Thursday, December 22, 2011
BW goodie gift exchange 2011
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Not sure how we came up with this brilliant and fun gift exchange for the whole family but it was a great idea. Each member of the family picks out a $3 treat and wraps it (sometimes very creatively) and then we do a gift exchange. You can either open a new gift or steal one from someone else. Fruit treats, guacamole, soda, candy, cookies ....all is fair game. This might become and annual tradition. The kids love it. 12.22.11
Bowling outing September 2008
He still likes me after 10.5 years of marriage
Welcome
- Paoletti Family
- Michael, Christina, Isabella & Dominic
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.
Our Family
Bowling outing September 2008
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- Jedi Warrior: Dominic
- Isabella's new American Girl
- Papa is good fun
- Christmas with the Paoletti Family
- Christmas Stockings
- Christmas Morning 2011
- Happy Christmas Day 2011
- Christmas Morning 2011
- Wii have Christmas fun
- Christmas with the Bray Family
- Wrapped up in fun
- Christmas Cookies 2011
- Happy Christmas Eve
- Making Ornaments
- BW goodie gift exchange 2011
- Wishing you a Christmas fillled with Laughter.
- In lieu of a Christmas Letter
- The power of Gift Giving
- Nativity Play 2011
- Happy Feast of St. Lucia
- Merry Christmas 2011
- The Legend of the Candy Cane
- A caroling we will go
- Happy St. Nicholas Day
- Decorating the Tree
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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.
2009 Christmas
He still likes me after 10.5 years of marriage
My favorite websites
- Cake Wrecks :)
- Catalog Living :)
- Catholic Homeschool Resources
- Catholic Sermons
- Catholicicing
- Catholicism Pure
- Divine Office Prayers
- Geography of the U.S.
- Homeschool Share
- Inspired Motherhood
- Jan Brett's activity page
- Living the Liturgical year
- Michael's New website
- Natural Nutrition
- Real Learning
- Serendipity:lessons & ideas
- Sign Language resource
- Star Fall Games
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