Lucy's Birthday Pictures

Our little girl turned one and we had a costume party for her. Since her birthday is so close to Halloween, we thought it would be fun to have everyone dress up and come to her party. I'm not sure if this is going to be an every year occurrence, but this year was a hit. Almost everyone came in a costume of some sort. Everyone was a good sport about dressing up and nobody complained that I heard of. But how do you complain about dressing up for a 1 year old's birthday. You would have to be pretty cold hearted to do that.

We weren't sure how Lucy would feel about the cake. Turns out that she doesn't mind getting her hands dirty.

Here is a before she eats cake picture, she doesn't even have her crown on yet. She is getting into the zone.

Group photo and everyone except the Birthday girl is looking at the camera.

Am I allowed to touch that thing? I bet Daddy is going to tell me no and make me stop.

I'm spent. You want some?

Here is Nataly dressed as a butterfly. Of course it's purple. Everything is purple.

Corn Maze Madness

Here are some pics of when we went to the corn maze in Shakopee.
Well worth the price of admission.    

3 of the 4 cousins raking leaves

This was all kernels of corn that was about 30" deep. It was super cool and the corn got everywhere. It was in everyone's clothes and we kept finding kernels until the end of the day.

Getting ready to jump in!

Look how high they can jump.

Poor Lucy, she was just a little too small to have a ton on fun. Look out next year.

Happy 1st Birthday Lucy!!

We cant believe that she is already a year old. But it's true. Seems like just yesterday we were getting ready for her. Now we couldn't imagine being without her. 

Happy Birthday from Daddy, Mommy and Big Sister Nataly.

Ballerinas

The Wings of Tulsa were in town for a few days - without Uncle Aaron. All of the girls got along pretty well and they had a blast. Nataly must have asked us for 2 weeks if today was the day that her cousins were coming over. Then the day finally came and she was in heaven.

It is chaotic trying to manage that many kids. But when grandma and grandpa are over the teams are tipped in our favor. The adults out number the kids, but only by one.

Here are some videos of the girls watching a dance movie. We had to give them each their own space so they wouldnt bump into each other. Kate got to dance on top of the ottoman.

Here is a video of everyone swinging. Believe it or not they did share everything pretty well. They had to share all of the swings and grandma and grandpa to push them.

Mad and Happy Nataly

 I'm not sure what she's pouting about,but check out that lower lip.

She's a little happier here. Getting ready for dance class.

First Day of Preschool!

Nataly has been looking forward to this day for a long time. Preschool finally started!! She was so excited to go meet her teacher and show off Tigger and Blanket. She couldnt wait for school to start. She must have asked me for a week if she got to go to school today.

So we had to do the cliche pictures of the kids leaving the front door on the way to school. It is the same picture that I had taken of me when I was a kid and I'll bet millions of other people too. There has to be a more creative picture to take.

The day went great. Nataly's teacher - Mrs Andews - said that Nataly is not shy and that she did really good. Some of the other kids cried when they left their mommy's, but not Nataly. She was ready to play and make new friends. She went potty 2 times during class and she was pretty happy with that. The bathrooms are funny. Everything is sized for a 3 year old. The toilet, sink and mirror are all at her height. They are at my knees, but perfect for her.

 Purple outfit with an owl back pack and Poppy Cat socks. What more could a girl ask for?

 3/4's of the happy family. Today wasn't about Lucy, so she stayed inside and ate puffers.

Grandma M and Annalisa came over to see Nataly off. They came to the school too and walked with her to the classroom and met her teacher. It was a big day and Nataly did great. We are so proud of her. Sad to see her growing up, but proud of her.

Ice Skating

Grandpa John thought it would be fun to go skating with Nataly and show her how it's done. Well, I can't pass up a chance to go skating, so I went along too. Then Alisha and Lucy joined us - they didn't skate, they hung out on the bench.

Nataly started out great. We would skate blue line to blue line and I would carry her around the rink until we got to the other side and we'd do it again. We did that probably 5 times and then she was done. We also got "talked to" by the rink people for carrying her while I was skating. I must not look that graceful on skates anymore, because they were worried about Nataly getting hurt if I fell or got run into.

Nataly told me she would like to go to the rink again, but she doesn't want to skate. She only wants to watch. We'll see.

Of course, she's in all purple. 

 

 She's cold, but she's happy.