Painting Nails

One of Papa's duties is to clip finger and toe nails. He just seemed to take that duty on. The girls are not HUGE fans of this task so we have to bribe with painting of the new trimmed nails.

Papa painting Natale's

Avery's turn

Natale watching intently.

This was FUN watching, but Papa may not be too happy with this post.

Toddler trip to the Pumpkin patch

Today, we met Natale's preschool class at Carleton farms off of Sunnyside Blvd. near Frontier Village. When we arrived, we loaded up into hay wagon and took a ride to the patch and then trekked thru the field and found her prize....

After the hay ride, we watched Ms Kayla shoot a pumpkin out of a cannon x2.

The kiddos enjoyed their snack time receiving a cupcake to decorate with frosting and candy corns. Natale slid down a tube slide , ran thru a maze and then Mama took her to check out the animal barn. There were peacocks, a few goats, a sheep and a Mama chicken with 2 brand new babies with more eggs hatching in the nest.

Mama and Nat

Natale is just over 3 ft tall...

She found her pun-kin....

We had a great, sunny day at the pumpkin patch and I hope to get the whole family there before the end of the month....stay tuned!

A Natale-ism....

A CLOSE-UP of our silly Little Lady!!

Natale was getting dressed today, and needed to pause to pull her undies out of her butt. And this is what she said to her Papa before she put anything else on.... "Hold On a minute Papa, my undies are teasing me"

Is that not the FUNNIEST, Cutest thing you have ever heard?
Joe and I got a REALLY GOOD laugh from it....just had too share (I know its been awhile)

Dewey Dog

Dewey is Gram Wendi male puppy. He is about 10 months old and is a PUG. He is very social and loving and enjoys our visits. Natale LOVES Dewey! "Dewey licks my face off" she says with the BIGGEST grin. Here is an episode of the licking attack!! :)

She lets him kiss her on the lips/mouth.....its pretty funny and gross. After we've had enough we do have to pull Dewey off because she can't get up. She is giggling to hard from ALL the kisses!!

TENTS & TUNNELS

When its NOT SO nice outside and being home sick with colds or whatever, We try to find FUN things to do!! Natale received a Dora tent and tunnel from Uncle Bubba for Christmas and Avery had a princess tent so Mama got a great IDEA!! Mama was able to connect the 2 tents with the tunnel (straps and velcro) = GREAT FORT and FUN TIMES!!!

my GIRLS!! :)

Natale through the tunnel

and Avery's turn

At the top of the princess tent

And playing peek a boo with MAMA!!

We HAD lots of FUN playing in our tent/fort. Pillows, blankets, and stuff animals made there way into the PLAYTIME too! :)

Natale

NATALE JOAN....

I started this blog entry a few months ago because I wanted to start writing down amazing things that my children do. I am going to aim to do this close to their Birthdays so here is Natale's (2 months late) and will be starting Avery's soon. Here are a few things that I wanted to share about my youngest daughter....Natale Joan Prince

When Natale sees a star in the night sky she points and says "how I wonder"

Natale answers my questions most of the time with

"I don't know"

"I go, too?"

"let's go"

"okay, Mama"

"where we goin?"

Natale asks you to "sit down" and asks for "your lap" to read a book to her

I told her the other day that "she was cute" she turned around quickly with a ear to ear grin and said "I know"

Natale sings her ABC's

Natale counts to 12 but will skip 7 & 9 once in a while. She will try to say the teens, but only teen comes out....its cute

Natale tries to climb everything that is climbable

Natale and GG have this connection that is sweet

Natale says Alligator, silverware and many other BIG words clearly

Natale teases her Papa by calling him "DADDY"

Natale LOVES, LOVES, LOVES her big Sister Avery

Natale is copying everything Avery is doing

Natale is potty trained even through the night

Natale is talking nonstop 3 to 7 words sentences

Natale tries to sing

Natale LOVES playing at the preschool play yard

Natale likes ELMO & COOKIE Monster...YUM,YUM,YUM!!

Natale and her cousin Danielle are bonding more...which is super cute :)

Natale's hair is blond and its growing!!!

Natale has ALL 20 teeth and brushes them every chance she gets....sometime several times a day! (see next line)

Natale enjoys splashing in the water in the sink, bath or puddle!!

Natale enjoys wearing her new undies

Natale pushes a lot of buttons..... on keyboards, electronics, microwaves, dishwashers, doorbells,

the printer, the phone, unlock/lock button in the car, and sometimes her parents.....nothing is safe

Natale loves her BFF miss Bella, when they see each other they run and hug. Its super cute, but has ended in tears when they bonk heads.

Natale will "run and hide" when its time to leave the Murphy's. She loves her "CORA, YACK, Bella and HAN" ;)

Natale has a soft spot for JEN B.

Natale is growing up too fast!!

Natale will ask me to bite her toes.....I say "no thank you" and she says "PAPA does" with a BIG GRIN!! She is SO SILLY!!

Natale thinks anyone with a white beard is SANTA.....the 7 dwarfs, roaming gnome

We love you NATALE and you AMAZE us everyday!!

Come back to this entry...I will add more soon!!

a NO-NO, but too CUTE...

Jumping from the stool to the kiddie couch...

1..2...3.....GO

And then ALL done!!

