Eggs, Parties, and Soccer City

It has been a very eventful last few weeks. Since my last post

we've: started soccer, attended a glamour girl bday party

and celebrated a wonderful Easter.

B's 1st soccer session! She did so well. Who knew she

already knew how to stop a ball :). We were very proud of her.

Easter Fun!

Bella's other BFF had a bday party at Little

Dollhouse. The girls had their hair and make-up

done and sang a Hannah Montana song... wish I

brought our video camera. The footage would be some

good material for when Bella grows up ;)

The girls all 'dolled' up

And of course... Cristiano was not going to be left

out. He used combs to play drums on the stage,

the girls and just about any hard surface he could

find.

Good friends + great kids + 500 easter eggs = GREAT fun

Our 1st Easter pinata

This will definitely need to be added to the party

traditions.

C couldn't wait for Daddy to unwrap his candy.

He took 'sample tastes' of each piece in his bucket

and kindly spit out the remainder for us to find.

It's Spring!!!!

We just wrapped up our spring break activities and

had some good memories for the scrapbooks..

They included: buying lots of balloons for Cristiano, shopping, the zoo

Purple Glaze (ceramics - for Bella), Philbrook, and lots of

fun outside.

Enjoying doughnuts at Merritts after the girls

sleepover

Bella's latest favorite thing to do.. she's writing a
book (on her 6th chapter...)

... and each chapter is about 2-3 sentences long.

playing at the children's museum

Cristiano in his big boy p.j.s

Enjoying watching daddy shave...

Feeding Kobe with a spoon

MC'ing on the mic at the children's museum

Yes - he's a natural

...and painting with yogurt.

St Patrick's day at the zoo (85 degrees!)

Elephant watching

Waiting for the train (we left after waiting 30 min)..

it took us less time to walk to the front of the zoo.

Enjoying a beautiful spring day

Painting with my newest Picasso at Philbrook

My beautiful baby girl

Bella and BFF Molly

C's new 'do

Both our kids have been blessed with a ton of beautiful

hair. And both had their 1st haircuts at around 6 months.

With Bella, we were able to get away with infrequent

trips to the salon as we enjoyed the pig and ponytails.

But with C - COMPLETELY different story.

He could use a haircut every 3 weeks. Above is a before

pic - his last haircut was about 3 weeks ago (and we cut

at least 1 1/2 inches off then)....

By the way, he's enjoying taking apart some

styrofoam we had. That stuff gets everywhere. We

had to use a vaccuum just to get it off of Bella and C.

Our version of 'snow'...

And AFTER
A whole new little boy
Who knew he had such cute
little ears!
He looks so grown up to me now.
He sat still for the most part and
I think he likes not having his
hair in his eyes anymore. We took
off 3 inches this time.


My sweet baby

Bella and C
B also got about 3/12 inches cut off today.
I put them in the bath as soon as we got hom. Their hair
was everywhere! Let's see how long these cuts last.

Fam Pics

Just a few pictures from our 2008 Family Album for your enjoyment. I am so blessed with an incredible husband and loving children... Enjoy! Cristiano now loves to chase his sister around the house and is daddy's shadow. Bella's artwork is amazing (I'll have to post some pics soon) and she is just like dad (reading 3 different books at a time - her favorite series so far... Junie B Jones)