Princess Party

We went to the Princess Party in Wellesley again this year with Heather and her girls.  This year though, it had rained... a lot... in the morning hours of the day of the party.  So they moved it indoors, but by the time the party started, the weather was absolutely beautiful!

Here are Ava and Natalie waiting to get sparkly tattoos.   I think they are discussing strategy here.

Afterward, Natalie and the girls (here with Lili) had some face painting done.  Looking good ladies!  Natalie is showing us her sparkly tattoo on her hand.

And of course, you can't be a true princess without a manicure!

Next up, Natalie wanted to color a picture.  I think we had some snacks somewhere in between here too (juice box, cookies and cupcakes!)

Once she was done with the picture, she took it over to the princesses, Ariel and Cinderella and they both "autographed" the picture.  Then she got her own picture with the pretty princesses!

Next up was the limbo!  Nothing says "graceful princess" like doing the limbo!  Here, Natalie is using the skills that she learned in Maine this summer to show everyone how to do the limbo!

There was also a lot of group dancing going on!  I had to miss the Bucs-Pats game (what Colleen???) but it was worth it to see the happiness on that little girl's face! 

Mommy's Birthday

I'm getting to the point in my life where I'd just be totally ok with skipping over my birthday. Sure, I love cake, and having my family take me out to dinner, as they did this year by taking me to the Sherborn Inn, but another year older?  No thanks!  But unfortunately, the kids LOVE birthdays. They love giving gifts (especially Natalie) and they LOVE cupcakes and ice cream. So I can't ignore my birthday.

And of course, they want to help me open EVERY birthday present.  Here they are helping me open my BRAND SPANKING NEW pair of purple inov-8 f-lite 230s! YES!  I've been wanting these babies for a couple of years now.  So happy.  I also got a great new Pats shirt, and Natalie made me a heart necklace out of fuse beads.  You can see I'm wearing it in the picture below.  I also got a bracelet (see it in the picture above!)

Hooray for cupcakes and ice cream!

Guys Trip to Fenway

Todd's brother Steve came up to take their dad to Fenway for a Sox game in mid September.  Look at these handsome guys!  What you don't get from this picture is scale... these guys are giants.

Before the game, they went up to the Green Monstah to check out batting practice. 

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

They were able to catch an awesome game!  John Lackey threw a one-hitter!  And the Sox clinched the playoffs! 

Natalie's New Bed

Well, we finally got Natalie a new bed.  I was kind of hoping to wait until we moved to a new house (our OWN house) where we could decorate her room as we wanted to.  Plus, since our house was originally built in 1880, all of the rooms have oddly shaped walls and ceilings.  So there's no great place to put her bed.

But we wound up putting it in the corner underneath the skylights, which she doesn't really like.  But she IS 6-years-old now, so it was definitely time to get her into a full bed.  She can't wait to have her first sleep over!