Tuesday, January 6, 2009

our hosts...




Awww...we do love each other.....
















Present Time...or was that princess time?
















Christmas In Maine...part III












Amalia and Andy for the most part play well together, considering they are both only children who are fairly used to getting there own way and doing what they want to do. Not so much...after a full day of non-stop in your face contact they started to really get on each others nerves. Then came in Arianna, who is also an only child but is completely happy to flit about making cute songlike sounds and play with the dog. Andy wanted to play with Amalia, Amalia wanted to play (control) Arianna and Arianna wanted to play with the dog.



Christmas








This Christmas of 2008 was going to be a three part er. At my home was phase two. So we did see some duplicated gifts, a skateboard... but mostly Andy was very excited to get presents that he was skeptical came from Santa...he loved them anyways. Just this winter we found out we could go ice skating, it's inexpensive and it takes lots of energy to skate, except that the rental skates cut into Andy's ankle. So his big gift from me, was new skates, they are adjustable. We tried them out after we got home from Maine and Andy didn't want to get off the ice!! He loves it!
My mom came over to give Andy his gifts, he loved everything he got, especially the Building block marble maze and his very own shiny harmonica. He tries to make tunes with it. It's not as bad as I initially thought it would be.



Friday, December 5, 2008

By the Tree

















Andy and I put the lights and decorations up on the tree, then Erica and Andy put lights around the window...a nice new touch. This was a fun set up, except every morning we would come out to find the tree skirt in a heap in the corner because Smokey was constantly attacking it and trying to live under it. Fool!! These pics were taken weeks before Andy lost his front two teeth. I await a good photo opp to display the new smile.




K'nex Helicopter



One day, Andy showed me this Helicopter he made by following the directions that were in the box. He was very proud to say he made it without any help at all.
....sniff sniff my little boy is growing up!

Thanksgiving Cousins




Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Candids from Arianna's Birthday




Smokey Love!





All Andy has wanted ever since we got Smokey last October was for Smokey to cuddle with him on the couch. Finally, a year into the family, Smokey wants to cuddle. Andy LOVES Smokey!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Nice Digging Kids!

During our last visit to RI, for Arianna's 2nd Birthday we had the opportunity to stay for a slumber party at Auntie Ginger's house. In the early morning, the cousins worked diligently to make their very own jack o lanterns.

In the face of family trauma...