Summer Fun... Chicago, D.C. and home sweet home

May had a lot of travel in store for us...

We were able to see my parents in Chicago for

a week and then spend a week with our

grandparents in D.C.

This is B in front of the National Archives

Awesome Memorial to visit!!!

My family at the FDR Memorial

This was a beautiful place to visit!

WWII Memorial... thank you great grandpa's

and grandma your service!!!!

Bella's last day of school as a 1st grader!!!

C picking out his man chair :)

C telling me it's time for bed...

this boy is like clock work!

And he LOVES is blue blanket

My babies after an afternoon in the sun and water

Our new playground is finally finished!!!

Thank you Shawn and Mike for putting

this together!

The kids trying to convince their

daddy to get them a pool :)

C found B's play make-up

This stuff is tough to get rid of! It

gets on everyting!!!

Our summer so far!!! More to come...

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