Paoletti Family

Monday, October 31, 2011

Halloween 2011

For trick or treating Dominic went as a knight and Isabella a lady-bug. They got to decorate and carve their own pumpkins this year. Isabella got really creative with the glitter glue and glowing hair. 10.31.11

Sunday, October 30, 2011

All Saints Day Party

Our friends invited us to an amazing All Saint's Day party. We had a march of the little Saints, sack races, pinata, crafts, games and tons of candy. There was even a catapult to hurl "stones" and a giant Goliath. Good food, great friends and in the name of the Glorious Saints that have gone before us. 10.30.11

Friday, October 28, 2011

Magic Mania

Grandma & Grandpa invited us to a magic show at where they live. The kids got to be magician assistants. Dominic willingly put his arms in holes and the magician didn't even cut them off. (I don't think Dominic knew what could have happened). The kids loved the white rabbit.
The kids got to trick or treat Grandma & Grandpa too. 10.28.11

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Library Halloween Party

Ms. Jenny came back from the annual Halloween party. We were sad to hear that Ms. Nancy is retiring. So the party was a little bitter sweet for our Incredibles. 10.27.11

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Fall Photo Shoot

Look at how much the kids have changed from last year's photo shoot 2010. 10.25.11

Saturday, October 15, 2011

The Great Scavenger Hunt

We went camping at Great-Grandma's farm and to kick off the day the kids found a special clue on Grandma's fridge...the great hunt started. They climbed trees, scurried through barns, used binoculars, magnifying glasses and cracked secret codes to get to the end of the hunt....to find buried treasure! By then it was dark so they had to use their flashlights. But the wooden box full of goodies was worth all the hard work....even if it took almost 2 hours to complete it. 10.15.11

Monday, October 10, 2011

Pumpkin Patch

Grandma Mary took all of us to the pumpkin patch for a day of good ol' country fun. Feeding rabbits, rubber ducky races, train rides, and corn mazes. We had a great day. 10.10.11

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Visiting Grandma & Papa Paoletti

We made a trip to visit Grandma & Papa Paoletti. The kids had plenty of time to love on Grandma's kitties and ride the go-kart. 10.1.11

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Boys weekend

We got to travel to Illinois for a family weekend while Michael, his dad and his cousin Michael D'Alessio went to firearm home protection course. Here are some pictures of the guys from their boys weekend. 10.1.11

Monday, September 26, 2011

Girls Book Club

Isabella is in a little book club with her friends Scarlett & Lucy. The first book club we discussed "Understood Betsy" and the girls all dressed up in pioneer clothes and they got to make butter.9.26.11

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Afternoon with Grandma & Grandpa

We went up to visit Great Grandma & Grandpa, Grandma Mary & Papa Dave. The kids got to have a piano recital and recite their poetry. They had a pretty competitive game of Pretty, Pretty, Princess. Grandpa looked great in a crown. 9.21.11

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Riverfest 2011

Our first home in Kansas City was an apartment in Riverside. Every year we go back in the fall for their big festival: Riverfest. They always have a great parade and a wonderful festival with lots of free activities for kids. This year they had a giant velcro wall and a harness trampoline. Nothing funnier than watching our kids throw them selves at a wall and stick! Pretty cute 9.17.11

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Afternoon at the orchard

Here are some pictures from our relaxing day at Aldrege orchard. 9.11.11

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Just doin' the chores Ma

Dominic just cutting some fire wood for our bonfire. 9.4.11

Time to make the Donuts

My Grandma makes the most amazing donuts. I however have never even tried to make them on my own. The only time my kids have had homemade donuts was when we made them with Great Grandma. This summer we finally worked together to make some super yummy treats. We made strawberry, lemon, anise and vanilla flavored donuts. The kids had a great time glazing them and of course eating them! We had just listened to the book Homer Price and the Donuts so it added to the fun. 9.4.11

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.