Paoletti Family

Friday, October 24, 2008

Here kitty kitty

A surprise this year at the pumpkin patch was the batch of new born kittens the kids got to play with after picking out pumpkins. They were so little and soft and cute....it is amazing we didn't end up taking one home with us. (10.24.08)

Pick a pumpkin

Our annual trip to the pumpkin patch was a huge success this year. Dominic had such joy when he saw that they had John Deere tractors to ride on and kittys to pet. Oh, and there were lots of pumpkins of every size and shape too. (10.19.08)

Bite sized carmel Apples

One of the fun activities we did during our fall get-together with the B-W's was making mini caramel apples dipped. Everyone enjoyed eating the yummy treat (10/18/08)

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Day with the Drumms

Our good friends the Drumm's moved about 45 minutes away to the beautiful home they built out in the country. We had the chance to not only go and visit them for a peaceful day in the country ---we also got to meet the newest member of their family: Catherine Helena. (10/15/08)

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Day in the sun

We went to Aldrege orchards to hang out and with all the fun relaxing activities we spent the whole day there. The kids loved chasing down the cats and loving on them amazingly enough the cats were very tolerant of the extra love. (10/5/08)

One sweet ride

We were cleaning out the garage and found this old printer box and before long it turned into a magic car that provided days of excitment.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Hiking with daddy

Since I had a lot of work to do re-vamping the program that I teach Michael decided to take the kids for a hike to keep them out of my way for a few hours. Needless to say the kids had a blast in the forest behind our house. They crossed logs across the little stream and even used ropes to climb the hill on the other side. It was quite an adventure.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Pumpkin Patch fun with Gina

Another beautiful fall day in Missouri so we went to the pumpkin patch/apple orchard for a day of relaxing on the "farm" the kids had fun chasing chickens and petting goats. Colton loved the fresh air so much he fell asleep.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Visit from Gina & Colton

We were so excited when Gina and Colton got to come and visit us in September. It was so fun to be together again even if it was only for three days. The kids loved having Colton to play with. Gina and Isabella made a great fairy house.

Nature Walk

The weather was so great we went to the park to feed the geese and go on a nature walk through the woods. Dominic was very proud of the wooly-worm he found on the path...I don't think the worm was so happy about being found.

Little Red Wagon

We were cleaning out the garage today and the kids spotted the red wagon and decided to go in and get all their baby dolls and stuffed animals and take them for a ride. They thought it looked like so much fun they begged daddy to take them for a ride as well. It was a tight fit for all of them but they had fun. (10.1.08)

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.