YEAH...she did this about 10 times and giggled and had so much fun!! Love you baby girl!!

OLIVES, anyone??

Who doesn't LOVE to put olives on there fingers? My grandpa Dieter would put a can of olives in our Christmas stockings when we were kids. My kiddos LOVE olives, too! I usually need to open 2 cans to have any olives left for tacos or pizza. This is a new thing for Natale and she loves them!!
showing Mama her fingers

yummy!!

showing off their olives!

Love me some pretty girls and olives!!!

Boating on Lake Stevens!

We were invited to join our friends Jen, Jason and Jacinda, for a boat ride on Lake Stevens. We packed up some lunch, a few snacks and beverages and headed up to the boat launch. We cruised around the lake and took a few breaks to jump in the water. The weather, the company and the lake were fantastic and we had a great time.
Natale fussed a bit having to wear a life vest, but we kept her distracted with chips

Avery climbing out of the water. She had so much fun in the lake!

Swimming!

Taking a ride on Jason's shoulders...they would zoom through the water

Mama got in with both her girls...so refreshing!
We spent a few hours on the water and then headed home for naps. Thanks again to Jen and Jason for the invite...we had SO much fun and Avery can't wait to go again!

Our little Skipper!!

We have been going to swimming lessons for 6 weeks now. And Natale has changed from the 1st class with lots of whining to talking about the pool and "wa wa" when we walk into the building. Here are some pictures that we captured this week in class....
Mama with her happy swimmer!!

kick, kick, kick....bubbles

she loves jumping in from a sitting position, she handles going under the water pretty well...

hanging on to the side....

back float...we need to work on this one a bit

swimming to Mama

And we can't forget about our first fishy...she is doing great too!!

Piggy tails.....

We got them or I should say my friend Corrie did.....so so cute!!

And then Mama got this one on the way home....

Campout 2009

So, the Camp out for me couldn't have come fast enough, it is something I look forward to every year. So we make it up to the park at any chance we get, even if its just days before the big weekend. My Mom had suggested that we take my Dad up for a day trip and for me to stake our campsite for the weekend event. On Tuesday morning, Mom and Dad came through Snohomish and I took them through the model home at the Quadrant site and had lunch. We headed to the Masonic park for an afternoon of pure enjoyment. The Cone's had arrived the Thursday before and had enjoyed the 4th on the river. So jealous!! We sat around the campfire and visited and eventually took a short walk down to the river. As you can see the girls were VERY ready to play in the river. My Dad enjoyed the day too. We headed home around 5pm and I couldn't wait for the weekend....2 more days!!

a bite of sand...sorry folks....yucky!!!

wading in the river and playing with the sand

collecting sand...collecting water...the project sabotaging has already start.....

GG and Avery with Natale making a funny face...so silly!

The "elders" in our group....WE HEART YOU!!!

OK, So we are too the weekend, the girls and I arrived around 10:30am on Thursday morning. We got camp set up and headed to the river. Most of our friends arrived throughout the day. Joe didn't arrive until Friday, which made Thursday night very hard. We had some arts and crafts that Mama Sue had purchased, which was a big hit and a huge help to keep the kiddos busy during down times. They had paper dolls to color and decorate, play dough, games, coloring books and hats to decorate.

the girls working on a project

Nighttime in the tent.....these were taken after they were asleep on Thursday night, which was the most difficult and the coldest night.

looks so sweet....too bad she didn't stay this way for very long, up and crying most of the night

Shannon (Cone) Bonnell showing off the dog's (Dagger) life vest.

Wanted to share some more pictures with you. These were taken by the Cone family camera. And they shared their link with us. Lots of good times with great friends and family!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/conescottage/sets/72157621415845608/

Sweetness captured on Saturday morning....the girls loved playing together....

the cousins in the am

too cute!

The kids played on the swingset and big toy and there were a few tents and lawn toys out in the grass for the kids to play with. We caught Natale playing in the tent...she had so much FUN and had a smile on her face most of the time!!

RIVER FUN......

This is the best part of the day. Everyone heads down usually after lunch and/or naps. Mostly everyone took a dip in the river this year except for Joe. Several of our friends tubed the river with many complaints of 'butt rocks' or of shallow waters. A few water fights occurred with soaking success and a few balls were lost to the rapids.

Auntie Krissy and Danielle floating the river

sandy little girl...

"Mama, I'm ready for the river"
Avery was the most brave out of all the kiddos. She wants to be out in the middle of the river with us.

Mama wasn't quite ready for the river on Thursday.

Enjoying the view and sipping on drinks....

Jonny and his buddies decided to play some Beer-be. You put 6 empty beer bottles on a 2x4 and toss a Frisbee to knock the opponents bottles off.....Jonny kicked some ass and everyone who played got drunk!! Great drinking game and it was also played in honor of our dear friend Ralphie!! We love and miss you!!

Uncle Bubba....a new homeowner and a UPS driver....handsome guy!!

the girls watching beer-be and I think planning out a strategy. And Avery is showing off her hat that we made.

All the kids going wild, wanting to play their own version of beer-be....

Last year I got a great picture of the girls in the tent and this year they wanted to play instead....

We had such a great weekend with our friends old and new and we are so looking forward to next year!!