Paoletti Family: October 2012

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Halloween 2012

Dominic carved it all by himself.

Bringing her creation to life

Bella and her Mickey pumpkin

Obi Wan Kenobi & Mulan

Mulan

Look at all that loot!

Oct 31, 2012

Monday, October 22, 2012

My Boy and His Bugs

Look mom I caught a praying mantis!

He likes my hair


Anyone else and they would be freaking out to have a bug crawling up their face....not Dominic, he thinks its funny.

He actually caught two different praying mantis' a brown one and a green one. We learned that it is not smart to put them in the same cage. Apparently one was female...she ate the male. It happened so fast that it was a little unnerving. Something so small can eat so fast. 9.29.12

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Boy Scouts Nerf War

Boy Scout camp out, Nerf gun war. So fun. 10.20.12

Thursday, October 18, 2012

All Saints Day at Co-op

Dominic's class at Co-op dressed up for All Saints day. 10.18.12

Home of Jesse James

Isabella's Missouri history class took a field trip to see the Jesse James house. 10.18.12

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Visting Gina & her family in Colorado

This was Dominic's prize find on the beach......a fish skeleton. He really wanted to take it home with him in his suitcase. Hmmmm not so sure about that.

Creating a wonderful moat.

Hiking the "Three Sisters" trail in Evergreen CO.

My dear friend, Gina and her sweet baby Adelaide.

Isabella loving little Adelaide.

Made it to the top of "Three Sisters"

Having a blast riding the cul de sac.

Beach in October in Colorado....crazy.

Dominic and Colton became best buds

Kaede, Dominic & Colton headed to the park. Great friends already.

Silly kiddos

Isabella & Dominic splashing in the stream.

Gibson, Dominic, Isabella & Colton making a sand bridge.

Monday, October 15, 2012

Butterfly Pavillion Denver Colorado

Catching a Swallow tail butterfly.

Look at the huge moth above her head.

The boys looking at all the butterflies.

Beautiful.

The Butterfly pavilion in Denver, Dominic being super brave and holding "Rosie" the tarantula! braver than his momma.

Even little Gibson was up for holding Rosie.

Always fun to pretend you are Spiderman on a web.

10.15.12

New Car for Michael

10.12

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Homeschool Science

We made home made lava lamps for science project today. Super fun. 10.12.12

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Butterfly Project

Dominic caught a Swallow Tail in the back yard with his net.

Dominic found this caterpillar. We put it in our cage and watched it grow plump.

It turned into the most beautiful chrystalis. It was green and gold. Amazing.

Then out of the cocoon came this beautiful Frittilary Butterfly.

We also had some Painted Lady Butterflies that hatched.

We set them all free.

6.10.12

Why do I Blog?

There have been some questions as to why in the world I would want to waste my time blogging. To those questions here is my response: First off....let's face it I am not a blogger. Blogging requires thought, opinions, issues and I just don't have time to type about those kinds of things when I could be posting pictures of my incredibly funny kids. Besides who wants to hear my opinions anyway? Probably no one and frankly I don't blame them. So the real reason why I blog...I know you are thinking I am going to say "for you" but to be really honest that isn't it either. I mean, I am happy that people can log on and keep up to date with what is going on in our life and see the kids grow up. But the real reason I blog is for my kids. This is their online scrapbook. I would consider myself to be a pretty creative and crafty person. I aspire to scrapbook but I just don't have the time or the space to do it. So instead I try to capture their childhood in pictures and words: the funny things they say and crazy things that they do. Someday they will get online and read about what they were like and know why we are so crazy about them. The best part is that I don't have to deal with glue or archival paper and the internet scrapbook can last forever.

What we are up to now:

Dominic is a big 6 year old now. He continues to be filled with joy and enthusiam everyday. He still loves super heros and celebrated his birthday with a Justice League birthday cake. He adores our two cats, Stella & Krypto. Every free minute he spends "loving" on them. I am amazed at what the cats will tolerate. He is really enjoying his first year of Kindergarten and is becoming a good reader. He gets to take art classes and piano and is doing great in both. When he isn't playing with cats he is building with Legos or playing super heros.
Christina continues to work one night a week teaching and is now homeschooling a 3rd grader and a kindergartener. She is also is teaching kindergarten phonics and 2nd & 3rd grade book club at the homeschool co-op. Her life is pretty scheduled with children's activities, class planning and all the fun that comes with taking care of a family. This year the whole family started taking piano lessons. Who would have thought she would start learning piano at her age! Also this year they started teaching Natural Family Planning as a couple for the church. Bringing God's plan for love and marriage to those who will embrace it. In September she got to go for 3 days to Colorado to visit her friend Gina. It was an amazing weekend of relaxation and fun adventure. She is hoping it will be an annual event.
Michael's continues to work hard to support our family fun. He is now a Creative Director at his company Salva O'Renick and is enjoying the challeges that come with his new role. This year he was the 8 & under coach for the Metro Lazers track team and really enjoyed working with the kids. In his free time he love to play superheros with Dominic and draw with Isabella. He has also enjoyed teaching NFP for the church and is so grateful for the graces that have come from teaching.
Isabella is growing into quite the little lady. She turned 8 over the summer and continues to be a voracious reader. She is currently loving the Classic Starts series and American Girl Mysteries. Her favorite 3rd grade subjects are history and spelling. She was in a constant battle with long division but there seems to be somewhat of a truce lately between the two. She continues to love her art class and is really enjoying our new family music lessons. She has an amazing ear for music and a natural talent for playing. She loves all her book clubs that she is currently in...there are 3! In her free time she loves to be creating something, playing with her dolls or reading.
Family: this year has been a wonderful year of joy in our family. We got to take a few vacations. In June we had a few days in St. Louis and in August we got to have 5 days in a cabin in Southern Missouri.