The Cutest Little Man!

I just started using my new Flip video camera and Te was being very cute. Hope you can view the clip.

A friend's birthday party

We had a wonderful day of playing at a new playground with all of Mateusz's old school friends. It was Te's buddy Max's 4th birthday and it was great! He climbed on a real rock wall (look out Bear Grylls) and only fell once (that translates into one cut chin). He got back up, yelled "Yup, I'm OK everyone!" and climbed right back up again. The playground also had a large rope climbing structure (very cool) and lots of safe slides and swings. Max's Mom had pinatas, "dirt" in pails (chocolate pudding with gummy worms), cake, juice in road cones, goldfish crackers in trucks, pizza, and of course, ice cream. Needless to say, Te got home and fell directly to sleep. Really fun to see him have such a great time!

A Fun Week without school!

Well, we finally made the decision to pull Mateusz out of school. I got tired of the stress of being told that he liked to knock down the blocks and didn't sit for the whole 30 minute story / circle time. So, Mom has taken over once again and will do the "school" stuff with Te with a lot more fun and less stress. We had a great time at Great Explorations (a children's learning museum) where we found out that we can join different groups that meet there during the week and have some fun. Te sat in a group and learned all about sound and how his ears work. We used tuning forks and long tubes that we twirled and made high pitched "screaming" sounds. Really fun! Then he sat in front of the TV camera and "read" the news. Actually, he talked all about cars and trucks (now there's something different). He even got to be the local weather man and loved it! What a great time!



On Saturday, January 17th Mateusz and I were the first lucky 2 people to see Aunt Christina's and Uncle Rob's first new big home. What a beauty!! We helped load up all their stuff from the rental and found out that both of them own A LOT of clothes. :) I am sure that Christina and Rob will make the house a home very soon.

Thanksgiving 2008 Flashback

It was brought to my attention that I failed to post the fun pics from our Thanksgiving trip to Ohio this past year - thanks Uncle Bruce! :) We had a GREAT time seeing everyone and spent a full week with lots of cold weather. I think we all came back 10 pounds heavier after a fabulous meal put on by Aunt Trecia. We took a walk with Nonni in a local park that Daddy used to play in and got to feed the ducks. Don't be fooled - they may look cute but when Daddy throws the food close to your feet the ducks attack! Nonni and Te had a great walk.
On Thanksgiving, the boys had a ball! All the cousins played nicely together and were exhausted after hours of running and screaming (literally). Brock, Te, and (the back of)Braxon stopped for a quick pic. Good ol' Uncle Bruce is in the background being silly.
Aunt Trecia did a great job with all the food and had tons of it! She was able to feed a house full of very hungry people without breaking a sweat. Aunt Adrienne is looking beautiful and Uncle Brandon is as cute as ever!
Daddy, Brody, and Nonni are all enjoying the food.
We all went out to Grandpop Waring's house in the country that weekend and had another wonderful dinner. All the boys walked in the woods and played a game of football. Wii was a big hit - literally for Brock thanks to mean ol' Aunt Cherie! After dinner Wilmington had a parade to welcome Santa Clause - boy was it cold! Wish I had some pics - but at least we have the memories!

Paradise - Venice Beach

Mateusz, Aunt Nina and I all went to Venice Beach today and had such a great day! We looked for shark teeth and found some great pieces!
Aunt Nina developed a great method of scooping the shells and taking them to the beach to be sorted through. Others had long poles with baskets at the end to gather the shells. We'll be better prepared next time knowing how to do it.
My little handsome devil easily picked up a beach girl and played nicely with her. He shared all his toys and jumped over the water as it came onshore. Personally I think he needs to eat more keilbasa and put some meat on his bones!
We ended up finding a place for lunch called "Sharky's" on the beach and had a great lunch followed by a walk on a longggg pier where lots of fisher people were trying their luck. Take a look at the rods they were using - would you swim in waters where they needed that size reel to catch the fish? I stayed on land.


If you were wondering where Daddy was, unfortunately, he reached for something in the garage the wrong way and is out of commission for a little bit. We had a quick trip to the ER for some meds to relax the muscle and physical therapy begins at home tomorrow. He's lucky to have a PT in the house! Anyway, thankfully Daddy is already getting better.
Hope everyone had a wonderful day!

A messy day

What a beautiful day in the neighborhood today. The weather is really pleasant and the flowers are already coming out. I personally would love some more cold air but I guess I should be happy the sun is shining. Mateusz had a great morning and dug for worms out in the garden. He was tracking a bee buzzing from flower to flower until it flew towards his nose and he wiped his face with muddy hands. How could I get mad at such a cute little face?

A New Year 2009

Welcome to a New Year and a fresh start! This is going to be the year of "change" so a am trying to go with that theme. I am going to update this blog more then I did last year - which shouldn't be too hard to beat. We had a memorable and very busy holiday season this year! Unfortunately, Daddy was not able to celebrate Christmas in NJ with us because he had to work but Mateusz and I had lots to do. Te received a new kitchen set from Nonni and loves making eggs and pizza while talking on the phone to someone (still can't figure out who it is).

We baked lots of sweet treats for Christmas and hopfully satisfied everyone's sweet tooth.

Mateusz and his cousins Avamarie and Kalina had fun making and decorating their own homemade donuts. More yummy treats!
RCS (Pop's company) had their Christmas luncheon at Chez Cherie's where songs were sung, games were played and great conversation was had. Uncle Jack (Director of Supply and Shipping) even tried something new for the 1st time! Mimi (Payroll Director) won the song contest and Uncle Lou (Jack of All Trades) claimed to have won $$ with the lottery tix. Once again he had me fooled. AJ (Assistant to the President) sang beautifully throughout the lunch trying desparately to figure out the words to the lyrics. Nice try!

On Christmas Eve we went to 4 p.m. mass and listened to Te ask if Santa was bringing him presents for one hour. Once out of church, we celebrated our annual Christmas Wigilia at Aunt Janice's and Uncle Lou's. Te was very excited to see everyone and created a very special memory for me by breaking AJ's shower door. Ahhh ... no stress raising him! :) Even though this happened, Santa still came since all the kids were very good this year!


Mimi had her left hip replaced the day before Thanksgiving and worked really hard in Cherie's Home Health Rehab. She worked so hard and did sooo well Pops rewarded her with a new bike. She can't ride it yet but come this summer you will see her pedaling around town on her cruiser.

Christmas breakfast was a big hit with Aunt Kristy from Boston and Uncle Rob and Aunt Nina from Florida being awake and in the holiday spirit and ready to play. we feasted on quiche, Pop's fruit blend, rye bread, keilbasa and ham. I get hungry again just thinking of it!
We seemed to eat all day and had another feast at night. More guests arrived - Aunt Kimba, Uncle Bill, Avamarie, Kalina, Aunt Millie, and Mr. and Mrs. Ginocchio helped us eat roasted beef (done to perfection), roasted veggies, baked potatoes, salad, smoked turkey, coleslaw, and green beans. I think I'm still stuffed!
Finally we ended a fabulous vacation with Riverside Componant's annual Board of Director's meeting dinner. Everyone had a great time!
I wish to all of you a happy and healthy New Year!