Weekend o Fun

This weekend, we had a busy time. Amedeo and Pietro spent as much time outside as possible. Here is one of the rare moments of indoor activity. I bought some opaque paints for him to use...this tickled him tremendously! The box has 6 colors. I put some of each on his palette. The paintings near the end were mostly brown but enthusiastic.




We have a raccoon living in our oak tree in the backyard. We aren't sure whether this is his/her permanent residence yet. Pietro spotted him way up in the tree, thinking it was one of our cats....


But, no...because here he was...enjoying the sun!


Our bathroom is nearly done. I have taken several baths and many showers in it. I declare it to be excellent. I will give it another star when we can replace our hot water heater. The tub is so deep that I can't fill it up to the top before the hot water runs cold.

Pietro did all the tiling work. You did a great job, honey! Our plumber remarked that Pietro's work was beautiful and he could start a side business as a tile man. I suppose if he starts losing grants, he'll think about it!
Here is the tub with a bunch of clutter around. We need to find a soap dish and some kind of thing to put the shampoo in. Once we hang the mirror and towel bars, it will finally be done!

Next weekend is our 5th wedding anniversary. Since I have an ASG meeting and we have a birthday party that night, we went out for our childless dinner last night. Grandma and grampa picked up Amedeo at our house. We went to Victoria's Gastro Pub. It was an enjoyable adult dinner. Thanks grandparents!

Easter 2010

Happy Easter, everyone! This picture sums up how it went with Amedeo that day. He was a bunch. All day. He was a hooligan in church and didn't take a nap. I am never giving him chocolate for breakfast ever again. On the other hand, we had a nice dinner with my parents at their house.


Our little tulips are coming up. Amedeo thought he'd molest them a little bit before the deer ate all of them.


We changed him out of his Easter clothes to do an egg hunt. His powers of observation are excellent...they just aren't attuned to eggs. We had to point out every single one.



Once he discovered that the eggs contained yummy things, he wanted MORE EGGS! Grandma surreptitiously hid some of the ones he just found. Good work everyone!


It was a not very relaxing day, but I am grateful that I could spend it with my lovely family.

Egg Dying

I love Easter and Springtime. One of my favorite presents for Easter one year was a bike...a big pink one. Usually we got small things...candy, little toys...but one year I was surprised with a bike. Everything is greening up. I am ready to do a little work outside, but I'm not ready for the mosquitoes. I have a feeling that it will be a bad year since we had so much rain and snow.


Grandma is a good at crayoning!



Pietro is giving us the standard 'Tommasina' face. Whenever you ask his relatives a question that they have to think about a little bit, they'll pull a face like this. I think it's hilarious...and I wonder if Amedeo will do it too.


It is good to have seasoned egg dyers like grandpa around for this...
We managed to get a rainbow selection of eggs this year....I forgot to do an ugly egg. Usually I make at least one brown or puke colored egg. Next year, I guess!


Finally, Amedeo wears the sunglasses. I have been pleading with him to wear some. He picked them up one day and struck a pose. He has been more insistant that his name is Nemo. We'll call him..."Amedeo, come over here." He'll say, "NO! Nemo!" I think it is a cute nickname, but most people associate him with the fish. He has never seen the movie. Ah well.


So, we'll be spending the next few days eating egg salad sandwiches and staring at the yard wondering where to start.

Bike Trailer Test

On Saturday, we decided to go for a bike ride with Pietro's new trailer! Amedeo got a new helmet and some new inner tubes for Pietro's old tires.


It is important to start off the ride with a snack!



Poppy needed lots of help adjusting the bikes. Thank goodness Amedeo was there!


Fortunately, Amedeo loved his first ride. I was worried that he would cry and scream...he calls it the "Choo choo car." Hopefully we will get lots of good use out of this in the summertime!

Zoo part II

I'm going to rewind a little...Friday night we had Alessandro, Tanya and Noe' come to see us! Alex and Pietro went to school together. He and his family are taking a long vacation to see the US. We were lucky to have dinner with them Friday night. The boys dig carrot cake!


This is at the zoo on Sunday...Amedeo in the Tundra-Mobile. It makes me have heart palpitations thinking about him behind the wheel of a car. Crazy boy!


Me holding an elephant turd with Amedeo looking horrified.


Amedeo felt a true kinship with the monkeys.




The End.

Everyone is doing it!

Going to the zoo, that is!!! The weather has been great! Pietro had a friend come into town, so we all went to the Baltimore Zoo.

There were many expressions of JOY! Just in time for spring.


Amedeo's favorite animal of the day...


Lazy little cheetah.

Zooming in the teacup ride.


Ice cream at the end...

next....part II

Messy Feet

Lazy mommy has not been blogging. We did many fun things in February and now that March has arrived, I felt the need to update. I am so eager for spring to come. We are digging deep for things to do inside the house. Many of my mommy friends have blogs that I check regularly. They all do an awesome job with regular updates! One in particular has encouraged me to think outside of the box. Melanie blogs about art and learning projects for her daughter that have inspired me to have a little more fun on a regular basis. I loved her idea about painting with Q-tips and marshmallows...we didn't have either of those, so I decided to try another novel painting device....Feet!


This was a few minutes after he got up from his nap, so he was a little sleepy. Probably, he was a tad skeptical too!



Now, you want me to do WHAT with my feet?!?!?


Oh, ok...it isn't too bad.


I think he did have fun...he's just not showing well.


My favorite pic...