Paoletti Family: July 2009

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Our little photographers

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The kids decided they wanted to take their own pictures so we let them use the digital camera here are a few pictures from their photo shoot. (the pictures of them taking the pictures of course were taken by us) Most of the pictures they took were of toys and a lot of the floor. If you are interested there are about 80 more I can show you. 7.30.09

Beginning Ballet 2009

Since Isabella started kindergarten she was allowed to start a new activity and she chose ballet. We found an awesome home school class in Lee's Summit. The teacher is amazing and the program is perfect for us. It meets once a week during the day. Right now Isabella is in beginning ballet 1 so she is just getting familiar with the concepts and steps. Here are some pictures from their last week of class this summer the assistant to the class is going to college in the fall and won't be returning so the girls all took a picture with her on the last day. Isabella will start ballet 2 in September and be in her first show next summer. 7.30.09

Monday, July 27, 2009

The Cheshire Lodge

We stayed in a hotel that was close to the zoo so that the Michael and the kids could go to the zoo and I could take the car to my doctor appt. This hotel had a lot of character and charm. The kids thought it was awesome and oh so fun to explore. Here are some pictures from their explorations. 7.27.09

Fun at the St. Louis Zoo

While I was at my doctor's appointment in St. Louis Michael and the kids went to the zoo to enjoy the sunshine and all the fun animals. They had a great time. Maybe sometime I will get to see the zoo as well? 7.27.09

Taming the snake

Dominic has a way with reptiles here he is taming a cobra. You can try to if you go to the St. Louis Zoo. 7.27.09

Sunday, July 26, 2009

St. Louis Arch

What trip to St. Louis would be complete without a trip to the arch? We weren't able to go up to the top but we got a chance to see the museum and the grounds. It was a perfect day with nice blue skies--made for some pretty pictures. 7.26.09

Dinner with the Kopp's

While we were in St. Louis we got to see our friends Ryan & Dessa and we got to find out that they were 7 months pregnant with their first child! Very exciting. We all went out to eat at Fritz's. The kids were thrilled to get to eat their food out of car boxes. Getting to have root beer was also a huge treat for them. (Since I am posting this in the spring I can go ahead and say that Ryan & Dessa had a baby boy named David on Halloween, he is adorable.) 7.26.09

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Bingo

The church I grew up in has a festival every year and we try to take the kids up to participate in the fun. Here are some pictures of us playing bingo. We didn't win but we sure did try a lot. 7.25.09

Friday, July 24, 2009

End of Vacation photo 2009

Here we are at our silliest. You can check out the end of vacation silly photo from last year by clicking here.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Boat Adventures

We rented a pontoon boat and took a tour around the lake. All the kids enjoyed the new view of the lake. 7.23.09

Vacation at the Lake 2009

Here are some pictures of the family fun had at Thousand Hill's State park in Kirksville Mo. 7.21.09

Friday, July 17, 2009

Award Winning Artist

Isabella competed in the North Kansas City drawing contest this year and she won first place for the 5-6 year old age group. The theme was Viva la Fiesta and she drew a picture of the dancers that performed at the library kick off party. She did a really good job remembering all the detail from the dancers, right down to the buns on their heads. We are proud of our little artist. 7.17.09

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.