Monday, May 4, 2009

Easter

Bear with me...this was such a special Easter for us spending it with Zio Joe & Zia Dina (at their house) and my cousins...so hence the many pictures but blame my cousins for not wanting to be in any of them! Zia Dina & my cousins hid all the Easter eggs for the kids and they had a blast (for the 3rd time that day) hunting for them!


Abrianna goes hunting for eggs

Massimo runs like he's got some real competition!




Jon with Abrianna & Donavan with Dante & here comes Massimo



Mom and Zia Dina


Dante is a little juggler!




Me, mom & Cynthia

Massimo & Damian


Zia & Massimo & all the cousins



Dante just wants to give Massimo a hug.










Massimo


Sunday, May 3, 2009

Having fun on our new playstructure!


This is the new playstructure the kids got for all of their birthdays from family and built by family. It has been great to have something for them to play on but at the same time, a curse because I have to be out there with them since they love to swing on the swings! It's so fun to watch them, they are just so happy when they are here. All 3 of them just love the swings and it's even hard to get to the car when they (the twins) see the playstructure and tell me "wings".

Massimo loves to climb the rock wall, jump, slide...all of that, this is the perfect thing for him!



Our Trip to the SF Aquarium by the Bay

Fun at the SF Aquarium by the Bay

We took a trip to the SF Aquarium by the Bay today to satisfy Massimo's constant wish to "see the ocean and fishies". At the end of the day we asked Massimo if he had fun (yes, of course he says) and his most favorite thing was the...scuba diver! Yes, that's all he talked about when we asked him what he saw. Of course when we jogged his memory and talked about the fish and what we did he enjoyed "finding Nemo" (one of his favorite movies - and where the fascination of scuba divers all started...don't be surprised if that's what he ends up being for Halloween!) and touching the Stingray and sharks...and outside of the aquarium he got to see trains (Bart), trolleys, buses, and of course the ocean! It was all very exciting for him to be in a big city like that with so much variety around him...so many things to see. The twins loved it, too. Abrianna got to interact a lot more since she is walking and more able, it was a little hard to let Dante crawl so he got to snack and check it all out from stroller view. He did get out at the end in the toddler area and got to touch the sea urchins and he loved that so much! He got really excited watching all the fish swim by. It was a fun day (and tiring chasing after at least 2 and sometimes 3).