The three of us went to MN the first weekend in October to visit Oma and Opa. Natalie had lots of great adventures.She went on her first amusement park ride at the Mall of America, the Blues Clues Ride. She went on with Papa since my pregnant belly was too big for the bar to come down! She also went on the carousel with Papa and Oma. She loved looking around at all the activity and lights. While there, we also got her a strawberry shake -- which she downed pretty quickly.
We spent a little time looking at books in the Bloomington Library with Oma and Opa:
Natalie also got to explore Oma's ballet studio where she got to see all the Company dancers practice and watched a toddler (over 3 yr. old) creative movements class. She tried participating but it was a little to advanced for her.
We also got a chance to meet up with Emile's college buddy, Ben, and his family, Britt, Alec and Ashton. This was the first time they got to meet Natalie. Natalie even got a little hug from Ashton.
Oma and Opa brought out their keyboard for Natalie to play around with. She loved banging on the keys.
She of course spent lots of time playing with Oma and Opa:
One of Natalie's favorite thing to do now is to look at videos or photos we have taken on our camcorder or camera.
I also recently got on video Natalie saying "oh, oh", "mama", "papa" and "not not (not nice"). I love hearing her say these things.
Now that the weather is getting chilly, we converted Natalie's water table to a sand table. She's enjoying the variety.
And she always enjoys playing with balloons (of course, while supervised). Her laugh is contagious.
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