4/10/09--Gesu Morto Procession

Mike, Daisy and I participated in an age old (13th century) Italian tradion from the "Mezzogiono" (southern part of Italy) meaning Procession of the Dead Christ at St. Ann's Church on Friday evening. We have watched this procession in past years from our apt. but this year decided to participate. There were hundreds of people walking in the procession on the streets around the church following the statues.

4/9/09--Girls at Aunt JoJo's

The girls went to Aunt Joanne's, Uncle Joe, cousins: Alyssa, Ryan and Stephanie's house for a few days. It is the first time I have been away from both girls at the same time for two nights in a row! They played outside all day Thursday because of rain in the forecast for Friday. They helped Aunt Jojo plant flowers. They also scootered, jumped on the trampoline, biked, etc. In addition to playing with their cousins, the kids had their friends over --Gianna (9), Antonia (5), and Ava (2), and Alyssa's friend Heidi (16) was there too. Joanne had a full house!!!! The kids were plenty busy and fell asleep at 7:45 --Abbey and 8pm for Amanda which is early for them!

4/8/09-Coloring Easter Eggs

Amanda waited forever for me to boil the eggs and then let them cool down. Mom--are they ready YET???? Finally we colored them. They came out great!

4/7/09--Abbey and lipstick

She went into my drawer and found a lipstick. Can't leave her alone for a second! Did you ever realize how oily lipstick really is. Babywipes were able to cut through most of it--but i did lysol spray her and give her a bath. My sister says to enjoy these days because they grow up too fast and soon boys will be a part of their lives and that is a whole different story.

4/7/09--Easter party at school

Today was Amanda's class Easter party. As always parents sent in way too much food/drink. They def. have enough for tomorows snack! After the party I brought in all the stuff to planted Marigolds to give out for Mother's day. Messy but fun!

4/5/09--Giacomo's 5th Birthday

Giacomo's 5th birthday was held at Jackson St. park and the theme was Legos! The Lego master was there with a TON of legos for the kids to build and create things with . Jenny made one of her famous birthday cakes (dunkin donut cake) A kid favorite!!!! Great fun.--Happy Birthday G!

4/4/09--Cont....