Friday, October 10, 2008

Make New Friends...


but keep the old, one is silver and the other's wooden!

Sophia had a sleep over with an old friend tonight, Spoonie. They laughed, they cried and eventually they fell asleep. (i think at one point she even tried to take spoonie into the bath).

don't ask...we spend loads on toys and this is what it comes down to...

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Tree


Im post dating this blog (well i do that for most of them, but this time i'm really far behind). This is the another do-over of the tree in sophia's room. Still no fireflies yet!

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Felice Compleanno El Quincho

Happy Birthday Criz. The Cologno Posse came over to celebrate El Quincho's bday. (El Quincho is Criz's new alter ego, don't ask.)















Yeah i know thats xmas wrapping on the present....sadly enough thats all we have in the house. i hope there arent too many more bdays before dec or by the time xmas gets here, we're gonna have to go shopping at ikea again!

Women are from Venus, men are from Magrathea ...

The handymen that came to take down the venetian blinds were like a tornado. I knew they were coming, but I didnt know when. They came in, carried everything away in a short amount of time and then left bits and pieces and destruction in their aftermath. It is sooo typically male. Part of getting the job done is CLEANING UP AFTER YOURSELF! Is it the XY chromosome combo?
See the dirt? The guys doing construction on the house made us empty the balconey off of Sophia's room yesterday. What a pain that was. All the plants that were on the big balconey, that were put on the little balconey had to be moved back to the big balconey again. Some plants were put on the scaffolding, but i didnt want all of them to go there, because all of those are all dying from lack of water. ( max told the construction guys that we would move them back and forth, from balconey to balconey as needed. When the handymen came this morning, I told them I would move the plants if they were in the way...uh yeah right. nobody said anything and plants were spilled every which way. by the time they were done, screws and strings and and dirt and metal things (basically anything that wasnt the blinds itself) were strewn everywhere. of course all the rooms have the blinds and the balconey was the first to be done, so there was dirt tracked throughout the house. I'm still finding screws everywhere. Altho i cant blame all the loose screws on these handymen, the guy who came to take down the mosquito screens did the same thing too, (including an old wasp's nest and wasp corpses crumbling on the floor, yuck).

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Portrait of the Artist's Aunt

Michelle ping'd on messenger today, unfortunately Sophia had just gotten into the bath. She really wanted to talk to her. Eventually she got out of the bath and we all chatted and used the webcam. Then Sophia decided she wanted to draw. sShe drew a portrait of her Auntie Chelle...look at that bedhead, it must have been early in the morning in the EB.

Chart Number 2 - check!

Sophia finished her third chart today. The prize was earrings and a tiara. She was so happy she made me take a picture.

(of course i had to take out the princess dress too. I cant believe what a memory that girl has...the official name of the dress is 'the princess dress that dominic and kayla gave me' and when i take it out i have to call it that too. i cant just call it the princess dress :o)

Mustela


remember my friend mustela? who disappeared off the face of the earth?? well she just reappeared. i called her for her bday and by chance we had an opportunity to get together. sophia and i took the metro to the city center to meet her. we hung out for a couple of hours and caught up on old times. it was fun.

oh i forgot. i told sophia we were going to zia mustela's. zia is aunt in italian. she got soooo excited and went on and on about her best friend and how she couldnt wait to see her, but...lives in germany. she was totally bummed when i said i said ZIA not TIA. i dont think a day goes by that she doesnt talk about the andersons. we're gonna have to make another trip out there before they go back to cali! wait maybe i shouldnt have written that...now they've been warned. i hope they dont pack up and leave early just to avoid us!