Natalie's Recital

Here are the links to Natalie's Dance recital routines.  My apologies for the shaky camera work, sometimes the camerawomen wasn't focused on the camera as much as she was focused on watching me.  (And she may have teared up a couple of times too  ;).

This link is to the ballet routine.
http://youtu.be/rjQrc2nhevA

This link is to the tap routine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEMu6MfSWoE

Gotta Dance!

The biggest event of this weekend was my very first dance recital!  I have been working and practicing for the recital since the beginning of the year.  The excitement started on Thursday when we practiced on stage for the first time.  Saturday was the big day.  I couldn't wait to put on my costume and make-up.  I was so excited I couldn't even take a nap.

Here I am all ready to go!

Since we still had a little bit of time before we
needed to leave I played with my truck for a while.

Here I am with some of my classmates.

At the end of the show I received a trophy!

Grandma and Megan came up to support me!

Mom, me and Dad after the show!

Preschool Graduation

This past weekend was a busy one for the Knapps.  It started with my Preschool graduation on Friday night.  For the past couple of years I have been attending All About Kids for preschool.  I have had many wonderful teachers and made great friends and perhaps most importantly, I learned a lot and had fun too!

For the last month of so my class had been preparing for our graduation.  We posed for pictures and participated in interviews for the slideshow and practiced a special poem we learned for the night.  I am very excited to be moving on to Kindergarten in the fall.  I will be attending Monroe Primary and I am excited to make new friends, meet new teachers and learn lots more!

Here I am reciting the poem we learned.

Striding across the stage to receive my degree!

Degree in hand!

Me and my friend Claire.  She was one of my first
friends at All About Kids.

Me and my friend Jordin.

Zoo!!!!

My birthday celebration wouldn't be complete without a visit to the zoo!  Since I was born we have included a trip to the zoo as part of the festivities.  I was very excited for this trip, because I wanted to show Daddy where we had zoo camp last summer and check to see if they were ready for this summers zoo camp.  I can report that our room is still there, but they are not quite ready for us.  That is ok, they have a couple of weeks before Megan and I will be there!

We were very excited to get this great picture
of one of the elephants!

This is one of the giraffes, during the giraffe feeding.
They get special crackers as a treat! 

A cool shot of a peacock!

I coordinated my dress with the tiger!

Here is one of the Galapagos turtles.  Mommy got to pet one,
I found out they will be 5 years old this summer. 

Here I am on the Galapagos turtle statue.  This is how big the
one above will be some day.  I think he/she has a little more
growing to do.  

Dinner with Belle

At the end of April Alter High School put on a production of Beauty and the Beast.  My cousin Maria was played in the orchestra for the performances.  Aunt Debbie also told Grandma about a special event they were having, dinner with Belle before one of the shows.  Grandma, Aunt Debbie, Sarah, Megan and I had a special dinner together and met Belle.  It was a lot of fun.  I really enjoyed the show too.  And of course Maria and the orchestra sound great too!

Our visit with Belle.

Every princess needs her own jewels!