Spring Update

We have been having a very active Spring. Natalie finished her 1st year of preschool, she turned 4, she began dance classes, I returned to college, Jon is preparing for his 24 hour race and family life is as crazy as always.

For Natalie's birthday, we all went to the local paint-your-own pottery place. Natalie LOVED it. Though her kitty is sort of modern-abstract preschooler, she loves it. Afterward, she didn't want to leave and asks us to go back all the time. I think we have an artist in our midst.


Once we got Natalie pried out of the pottery place, we went back to Grandma's and had cake and ice cream. Oh yeah, and balloons!!!! Natalie played dress-up, she was a princess....go figure!

Our Little Diva


At first, Natalie wasn't too enthused about taking dance lessons, but once she got there and saw the instructors practicing tap dancing, she was right onboard. We think that this will be very good for her. It will channel some of her energy and help her with self-control. She's not a very good listener right now, but having to sit quietly and watch the instructors should help that. During the first lesson, she was bouncing all over the place while they were demonstrating a little dance the kids were supposed to do. When it came time for the kids to show what they had learned, Natalie performed the dance almost flawlessly. Amazingly, even though she wasn't paying attention, or so we thought, she picked the moves up and was able to repeat them.