Pomeriggio al Parco

Mercoledì scorso, sono uscito un po' prima da scuola, e siamo andati al parco. Eccovi un po' di foto.

Elena sull'altalena:

Dopo aver visto i pesci e gli anatroccoli, il Giuseppe è partito di corsa per andare in cima ad una collina:

Dopo l'ultima foto, mi sono dovuto fare la collina di corsa per arrivare in cima prima di lui (c'è un sentiero con un lago in cima alla collina!). Mi ha battuto di mezzo secondo, ma l'ho preso prima che attraversasse il sentiero.

Un paio di foto sullo scivolo:

E la mia foto preferita con Elena:

Cute Little Zeppee!



 

Here are a couple of cute videos of I took of Giuseppe recently.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

4-months-old!

Giuseppe is 4-months-old today!

And he's already a budding musician!

Giuseppe's Baptism (and the previous 2 weeks)

Giuseppe was Baptized yesterday! We had an absolutely beautiful weekend celebrating with friends. It was very touching to see so many people come together to celebrate the life of this little boy! We are truely blessed to have such great family and friends near and far!


Our long-time friends from Georgia came to stay with us this weekend. We were so happy that they were willing to drive so far to celebrate this special weekend with us.

Here is Maria with her Godbrother (her Godfather's son) :)

John Paul arrived and immediately noticed that the living room was too clean and decided to help us out.

Here are the 2 little ones, Mary Grace and our Elena, carefully guarding their baby dolls.

Chiara enjoyed bossing around...I'm mean playing with her Godmother :) I got several reports from different people of Chiara "teaching" them soccer, requesting bubble-blowing, and reassuring them that Cheetos was all she needed for a meal. After Mass, but before the Baptism on Sunday, Chiara turned to me and asked if it was time for cake yet. Four-year-olds are special :)

Our 3 families enjoyed spending time together on Saturday.

After Mass on Sunday, it was time for the Baptism! Many of our local friends joined us a church and then came to our home afterwards. It was a joy-filled day!

The Baptism...

Anointing with Holy Chrism...We're still enjoying it's sweet smell today!

Presenting of his Baptismal candle by his Godfather...

This is what Giuseppe thought of the experience :) The kids said he was sad that he had to wear a dress :) He had a tough morning, but a peaceful afternoon at home in the sling with Mommy.

Family picture...yes, there's something on Matteo's face. He and the kids decided it would be fun to play tag outside with their eyes closed...until he ran into the side of the house. They always seem to come up with these ideas when it's time for pictures.

Group picture of our kids and our friends' kids...

Back home after the Baptism...this was the only person who got to hold Giuseppe. He was so unhappy that he spent the rest of the afternoon snuggled with me in the sling.

Time to eat!

We wore out the babies...

It was a wonderful weekend! Thank you so much everyone for celebrating with us!!


Now onto the 2 weeks before this weekend...Obviously we had to spend several days getting ready for this event. Dany decided that the front of our house needed some attention...

He battled for 2 days, but managed to conquer the weeds and attempted to prevent their return with a covering and mulch.

Giuseppe was one-month-old last week. He went for a check-up on Thursday and here are the stats:

Birth weight = 10 lbs 4 oz (4.7kg)

1 month weight = 12 lbs 15 oz (5.9kg)

Birth length = 22.5" (57.2cm)

1 month length = 24.25" (61.6cm)

He's eating and growing well :)

He's been cooing a good bit and smiling occasionally. He's a pretty good sleeper, too!
And he still rolling front to back regularly.

We've completed 10 days of school so far. Here's a brief look of some of the things we've done.

The two little ones like spending time with sticker and stamps in the mornings while the others are working.

Here are Maria and Cati coloring and labeling cell sketches for science.

Here's a demonstration Matteo did about camouflage to begin his study of animals.

How many squares do you see?

Chiara is working on math...

...and handwriting...(she's also working on reading, but it's hard to take a picture of that. She's reading 3-letter short vowel words so far.)

Here's a handwriting sample from Cati.

Of course the kids have done many other things, but they don't always make for exciting pictures :)

Classes start back for Dany in 2 weeks and he'll be doing things to get ready for that during these two weeks. I've enjoyed having him around so much this summer. I guess it's time for us to really settle into a routine and get to work!

And here's a video that has nothing to do with anything else in the post except that it was taken in the past 2 weeks. It's a video of Elena dancing to music at the end of a movie. Dancing 2-year-olds are the cutest! Enjoy!