Five!!!!!

This year I turn 5, and that means in the fall I am off to Kindergarten!  I can't wait!  I am so excited!  I feel like I celebrated my birthday for a whole week.  It started with a special day with Grandma Zirkelbach.  When each of the grandkids turn 5 they get to have a special day (and sometimes sleepover) with Grandma. Grandma takes us to lunch and then we get to go shopping for our birthday present.  My mommy used to do this with GG (her Grandma) when she was little too.  It was a very fun day.  I picked Skyline for lunch so I could get a 3-way then it was off to Target, where I found a Repunzel dress, jewelry, and even hair!

 

I couldn't wait to try everything on!
I hope I have long hair like this some day!

Thank you Grandma for such a fun day with you!  I can't wait until next year!  I love you more! - Natalie

Easter 2013

Easter weekend was lots of fun this year!  It started on Good Friday with an Easter party at school.  We had all kids of yummy treats.  Mommy surprised me by picking me up from school early.  Since it was a beautiful day we headed straight to the park.  I am getting braver and braver every time we go to the park.  I am trying new things on the play set that I didn't want to do last year, trying the taller slide, and even going down head first!

Saturday was another beautiful day.  After dyeing some eggs it was back to the park again with Pops.  Sunday was Easter.  The morning started with Church and back home for to search for my Easter basket and some eggs.  The Easter bunny surprised me with a new outfit for my doll Kit.  She can now be a ballerina just like me!  After that we headed to Grandma's house for a great brunch!  I hope everyone had a blessed Easter too!

Birthday Parties

Recently I have been invited to birthday parties of my classmates.  They have been a lot of fun.  Recently I went to Pump It Up.  At first I only wanted to jump on a couple of the rides, but I eventually got brave and tried the climbing tower.  It was hard, but I did it!

After trying and trying, I finally
reached a blue square.

That was hard work, but I am
going to try again!

I especially liked the glow in the dark!

Some fun pictures!

Here are just some random pictures taken over the last few months!

I just love shopping at
Charming Charlie with  Mommy!

Megan and I ready and
wanting to go on a road trip!

Gone Hollywood, perhaps channeling
my inner Audrey Hepburn!

Christmas 2012!

Once again we were blessed during the Christmas season!  We had a wonderful holiday and felt very fortunate to spend it with our family and friends.

The New Jersey Knapps came in for a little visit before they took a vacation.  We spent the afternoon with them all of us acting silly as usual!  Then after their trip it was up to Grandma and Grandpa for more Christmas fun!

Megan and I got to spend part of Christmas break with the Portmans.  We had lots of fun and even got snowed in one day.  After our time at the Portman's it was down to Grandma's and Aunt Judy's for a sleepover with all of the Zirkelbach cousins!

Christmas morning was wonderful as usual!  Santa treated me well again this year!  I was so anxious to find out if my Christmas wishes came true!

I hoped and hoped for the American Girl doll, Kit.  And I got  her!

Indy!

The family made one final visit to Cramer's to celebrate Gabe's First Communion.  In January, the Cramer's moved to Colorado.  We certainly miss them and our visits to Indy.  Now we have to plan a trip to Colorado.

During our visit some of us took a tour of Lucas Oil Stadium.  We had the very best tour guide, Aunt Di!  Here are some pictures from our tour.

Here we are headed to the field.

Running the ball in for a touchdown!

Here we are in the Colt's locker room, standing in front of
what used to be Peyton Manning's locker.  

Feeling the "grass"

Mommy, Aunt Di, and Aunt Judy at a
Packers/Colts game a few weeks earlier.

Hello Again!

Yes, yes it has been awhile since I have posted an update.  I am going to try and catch you all up on what has been happening over the last few months.  We had a great Holiday season, a final visit to the Cramer's in Indianapolis before they moved to Colorado, and along with all of that fun times celebrating friends birthdays and dance class.

First off, Thanksgiving.  We celebrated at the Portman's house.  This year there was a special visitor at their house, Pebbles. Megan and I had some much fun playing with Pebbles.  In fact we both decided to ask Santa for puppies of our own.  Sadly we learned that Santa does not deliver animals on Christmas Eve, so we have to continue to sweet talk our parents.