Aunt Coco's Visit!

It's been a great week hanging with Aunt Coco! I got to go with Dad to pick up Coco on Wednesday. I've had a real love of airports and planes lately, so I was super excited to go up to Detroit. I saw her coming down the escalator towards baggage and held up my sign for her.

We had a fun pizza night on Thursday. We all made our own pizzas (I liked watching Dad make the dough). This is me with my pizza, Aunt Coco helped me load it up with pineapple, meatballs, and chicken!
I still like playing in my kitchen and serving food. Here I was enjoying some tea party time with Aunt Coco.
Since we have a gas stove now, we can make Smores inside! Aunt Coco made me my first Smore ever.......I was a bit of a sticky mess :)

Obi and Coco.....reunited! Lots of puppy love time around here!

This Saturday was a trip on the Blissfield train. I saw a train in downtown Sylvania not long ago with Grandpa and Grandma Jackson. I love things that go! So I was really excited to get on the train. I even got to hand the tickets to the conductor.
We had a nice 2 hour ride......Dad was a little disappointed that it was a slower pace. I guess this wasn't a bullet train!
This is my sign that I took to the airport. I love having Aunt Coco around!

Snuggle time while watching some TV.....

Here are a bunch of pictures from our trip today to the Erie orchards. I walked a ton! And then I was carried around a ton! The bag of apples ended up being 16 pounds. We are looking at fun new recipes to use apples too.....

Picking some tall apples with Dad!

Victory!

We may have eaten a few :)

I can't stop looking at my apple!

Some Halloween cheer...

Not only did I get to sit on the tractor, I fed the goats and deer AND ate donuts!!! What a great weekend!!

School Art

Here's my artwork from Friday!! It's proudly displayed on the fridge.....

Friends, Family & Food

Lately I've been missing all my loved ones. When I can't videochat with any of my Seattle family, or I'm told The Daniels or Grandpa & Grandma J aren't coming to visit tomorrow, I start to cry. Missing things is part of growing up, but that doesn't make it any easier for me (or Mom and Dad who hate to see me upset).

What does help is knowing Coco will be here in a few days to see me, and when that isn't enough, I snack on some of my favorite foods. So enjoy some of my favorite friends, family and food* pictures from the past few weeks.

Behind the scenes of my new reality show: Toddler versus Food. Don't worry, I didn't eat all of it. I hate pickles on my burgers!

Had a great time with all the Jacksons from across the continent. Also, learned what giving "bunny ears" is.

Sneaking a peek into my Lego tower (looking for fruit snacks, probably).

Grandma J makes a great Lego Train Tunnel.

Dairy Barn Milkshake with Mom at the Fulton County Fair.

Picking this year's Thanksgiving Turkey.

Cheers, it's TEA TIME!

Yogurt raisins are one of my favorite treats.

Don't mess with me and Obi.

Laughing and giggling with Ol' One Sock Lindsey.

The arms in the air and the big grin mean one of two things. Either I love my new big girl bed, or we're going out for ice cream!

A cookie cake to celebrate Mom's 8 years at MCO/MUO/UTMC last week. Great job, Mom!

And we'll end it with a picture from my first full day of pre-school. It went great...there were snacks!

*Despite what it looks like in these pictures, I don't just eat snacks all day. Mom and Dad make sure I get a nice balanced diet that includes things besides sugar.

Preschool Pic

Last week was my first trip to Epworth Toddler Day Out.....it's my once a week school program.

Here I am all ready for school!

Dad was excited to take me to school :) I told Mom and Dad that I really liked the kids, play kitchen, and water table!
Uncle Matt and Aunt Jess were in town for a week visit to Toledo. It's becoming tradition to go swimming when I see them!

Here was Uncle Matt going done the giant toilet bowel slide!

We were busy all week with Matt, Jess, and Grandpa and Grandma Jackson. I need to get the pics from their cameras downloaded so I can share those too!

Playing in the super tent with Uncle Matt.

Story time and secrets with Mom in the tent!

Outfits x 3!

I wanted to wear my new "sparkle" shoes from Grandma and Grandpa Hiatt today.

You can't tell here, but when I dance around they light up!

Here I am working on my moves.....

Next outfit of the day. I wanted to try on some of my new clothes that Mom and Dad bought me. Here I am working in the kitchen.
Close-up! Can you believe that I told Mom I was cranky today???? (Note from Mom - Nat was indeed cranky at times)

More posing for the camera.

This was just too funny not to include. Just proves that there are always outtakes!

Looking at my flower.....

It's hard to tell, but I am rocking TWO ponytails!

Happy August...

I've been off my game... I could blame it on lots of things, but I've just been busy, busy, busy! Here are a few pictures from the past few weeks :)

I like the locker/cubby area by the garage door. I do really well leaving my shoes and hats there. It's a great staging area! This particular day I was excited to have TWO ponytails.
Parker turned 2 on August 1st. The Daniels came to visit and check out the new house the weekend after her birthday. I had a great time putting the sprinkles on the cake.

The girls all got to wear princess crowns.

We both got all dressed up and I had to give Parker a great birthday hug.

I like wearing my tutu dress!

Here's the lake that forms when we get rain. Dad called the developer and they are supposed to come dig us a drainage ditch. I guess this is what happens when your house is the end of the road!
Last week I went with Dad to watch the elephants raise the circus tent. Maybe next year I'll go to the circus with Mom and Dad.
I just spent a busy weekend in Columbus. The Daniels had a party on Saturday for all of their Columbus friends. They are moving to Florida over Labor Day. I have already bought a plane ticket to visit in November! Looking forward to a fun visit in FL!
The bounce house was GREAT! Parker had me beat on the gymnastics. But I had a lot of fun (as did Mom and Dad).
Today I took a trip to the Columbus Zoo. We went to some new exhibits that I hadn't seen before. They had a great educational area. Here I am looking at the baby Cheetahs. I also got to get really close to a sloth, pet a snake, and watch baby penguins swim.
The Asia exhibit was also great. The elephants were moving around but the best part was the Tiger. It swam right towards me! I also got caught in a thunderstorm and we ran for cover. Good thing it was warm outside...
Me and my buddy at the zoo. I owe Parker a big thank you for letting me ride her bike around the zoo. After the zoo we went to downtown Columbus for fancy crepes at a food cart. It was a busy day and I loved hanging out with the Daniels!
This is me about 10 minutes after we left the Daniel's house. I fell asleep while drinking and snoozed most of the ride home. It was a wonderful weekend and I think I'm going to sleep hard tonight!