we couldn't get on it. We had to get to our seats. The first have was full of excitement. Lions, tigers, horses, elephants and women climbing up ropes and twirling around. That is so serious arm strength. Then there were women twirling around hula hoops up to 15 at least at one time. Lucy and Nataly were having a blast. At some points they were having more fun with the special light up wands than the circus but who cares right? You are at the circus. Plus, you have to have a light up toy during the circus. Then intermission came. A 15 mintue one to say the least. It probably took us that long just to get onto the floor. Then we had to buy the ticket in one line then get into another line for the elephant ride. The line once again was super long. To say it again we didn't get on the elephant during intermission. We had our ticket at least. Nataly got her picture taken with a clown but Lucy didn't want any part of the clown. She didn't even want her big sister near him. Too scary. She got pretty upset. So the second half came. We had trapeeze artists, more girls on ropes, the pink poodles and more elephants. They even had dirt bike riders inside a big globe riding around each other. Pretty cool. Then we had to leave our seats early just so we could get down to the floor and in line for the elephant ride. We had been here way too long. We were going on 3 hours! Yes, 3 hours at the circus is plenty. So, we rushed in line and Nataly and Brett were third in line. Nataly rode the elephant by herself! No Uncle Brett. The guy put her right in the front too. She was so excited. When I asked her what it was like she said, "It was bumpy" and proceeded to demonstrate how it was. All in all we had a ton of fun. Thanks Uncle Brett for taking us to the circus! We had a blast with you and Auntie Anna!

 

 

Lucy, Lucy, Lucy

The blog has gotten a little Nataly heavy lately. So here are a few pics to help even out the number of Lucy pics.

Lucy and I were playing outside on the patio. Just running around and playing with all the new toys. They aren't new, it has just been so long since she saw them and she thinks they are new. It's pretty funny.

New Boots

So I got a new pair of rain boots for work. The job sites are always muddy and I was tired of messing up my dress shoes. When I got home, I did what every 42 year old guy does with new rain boots. I went outside to play in the rain. I took Nataly out to jump in some puddles with me. It was raining outside and it was perfect timing.I had as much fun as she did.

It is so much more dramatic in slow motion.

Bike Day at School

Yesterday at Nataly's school was a fundraiser for St Judes. All of the kids got to bring their bikes into school and could ride them around in the gym. All of the classes had a set period of time to do as many laps as they could. It wasn't a race, but some of the kids thought it was. One of the boys even started crying because he couldn't go fast enough to keep up. It wasn't his fault, his trike had small wheels and wasn't meant to go fast. He ended up quitting and watching from the sidelines.

Nataly had a blast. She decided that she wanted to ride her trike instead of her Strider. So I cleaned it up and brought it to school. We did move the light from her bike to the trike. So there was a little flair. One of the kids even had a GoPro on his trike to record the whole thing. I wish I had thought of that. I'll do it for Lucy when it's her turn. Nobody will ever know I stole the idea from the dad in Nataly's class.

Here she is listening to the pre-race rules.

On your marks.

Get set!

She couldn't contain her excitement.

This young man is Charlie. He loves Nataly and her hair. He is constantly playing with her hair. His mom says it calms him down. It's harmless, I think.

This went on for a long time. Nataly doesn't seem to care and keeps going along with her business.

They look like an old married couple here.