Jonathan loves birthdays!

This was Jonathan warming up for the next round of birthday parties!

Powdered Sugar

Pizzeles are yummy for me!

Continuing the Nonnie Tradition!

 

 

When we were kids Nonnie always bought Ariana, Maya and I the same pj's, shirts, etc... normally Ariana and I had the same color, and Maya had a different color, but the same style. I decided to continue the tradition, buying Nate and Jonathan the same shirt. How cute are they??

Christmas table and cookies

 

 

 

Christmas 2008

 

 

 

 

Hot Chocolate

 

Jonathan and Mike drinking hot cocoa after working hard shoveling the driveway!

Mamma Mia!

 

Mom and I before our big night out, seeing Mamma Mia at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven.

Cousins are the coolest!

 

Here is a picture of Jonathan and Nate from their visit a couple of weekends ago. They had a lot of fun jumping on the air mattress, and playing with Jonathan's trucks!

trick or treat

Halloween

 

I'm the type of person to see this in Better Homes and Gardens and say "hey, this is cool, we should do this!" My mom is the kind of person who then actually does it!

The peacock

 
 
Here is the peacock that Jonathan scared.

A day at the zoo!

 

 

 

We took Jonathan to the zoo today. He pretended he was a prarie dog, chased a peacock, roared at a tiger and escaped a bee. It was a busy day. He still found time to dance to the music provided (we didn't realize it was a Halloween party-boo at the zoo) and pick up some pine cones.

All tuckered out...

 

 

Jonathan falls asleep on the couch after a long day of playing at Nonnie's house!

The last days of the garden

This is a cosmo that looked particularly pretty on the slope of yard that I've converted to a small patch of garden. I didn't spend as much time or energy on the garden this spring and summer since I was working and taking classes (not to mention Jonathan wasn't walking last season.) I did still enjoy my flowers though, and I would have had more success with the garden had the deer not eaten so many of the cosmos, asters and zinnias. I hope next year to plant more butterfly blue pincushion flowers, as they seemed to attract the most butterflies for me last year. I didn't replant them, because they were supposed to be perennials, but only one came back, and it never bloomed. I also plan next year to plant the alyssum in a large patch, rather than in a line, because I've heard that butterflies are more attracted to big splashes of color and flowers.

The First (and Last) Purple Prince Zinnia

Because of my soil conditions, and because of the deer that kept eating them, this was the first purple prince zinnia that managed to bloom. Luckily it made it before the first frost!

More VT fun

Visit to VT

Jonathan had a nice visit with great-grandma!

Picking a pumpkin at the farm

Ansonia Harvest Festival 2008

Mommy's famous broccoli song!

Miss Mary Mack

Amazing the things from elementary school that coming rushing back when you have a kid... : )

Mike's Mr. Potato Head creation

Who's toy is this anyway? Ha! Mike had fun creating this potato head. Thank you Civitelli family, for bringing us hours of entertainment. : )

You have to see this

O.k., ignore the captions, where the spelling and grammar are really bad, and just pay attention to the dominos. I can't even imagine putting this together!! Crazy!

Bubble video

Red Sunflower

The last sunflower bloomed, and to my surprise, it wasn't a yellow one!

WALL-E

Mike and I just saw this yesterday and I LOVE WALL-E. He is the cutest robot you will ever see. : )

Jonathan's tricycle

Lake Quassy

A couple of pictures from our trip to Lake Quassy on the 21st. Jonathan liked riding the rides with Luke and Rose, especially the train and the flying horses (aka merry-go-round)