Natalie Faith - 3 Years Old

Our sweet Natalie turned 3 years old a few days ago - THREE! I can't believe my little tiny baby is such a big girl already! We celebrated her birthday along with Father's Day, Uncle Joey's Birthday, and Uncle Brandon's college graduation at Grandma & Grandpa's house last weekend. The kids played in the sprinkler and Nat was as happy as a pig in mud in the sandbox! She also loved her red velvet cake. 

Playing the new Frozen "Surprise Slides" game from her uncles

Waking up to birthday balloons!

Natalie asked to go to the zoo on her birthday, so that's what we did! Aunt Bobbi Jo and I had a great time reminiscing about our time at the zoo on the day Nat was born! We saw all the animals, rode the carousel, and even played at the splash pad/playground a little while. When we got home, Natalie got to try out her new bike! 

Natalie is such a sweet and spunky little girl. She loves to snuggle, sing, listen to music, play outside, explore new places, loves the Children's Museum and library, is friendly and creative, and has the greatest little giggle. She loves to swim and is so looking forward to starting preschool in August.

We love you so much, Natalie! You bring so much joy to our family!
Happy Birthday!!

Strawberry cake with green frosting!

Indianapolis!

We took a little family trip to Indianapolis last week and had such a great time! Indiana was Natalie's third state. Charlotte has been through there several times - she's been to five states so far. 

Our first stop was the Indianapolis Zoo. The weather was gorgeous, the animals were out, and they had a carousel! :) 

It was Charlotte's idea for them to wear their zebra dresses :) 

feeding a bird

Patiently waiting for the dolphin show

After a few hours at the zoo, the kids were ready to check out the hotel pool! :) After a nice swim, we walked downtown to have dinner at P.F. Chang's - yum! The girls weren't impressed and basically had milkshakes from Steak n Shake on the walk home for their dinner...

The next morning we walked back downtown to the Rhythm! Discovery Center. We had some time before they opened, so we checked out the mall downtown where Charlotte found a big candy machine of just banana runts - her favorite!

 The Rhythm! Discovery Center was great - lots of instruments for them to play!

Natalie's favorite

LOL 

Nat's mooing while Charlotte plays the cowbell

One worn-out Nat Nat 

We swam some more, ordered pizza, and went to bed early!

mmm hotel breakfast bar :) 

One last swim before checking out

We spent the third day at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. This place is HUGE. We definitely did not make it to all of the exhibits, but really enjoyed the ones we did get to.

dinosaur dig

taking care of baby pandas

water table fun 

sand table fun 

music room 

race car painting in the art studio 

water clock

Dale Chihuly glass sculpture

putting together a terra cotta warrior

Indy 500 exhibit

climber

exhausted after a full day! 

We stopped for dinner at Puccini's on the way out of town (YUMMM) and then headed home. The girls had a great time, and so did Ben and I! There were no major meltdowns or disappointments and we got out of town before all of the craziness of the Indy 500 started this weekend!