Natalie goes to Ballet

Natalie had her first ballet class today. She did great. I was afraid she was going to get all clingy when I dropped her off but she did great. She gave me a hug and a kiss and she went in with her teacher and her new ballet bag (with blanky inside her ballet bag of course....)

Class is only 1 hr long so I did some quick errands with Izzie. That was tough. Izzie would not stop asking about Natalie. She kept pointing at the empty car seat and asking "Natalie, were did she go". In the beginning it was cute that she was asking for her sister. But after 30 min of non stop talking and asking about Natalie no matter how I responded it started getting very annoying.

We got back and we still had about 20 min before class ended so we could see her through the little window and she looked so happy. She was smiling and following instructions and jumping.

When class was over she came running and kept telling me "Mommy I had so much fun".
I am glad she had fun, so far it's been a hit! If only Izzie could do it too it would be fantastic!

My Little Princesses

Izzie has started playing dress up, Natalie has not been as interested but when she sees Izzie dressed up then she wants to be dressed up too.
Here are some pictures of them dressed up from last night.

Ring around the rosie......

Caught the girls playing Ring around the Rosie with Hello Kitty. Each of them are holding Hello Kitty's hand and spinning around. It was so cute to watch.









silly with her monkey shirt (and the crazy hair

CT Trip

We just got back from spending a week in CT. We went to see my sister and her husband and their two boys and also we got to see my brother who lives in NYC.

We had a great time. The girls had a blast. They loved playing with the boys and going to new places. We were very busy but we had such a good visit. Natalie has not stopped talking how she is going to go back and visit Titi.

The girls did great on the plane ride. I was most concerned about that. We were flying from Austin to Chicago and then on to White Plains NY. They did awesome. I really did not expect it to go so smoothly. I have hope that as they get older traveling will continue to get easier.

On the first full day we were there we went to the Norwalk Aquarium. The girls had a great time looking at the penguins and seals and the big turtles.

On Friday we took the train to NYC. It was so much fun. We were exhausted by the end of the day but the girls had a great time. It was their first time on a train and they were very excited. Then in NYC we went to the Central Park Zoo. We took a cab to the zoo and Natalie kept talking about how much she liked the yellow car. I realized that she does not see that many here at home. At the zoo they saw all the animals but they had the most fun in the petting zoo. Natalie was beyond herself when she saw the piggy. For some reason she loves pigs. She wanted to go inside the pen and be with the sheep and the cow. The most fun I think for Natalie was that she got to ride the Central Park Carousel. She had never been on Carousel before. She loved it. She cried when it was time to go. Izzie enjoyed it too. She feel asleep on Aaron while on the ride.

On Saturday we went to Ridgefield beach and the kids had a great time swimming in the lake and playing in the sand. In the afternoon we went to Bridgeport for a baseball game.

Sunday the girls were exhausted so we took a rest day ;-)
Monday was a full day at the amusement and water park. It was very hot that day so the water park side was very busy. The girls had fun on the pool but they enjoyed the kiddie rides on the amusement side more. We all went on a ferris wheel. Izzie got to do the rides too. It was fun seeing all the kids playing together.

Then Tuesday was time to come home. We can't wait to go back.

Now we are home and the girls are back to their routine. Aaron had to leave this afternoon to go to Seattle for work. The girls are a little upset after spending so much time together that he left. He will be back late Friday night. We are looking forward to a relaxing weekend.

Here are some pictures

on the train station waiting on the train


RC & Natalie in the train


in the Central Park petting zoo




Izzie being silly




RC & Natalie


Izzie's baby went everywhere with her




Jack


RC & Jack (Natalie in the background)


In the Central Park Carousel


Frances & Jack


Natalie was very excited to ride in Uncle Rob's convertible


At the baseball game


Natalie, Izzie & Jack having a snack


Natalie, Frances & Jack


Natalie & Tio (my brother Jaime)


Natalie & Buster Brown


At Lake Compounce




About the take off in the Ferris Wheel

Sea World

We took the girls to Sea World yesterday. My friend from high school and her husband are moving back to San Antonio so they met us there. It was so nice to see them, hopefully we will start getting together more often.

Now the girls had a great time at Sea World. They were both so excited to go. We have not been since last December so I was worried about them forgetting and being scared again. Well not really worried about Izzie, more about Natalie who is scared of everything.

Well Natalie was jumping up and down, she even fed the dolphins!
We saw the Shamu show and the aquarium and the penguins. We did not see any other shows because it was very hot so we decided to take the girls to the water park side. There they went nuts. They had a little splashing pool and they were so excited we could not take them away.

We got to Sea World right when they opened at 10am and left at 4:30!!! The girls were exhausted but they had a great time. You would think they passed out in the car for the 2hr ride home but nope, they stayed awake. Izzie finally fell asleep with just 1/2 hour to go. Natalie stayed awake. They did sleep good last night.

Here are some pictures:

Feeding the dolphins


Natalie feeding the dolphins


Izzie feeding the dolphins


Natalie & Aaron coming out of the pirate ship