Natalie's Party

As mentioned in the previous post, we celebrated Natalie's 6th birthday this past Tuesday! We had a great day! It was a day full of activities and excitement...and of course, neither one of the kiddos napped, so we were ALL worn out by the end of the day. Here are a few of the priceless moments I thought I'd share.

Last year, when Nat turned 5, we started the tradition of bringing her breakfast in bed (she had seen her Daddy bringing her Momma breakfast in bed on her bday, so she figured why not me as well). This year, Natalie informed us that she would like biscuits, bacon and a pop tart. We topped it off with orange juice and coffee with cream (mostly cream). She was pleasantly surprised and wanted us to sit with her and chit chat when we brought her her special tray full of goodies! Is that some crazy mornin' hair or what?!?

Natalie insisted that she open one gift that morning, so we gave her her iPod Shuffle. She had been asking for one for awhile...apparently some friends (and their older brothers and sisters) at school have them. Erick and I had such a blast downloading songs to it. We did alot of those Kids Bopz versions of popular songs, some kids praise music and some oldies but goodies (Jailhouse Rock, Twist and Shout, etc.). She can't wait to download more songs now! She got some Hannah Montana CD's for her birthday and we plan on putting them on the iPod soon. After some brief tutoring from Daddy, she got the hang of it real quick!

Natalie got to pick wherever she wanted to eat for lunch...and, just like we knew she would, she picked mexican food (Posados). We had a great meal and Nat's was topped out with this insanely huge sundae they brought out at the end. She didn't get halfway through it...it was too big!

Natalie's party this year was at Pump It Up (Indoor Bounce Zone/Slides). She had her 4th birthday there as well...Erick and I actually tried to talk her into something else, but she was adamant. Then again, it was nice to have it somewhere other than our house, somewhere inside in August (it was over a 100 degrees outside), and it was super-nice to have someone else do all the work (especially clean-up). So, we headed over there in the afternoon with a bunch of her friends. We had a great time bouncing for an hour and a half, and then we headed to the party room for cake and ice cream. Natalie wanted a "My Little Pony" cake this year. Here she is getting a little help from her brother blowing out the candles. Can you tell she worked up a sweat running around, climbing and bouncing?!

After the party was over, we headed back to the house with the grandparents and gifts in tow. Natalie opened her gifts and had a blast trying everything out. She did not want the party to stop! Around 9:30, we put the kiddos down (they were out in less then 5 minutes) and we crashed too!