I'm not anti-social; I'm just not user friendly
// July 1st, 2010 // No Comments » // Family & Friends, Natalie Quotes
When the circus clown dropped one of the balls he was juggling. Natalie, stands up and shouts (with as much sincerity as a 6 year-old can):
“That’s OK! We still think you’re doing a great job!”
// May 5th, 2010 // No Comments » // Family & Friends, Home Videos
Natalie doing her rendition of the Dixie Chicks’ “Travelin’ Soldier” with diva outburst mastered when she false-starts (“darn it!”). Hard to believe she’s still looking for a record deal.
// April 24th, 2010 // No Comments » // Family & Friends, Natalie Quotes
Upon driving by a new war memorial being constructed near our home.
Natalie: “Mom, is that where the dead soldiers are going to be?”
Lisa: “No Natalie, it’s a memorial for the dead soldiers. There won’t be any bodies buried there.”
Natalie: *pause*
Natalie: “Oh…just heads?”
// April 19th, 2010 // No Comments » // Family & Friends, Natalie Quotes
A heart-warming tale about wildlife rescue emphasizing the need for Dora the Explorer to clarify for her young audience, in no uncertain terms, that her and Boots only save animals that are alive…with heads intact:
Day 1 @ 8:00pm: The Lie
Natalie: “William (a boy at her daycare) picked up a dead mouse at daycare today!”
Lisa: “Did you touch it?”
Natalie: “No”
Day 1 @ 8:15pm: The Spin
Lisa: “Natalie, are you sure you didn’t touch that dead mouse?”
Natalie: “Ok…I did but I just stroked his cute, furry belly“
Day 2 @ 8:00am: The Truth
Lisa: “Did the kids touch a dead mouse yesterday?”
Natasha (Daycare Provider): “Yes…Natalie brought a headless mouse into the house and said she was an animal rescuer”
// March 27th, 2010 // No Comments » // Family & Friends, Natalie Quotes
Discussion driving around town:
Natalie: “I’m not going to have kids when I grow up.”
Adrian: “Why not?”
Natalie: “They’re annoying…”
// February 2nd, 2010 // No Comments » // Family & Friends, Natalie Quotes
Discussion on the drive home tonight:
Natalie: “Can I watch the news tonight?”
Lisa: “Why would you want to watch the news?”
Natalie: “To see if the groundhog saw his shadow.”
// January 19th, 2010 // No Comments » // Family & Friends, Natalie Quotes
Conversation on the way out the door this morning:
Adrian (joking to Lisa): “…Natalie is pretty much fully reared now isn’t she?”
Natalie: “You’re the weird one Barnes!”
// January 16th, 2010 // No Comments » // Family & Friends, Natalie Quotes
Conversation on the drive home this evening:
Natalie: “When I turn 6 I’m moving out!”
Lisa: “Really?”
Natalie: *Pause*
Natalie: “Maybe I’ll stay…but I’m making my own rules.”
// January 10th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Family & Friends, Home Videos
Another video from the family home video archives. This was taken in February, 2006 (Natalie would have been two and a half at the time) and shows Natalie sliding down a snow bank. Pay particular attention to the?mischievous glint in her eyes…foreshadowing of terrible threes and fours ;)
// January 9th, 2010 // No Comments » // Family & Friends, Home Videos
Dug this video up from family video archives (February, 2006). Lisa (girlfriend at the time, now wife) narrates Natalie observing me (Barnes) shoveling snow after a bad storm. Pay particular attention to Natalie’s fearless “one boot” fashion statement…always a trend setter.
