in between pictures

since i just posted a bazillion pics and i'm not picking up my camera til this weekend, i'll just log a few of nat's latest statements:
**ready freddy?
**everything "bothers" her. she'll take off her clothes and say, "they were bothering me."
"mom, stop it! stop bothering me!"
**natalie's best friend in kansas city is sweet evie. even though the "real" evie is still in kc, "pretend" evie is here everyday for a playdate. every meal. every bedtime. every errand. every craft. i serve evie food on her own dishes, hold the door open for her, get her own paintbrushes at craft time... it has been fun having so much of her around! :) BUT natalie has started BLAMING evie for things!!! "evie, don't pull my hair! don't do that!"
me: "natalie, who taught you that?" nat: "evie did.""
"mom, evie didn't wait for the swing but i did."
** she was standing on a chair getting ready to jump off and said, "mom, you don't have to tell me to be careful!"
** i was helping her clean her room and telling her where to put things away. the last thing was her baby. i handed it to her and asked, "where do you want to put her? in her crib? the stroller?" and she shoved it up her shirt and said, "in my tummy!"
**natalie told us she needed to take off her shorts (her shirt was already off) so she could eat her graham cracker better.
**our first night back in kc i was putting her to bed and she said she liked kansas city better than minneapolis. i asked her why? "because this is my home." ahhhhhh
**she came to my room this morning when she woke up and asked where daddy was? i said at work. "why can't he work in kansas city?"