Tumble Bugs!

Natalie was in the Tumble Bug class at the YMCA. It was a lot of fun to see her develop those fine motor skills. She is also picked up a few moves by watching the summer olympics. On the first day she was walking across a beam like thing and had her arms out and she was making this very serious face, like she was concentrating...it was really funny, at least to me.

My favorite part of the class is when they would "stretch" before hand. She would listen so well and the only kid that would actually do it without help. So here is a video... we really need to work on that jumping skill.

Natalie is 2!!

So I'm a little behind...Natalie turned 2 on December 1, I can not believe she is already that old!

Anyways, we had a party for her and she was dead set on it being a "Rella"

 party. So we made it to Party City to get the party stuff and of course she wanted every single princess thing in the store. This is all new to me since Dylan is pretty laid back when it comes to

 that sort of thing, (believe me he has his moments, but not as many as Natters. )  So we decorated the with

 Cinderella and when she woke up that day from her nap I had this cute little sweater outfit laid out that I was planning on her wearing, unfortunately she spotted her Ha

lloween costume in her room and wanted to wear that...after all it WAS her day.  She she not only looked like a princess she also acted like it. I can tell she doesn't mind being the center of attention, she LOVES it.

 

She got a Dora quad from us. It was so cute to see her driving around the house and all the kids following behind. 

Here she is with her little "Rella" dress and of course the Rella phone!

Again, I really need to figure out how to get the pictures in the right order, if anyone knows TELL ME!

Preschool

These are some pictures that were taken by Dylan's teacher of him in class. They are so cute I had to share.

This one is my favorite, it is SO him. With a helmet on and drawing. 

Don't you love the paint shirt? It goes to his ankles. :)

Hippos

When Tim and I were in New Jersey we got each the kids something. Dylan a life size Spiderman, well its Natalie's size. And we got Natalie a hippo that walks and opens its mouth. She LOVES hippos, so I thought it was the perfect gift. Turns out she likes it until I turn it on. In this video she is pleading with me to turn it off. I look like a great mom since I just keep on taping. :)

New York!

Last weekend Tim and I went to visit my sister and brother in law in New Jersey. They live fairly close to New York City so we spent the day there on Saturday. It was a LOT of walking but it was really cool to see. 

Here is a picture of the New York City skyline when we were there. It was so foggy that we couldn't even see the top of most buildings. So it makes it look a little scary. The park we were at when I took this picture was were Ryan proposed to Erin, how sweet. :)
TRL! 
30 Rock!!
The Rockefeller tree that was delivered earlier that week 
Tim in front of Trump Tower.
Us in Central Park
Central Park
Ground zero.

On the way home we saw a black bear on the side of the road! It was sniffing the road and then turned around and went back into the woods. It was really cool and I have never seen a bear that wasn't behind bars and in a cage.

Halloween

Drew was Batman, Dylan, Natalie then there is Josh who if holding Emma, who was a bug.
Nevaeh was a Lion, and Lexi was Hannah Montana.
No the pacifier didn't come with the dress, she wouldn't stop crying to take the picture so we stuck that in and got a pic. :)

Ok so Im a little late on this, but I had a request by my sister to put the halloween pictures up. 

Again they are in reverse order, (I really should figure that out. ) Natalie is a princess, she called her self "rella" and Dylan was Spiderman, of course!

We stopped by a couple of the neighbors and then both sets of parents. It was a lot of fun and they got lots of candy for me! 

Carving pumpkins

I'm a little late on posting these pictures, but I really wanted to show them. I guess they got uploaded in reverse order, oh well. So this pic is of all the kids with their finished pumpkins. We started a tradition of carving pumpkins at my parents house. Mainly because Tim gags at the smell of pumpkins and I really don't care for the mess either. My parents love helping the grandkids do it, so thats what we do! You can see my mom taking a picture with a cell phone, she was taking it to send to my sister in NJ.

Natalie ate some of the seeds and stringy stuff, gross! You would think she would stop eating it after she tasted it but no she put it in her mouth at least 3 times.
Dylan wasn't too sure of the mess either.