JEWELRY PARTY

(Above: Anne and her daughter Avery)

It's party time!!! On Friday, Natalyn and I were invited to our first jewelry making party! Our neighbors Anne and Avery were hosting. We had alot of fun!! It was just the girls!!!
I did manage to get one picture with Natalyn. She is sporting her new necklace she made. She was so proud of herself, the girl "loves her some jewelry!!"

Such concentration!!! I didn't think Natalyn had the fine motor skills to accomplish this yet, but she did great with bigger beads and thin ribbon!! Natalyn picked out these multi-color beads at Wal-mart and was so excited to get to share them with her friends!!!

What a great party!! We will have to host one in the near future!!

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Ok. I know that the title is Jewelry Party and I bet you are wondering "HUH?!?"

I thought since I had not updated my blog in a few weeks that I would add these to this post. Last Thursday, Natalyn enjoyed playing with her bubbles, the soap that is... The picture above is Natalyn washing our storm door with her hands. (No amount of Windex is getting this off, as of today there is a still a hazy smudge on the glass!!)

Work up a good lather....

And wipe on and wipe off (OK, step #2-not so much!) This is starting to look like I am training the next Karate Kid!!!

Natalyn doesn't technically make "bubbles" she pretty much swings the bubble wand around and throws soap everywhere.

Now that is what I call "time management," just save an hour and go ahead- pour the soap right out of the bottle!

HAVING FUN WITH THE COUSINS!!

Natalyn wrestling with Daniel and BIG POOH. (I think BIG POOH won!!)
Amanda, Natalyn and me!! (I feel really, really old!!)

Amanda, Natalyn and Daniel

Yesterday, my cousin Amanda and her husband Daniel (newlyweds) came to visit us. I have not seen Amanda in about 10 years. The last time I saw her she was a teenager and is now a beautiful woman. This was the first time Scott, Natalyn and I met Daniel, he is REALLY tall, I think I came up to his elbow, I felt like such a shrimp!! He was really nice and they seem really happy! We all went out to eat at Puffy Changs (as my friend Paula calls it because that is how she rolls-hehehe). And then back to our house for cupcakes made by Natalyn. When I told Natalyn that she was going to meet some more cousins, she kept talking about playing with toys, which I could only assume that she thought all cousins were kids (since the only time I refer to someone as a "cousin" they usually are another kid). So when she first met them, she was not real impressed that they were adults, but she warmed up to them real quick, especially when Daniel played in the floor with her and BIG POOH for 2 hours!! They also have a new puppy named Jackson. Again, this confused Natalyn since her B/F/F is also named Jackson. We had a great time and hope to see them again real soon!!!!

YOUR HAVING A GREAT DAY WHEN........

Ok. Lets just start by saying I have no pictures of Natalyn to post today-sorry grandparents!!!
Let me get back to how "wonderful" our day started. You know your having a great day when you get your child up (Natalyn=cranky pants magee) in the morning and it takes her about 45 minutes to eat her cereal and then when she has eaten all the cereal she pours the remaining milk in her lap, which then requires a bath (bath #1 of the morning). After which I get Natalyn dressed and we are about to leave for the gym because I really DO want to get my Zumba class that starts at 9:30. Natalyn is doing a great job with potty training right now, so I hurry her into the bathroom before we leave only to find (after I have pulled the pull-up down of course) that literally poop exploded out of the pull-up. It was up the back, down the legs, you get the picture. This leads us to the bathtub again (bath #2). Natalyn was really upset and was crying because she pooped on Cinderella (which is the character on her pull-ups). We do finally manage to get out the door 45 minutes later!!!NO ZUMBA TODAY!!!

We were not planning to be home this week. Scott, Natalyn and I were planning to take a mini-vacation this week to Branson and OKC. It started on Saturday, Scott's side of the family had a family reunion and to fund the food for the following year they have an auction. Scott's dad was the model for the items that were being sold. Half way through the auction, the item up was a small (I am talking kid sized to pull stuffed animals in) red metal wagon. Pat (Scott's dad) put the wagon on the ground and Natalyn walked right up and put her doll in the wagon and immediately started to pull it around. Pat joked saying it looks like he will be bidding on this as well. Apparently, a lot of family members decided to talk advantage of this and kept bidding against Pat and $25 later, Pat won the wagon for Natalyn. The wagon is probably only about $4.99 at Wal-mart. But Natalyn loves it and has played with it everyday. I told her that she will have to play with it everyday for the next 5 years!!!

We went to Branson on Sunday and had just finished eating supper when we received a call that Scott's grandmother had just suffered a mini stroke/seizure. So we left early Monday morning from Branson and headed to Miami. Please be in prayer for Ermalene (Scott's grandmother) and the family as it looks like she may not live much longer.

Ok. As I am typing this, I am looking over at Natalyn who is on the couch with a piece of paper and an ink pen. She has ditched the paper and is working on some pretty impressive body art on her legs, looks like we will have another bath (that will be bath #3)before nap!!!