How You Like Me Now?

Lucy is sporting those glasses they give you after you get your eyes checked.

She looks like a rapper with those glasses and in her hoodie and sweatpants.

Out in the yard

A selfie of the whole family that actually turned out pretty good.

Me and the girls. Who knows what they are looking at. Not the camera.

Nice hats! They look ridiculous, but they are warm and the girls love them. Nataly's has sentimental value because it was a gift from Grandma Gladys. She loves that hat and wears it everywhere. If she loses it we are in trouble.

That is the beginning of the best snow fort I have built in probably 30 years. The snow was perfect for using the block maker. I told the girls the fort was for them, but everyone knows it was for me. Hard to tell who is the kid sometimes.

Set her in the snow and she stays there. She cant walk with all of those layers on.

They helped me fill buckets for the snow fort. Nataly was responsible for all the decorations on the top of the walls.

Back to Christmas

I was reminded that I needed to put up Christmas pictures of the girls. I also had some pics of Nataly's first Christmas concert to put up. So we are going back in time a few weeks. Hold on to your hats.

There are about 150 kids up on that stage all singing the same song and most of them behaving pretty good. It is amazing to watch that many kids all sit still and listen to the teachers.

 There she is, listening intently on what to sing next.

 After the concert she took Grandpa John and Rosemary to her classroom. She was so proud.

 Santa came to our house on Christmas Eve. Nataly was shocked that he showed up and was on her best behavior. She wasn't sure what to make of the whole thing. She was actually speechless.

 Here she is telling Santa that the only thing she wants for Christmas is a Dora Cutting Book. I hope the elves can pull it off, it was the only thing that she really wanted.

 Lucy on the other hand was not amused by the guy in the red suit. She refused to go near him. She stayed across the room and clung to mom.

That must be one cool toy. They both have the same look.

 Look, look, look. Santa brought me the Gup X. I love it. It's exactly what I wanted.

 Here is Nataly hugging her Dora Cutting Book. The Elves saved the day and delivered 

her one Christmas wish.

Every girl needs a purple hair dryer.

Lets go sledding

We bundled everyone up and went outside to hit the slopes one last time before it got super cold. Lucy made it about 10 minutes and she looked cold so mom took her home. Nataly made it about half an hour and we came home because we had an accident with a tree sledding.

She ran into the tree in the video a few posts ago. Sometimes I forget that she is only 3. She wants to sled by herself and not with dad, but in hindsight I should have said no and went down the hill with her. She only knows how to go straight. She just hangs onto the sled and goes where ever it takes her. Even if that is towards a tree. This time down the hill she was doing just fine at first and then headed towards the only tree on the hill. I was yelling at her to jump off from the top of the hill, but it was too little too late. She ran into the tree and bumped her head. I ran down there and at first thought she was fine because she wasn't crying..yet. Then I saw the scrape on her head and the tears started flowing. I carried her all the way home and mom took over from there.

I still feel horrible about letting that happen to her. I guess I need to protect her a little more and remember that even though she is a big girl, she's only 3. I'm sorry honey.

Here is the scrape from the tree. I'm so glad that is was only a scrape and not anything worse.

Here is Lucy all bundled up.

Here is Ralphie from A Christmas Story all bundled up. All Lucy needs is the scarf.

Children's Museum and Coffee

One of Nataly's favorite things to do, is go the the Children's Museum. If Lucy could talk, I'm sure she would agree. They have a blast playing in the bubbles and running around.

 

She would play in the water all day if she could. You should see her at bath time, she goes crazy until she can jump in.

Lucy caught a lunker.

Almost everyday Nataly helps me make a cup of coffee. I get a coffee and she gets a cup of hot cocoa. She pushes all of the buttons and knows exactly what to do next. She can grind the beans, warm up the machine, froth the milk and pour it all together. The other day she told me "Some day I'm going to be better than you". 

World Record of Sledding

Sledding with the Wings of Tulsa. A couple of more feet and Nataly would have gone into the thorn bushes.

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.