Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Our day at the pumpkin patch - as you will see we picked no pumpkins - Sammy ended up not feeling well and had a double ear infection when we took him to doctor later that day! We did end up going back and getting pumpkins later. Audrey riding the train...
Sam HAD to ride the train
Audrey riding the pony
Carina riding the horse
looking at the animals
Trying to get a good picture - Carina decided to help Sam by trying to get him to look at the camera.
I had to take a picture of this sign for my sister - she is always crying about being the Middle Child :)

trying to get a good picture of Sam - too bad the dead sunflower is in his face.
Sun bathing - Radar is wishing for the pool to be open!
Happy Birthday Daddy! Those are a lot of candles on that cake!
Making a wish - I hope it's a good one!

Monday, November 01, 2010

In September we went to the Mundo's to celebrate Dillion's 6th birthday. The kids always have a blast visiting the cousins. Here Audrey is running fast!
Dad and Sam racing.
Dillion getting ready to blow out the candles.
I decided to take Audrey and Sam to the zoo. The weather was nice and why not? right? It was a really awesome day the kids were very good - there was hardly no one at the zoo and they were acting so sweet! Audrey was very cute looking at the animals! I thought to myself - I feel very lucky to be able to stay home... and then we decided to get something to eat and it all went down hill from there!! Sam - woofed down his juice and proceeded to throw a fit... needless to say we left the zoo with Sam crying and me sweating again! Oh well I will try again I'm sure :)
Oh don't they look so sweet, holding hands like good friends - this gives me hope :)
On the train - both very excited!
Grandma Connie took Carina to see Annie - Carina wore the Annie dress that my Grandma had made me when I was her age. She looked really cute and she had a great time!

Monday, August 23, 2010

The purse!! Audrey loves to carry a purse and is now getting her purse and waving and saying bye! What? I think she thinks she is 16...
First day without Carina to entertain the crew - Sam playing with cars...
Audrey playing house...
and who knows what the two of them are going to do!!!

Thursday, August 19, 2010


Well today was the first day of Kindergarten! I can't believe how fast time has gone! It seems so crazy that my little girl is going to school. I always remember saying well when Carina is 5 or when she starts Kindergarten but that seemed like such a long ways away!

Here she is with her teacher Mrs. Crain. Mrs. Crain must have seen my anxiety because she said, "you can stay for awhile if you want", meanwhile Carina is doing great! Carina was so excited to start school! I on the other hand tried to hold it together but had tears streaming down my face as I left the building. I got to the car and lost it!! Good thing Jeff was waiting for me. He basically had to tell me it is going to be alright. He then proceeded to go back into the school to "peek" at her. He said he blew her a kiss.

It is very weird coming back to our house without her here, I'm sure this is going to take some time to get used to. I can't even begin to imagine what it will be like when she goes to college!! I may need to take a vacation! Sammy and Audrey have spent the whole morning playing and I am counting down the hours to go and pick her up!!


Here they are showing her where her cubbie is.
At the school - I had to walk her in just to see what everything is all about! Plus it is the first day of Kindergarten!!!
Sam showing off his fast running skills - he has no shoes on...
Carina testing out her new shoes to see if they are fast! Jeff was worried about her wearing her new shoes the first day - because of blisters but we always did and no blisters :)
First day of Kindergarten!! Sam had to get in the picture as well and of course with his backpack on!
Sam LOVES ReRe - during mass he kept asking to sit with her and he was glued to her side majority of time! Hopefully he didn't wear ReRe out - he can be a handful!!
This past weekend we went to Wisconsin to meet Giuliana. We had a good time hanging out with family and playing with the new baby!
Carina made some new friends at the baptism.
Jeff and Audrey
Audrey
Before Carina went back to school I decided to take a trip to see the Mundos. We stayed for three days and let the kids hang out and play. There was a lot of playing going on!! We swam, played dress up and Nathan won us a dinner to Chipotle which was really awesome for him to share with us!
Gavin and Carina - Gavin spent much of his time dressed up as batman!
Sam thought the buzz - costume was really cool - even though I think his face looks like a cabbage patch kid in this picture :)
Carina and Jilly in costume.
Sammy trying on goggles
Jillian and Dillon in the pool
Gavin playing in the sprinkler - Sammy loves this sprinkler and was talking about the "octopus" for days!
I'm not sure what Sam is doing here - he likes to get crazy in water - he might jump!
On August 6th we took a trip to Cinci to visit Aunt Ana and Maddie. We went to a really cool water park at Winton Woods and then back to Aunt Ana's for more fun in the slip and slide. I think my camera has a water smudge on front - this is why picture looks this way.
Carina at water park.
Maddie liked to lay in the water.
Sam is a nut at the water park!
Audrey at the water park.
Audrey playing at the park.