Cati's 1st Reconciliation

Cati made her 1st Confession yesterday! She walked into the Confessional with confidence and came out smiling, asking if she could go again next week!

It is such a joy to get to bring our children to the Sacraments!

Chiara sings!

Recently, Chiara has really enjoyed singing. Thankfully, she's becoming less camera-shy, so I was able to record her!

Look who's sitting!

And she's very happy about it!

How hard can it be???

Today is beautiful outside! It's so sunny and warm. We thought it would be a good day to take a picture for our Christmas card. We always know that this will be a difficult task...getting all the kids changed, getting everyone to stand or sit together, getting everyone to look at the camera. But, sometimes I forget exactly how difficult it can be to get a picture worthy of a Christmas card.

Here are some (not all) of the "bloopers" from our attempt this morning...

No, I'm not putting in the same picture of Maria over and over. She just had a problem with her bottom lip for some reason :)

Chiara remembers that she likes to run away during photo time...

Chiara decides that picking the grass is much more enjoyable than this...

After taking more that 50 photos (I'm NOT exaggerating), we did get ONE decent enough for a Christmas card. You'll just have to wait and see it in about a month!

Happy All-Saints Day!

Happy All-Saints Day!!


The fun began with trick-or-treating on All-Hallows Eve last night...

Here are the kids dressed up. Maria was the Blessed Mother, Cati was an angel, Matteo was a pumpkin, and Chiara was a princess.




This was Chiara's first year trick-or-treating, and she really enjoyed it! She said that she only saw one monster :)


Dany always takes them out while I stay home to give out candy. Here are the kids returning home and showing me their loot!

This afternoon we went to and All-Saint Day party at our parish with some local homeschoolers. Elena and Chiara were napping, so they stayed home with Dany.

The kids made bracelets...

...and played All Saints Bingo...

Matteo did very well, winning at least 4 times!

...and they played "Pin the Halo on the Saint."

They decorated cookies.

We enjoyed a potluck supper and the kids had fun just running around and playing. The kids had lots of fun and asked if we can do it again next year!