Snow!!

It finally snowed enough here for the kids to sled on our yard and Alessandro couldn't have been happier.  He has been waiting all winter to be able to do this.  Diego put off homework for the last minute so he learned a hard lesson and didn't get to go play because he had to finish it.  (Although, I swear he has "learned" that lesson before and things have not changed)  ;)

Luca and Alessandro

A snowdog!!  :)

BUT....

This is what we did today outside.  I'd take this over the previous any day!!!

Sleeping

I love sleeping babies.  Ok, she's not a baby, but I still think she's so cute when she's asleep and all is peaceful.  :)

Sledding

We went sledding with the cousins and the kids had a great time. This was the first time we have gone all winter since there hasn't been much snow this year.

Luca and Mia were way too heavy to pull up the hill together!!!  :)  They were scared their first few times down, but after that they didn't want to stop.   

 Mia loves Caitlin!!

 The boys decided sliding down on their bellies was more fun.  ;)

Zoo

We went to the zoo shortly after valentines day so the animals still had valentines that were given to them.  It was cool to see them open boxes or lick cards that were put in their cages for them.  It was a little chillly out so some of the animals that we don't see out and about very often were active.  It was fun.  I think the tigers were my favorite this trip.

Whenever we'd go somewhere that had an unpleasant smell Mia would scrunch up her face and say "Something smell" and she would keep saying it and want to get out.  It was hilarious.  We tried to get a picture here in the reptile area but it snapped right after the face was made.  Oh well.  She's a funny girl.   

Ice Fishing

Alessandro's scout troop went ice fishing and since Udine was going, Diego got to tag along also.  This is something they have done every year since being in scouts.  We have some great leaders that organize it.  They enjoyed it, but yet again, didn't catch a thing.  People were catching all around them but they couldn't catch even one.  Diego got a bite, but it got away.  They even tried other people's holes, rods, everything...but the fish would disappear when they were there.  They have Udine's luck with catching fish.  :(  At least they still had a good time.  :)  They cooked and ate some of the fish that others caught before they came home.  Glad they got to go.

Kindergarten shots

At our doctor's office they have a little fair for kids who have turned five and will be going into kindergarten in the fall.  So we took Luca and it was really great.  He was terrified because he knew he needed shots, but he got to bring home a box full of things (crayons, candy, little toys, ruler, etc), someone made him a dinosaur out of balloons and he got to have his face painted....batman style.  How can you not enjoy that?  :)

Birthday Celebrations

I made Alessandro's angry bird birthday cake when we had the cousins over for cousins night.  We celebrated both Luca and his birthday that night.  The kids love doing this for their birthdays, but it does get a bit crazy in our little house with 20 kids running around and trying to feed them cake and ice cream and squeeze in a game or two.  But it's totally worth it to watch the joy in my kids faces as their best friends (cousins) come to celebrate.  Happy Birthday little men!!