Later

After we went swimming, we packed up and took Sophia to the Nonni to spend some quality time, before we take off to the States next week. I snapped some pictures just because there are so many nice things to take pictures of.

Synagogue door.

A little vietta, off the main street

Even the mail boxes are cute

(too bad you can't see the guy's name on the little yellow ticket. It reads: Botto.M.
I am so 1st grade, I giggled when I read it. Yes, booty humor still makes me laugh!)(Again, another 1st grade thing:)
When I saw this place the first time I went to Cuneo I was like...for reals? what an awesome place to film a horror movie. And what a great title for it, too! I asked Max, if when he was little, did all the kids pull one arm into their sleeve and wave it around while telling scary stories about a hooked arm escapee that kills virgins and couples making out? Apparently the kids of Cuneo are more mature than I am-for the answer was no. But...that's not to say that I don't do that every time we pass the place! I always wish TJ was here - she'd be with me on this one!
ps in case you are wondering, it's a hospital for injured people (like after the war), not for crazy mutilated ones! I know, huh?!- darn!
This is a cool old Roman bridge that we pass on the way to and from Cuneo. I don't know why I am so enamored with it, but I am!

Just the towers remain, the bridge part has eroded away

The Day After....

Guess who got make up yesterday? Technically it was various lippy stuff-in reality turned into body paint.

Our little clown

Uh, i said go to the bathroom and wash all that stuff off, not smear it everywhere!!
After we went to the pool with Vale and Karol. Before we got in, there were still smudges of the greasy makeup, especially around the eyes. Luckily the chlorine ate it off and it didnt look like we beat her silly again.

BFFs

Finally, the party of the century

In the end, about 30 kids showed up. (A bit more than expected, other years we've been able to have the party in the house because very few kids actually came). We...decorated crownsdanced

put out a dragon's fire

ate cake (and decorated cupcakes, but i dont have a pic)

slew a dragon,

and captured his treasure.

then of course we washed off the grime,and passed out!
most importantly, i think the kids had a lot of fun!

She's 4!

She has been talking about this day forever, we have been singing Happy Birthday and having pretend birthday parties. She cried when it was her dad's bday, because it wasnt hers. Last week she insisted that it wasnt my birthday, but hers we had to celebrate...and of course today, Sophia could care less that it's finally the real day! Stinker. We decided to have a family get together today, and the big bash (as you can see on the invite) is on Saturday. The weather is finally hot and there are no longer any construction workers on the balconey, so we went out and got a patio set and a bbq and had the party on the balconey. It's getting so hot, that it looks like we will be out there permanently until we leave for the States.

Max deflowers his virgin bbq!

Our little carnivor

Blowin out the bday candle (yeah i know there, is only one , but its a big one!)

happy 25th to me!

The Invite

Well it's that time of year again, Miss Sophia is having another birthday! She turns 4 on Monday and so we made up the invitations and sent them out today. Now we need to start prepping for the partay!be there or be square!

The get-a-way

We stayed at the Cristallo Hotel in Scopella. It was the off season so there was no one there. There is a small spa under the hotel and Max arranged for me to have a massage, it was wonderful. Unfortunately the pool was under construction and so we didnt get to have a swim. The lovely Cristallo Hotel! The ground floor of the hotel had a fantastic restaurant with typical cuisine and so we ate all our meals there, but I didnt take pictures this time.

After lunch, we had a walk around, it's spring and
the snow is melting so there were waterfalls everywhere!

Our walk led us to the Walser Museum, where there were was a typical village and houses in the Walser style.

The houses are built close together and have a particular wooden framing. Everything was small and narrow. I really wanted to go inside, the roofs seemed to be very low. Unfortunately we were an hour too late and everything was closed.

Look, the doors are tiny, even I'm taller!

I just liked the intersecting lines here.

Outhouse.
Imagine going shi-shi in the middle of a colder winter nights storm!
Old school sleighCreepy little hallway that lead to a cantina.
I dont know how Max made it down the narrow stairs!

You know me, I just had to get a picture of a door!
Sophia says this is creepy.

There was a sign that said bread was baked just twice a year, i'm wondering how nasty stale was the last loaf of the season. yuck!