Tony's a star

it was a while back, but i promised to post a pic of tony's 'star of the week' poster. well, here it is. he is still so proud of it. it now hangs in the boys room.

thank you for all the thoughts and prayers that went out to our family this past week. our thanksgiving was good ... different, of course, but good different. a year to start new traditions. this time last year our house was already decorated for christmas. a tradition that we started with our kids, was recording the macy's thanksgiving day parade and watching on friday as we decorated our artificial tree and unpacked all of the christmas decorations. everyone was excited to help the first 1/2 hr, then shortly after that it just became a big mess for me to finish. anyway, i digress ... back to thanksgiving ... (how did i get on christmas?) ... oh, traditions. we had thanksgiving dinner at carlos' parent's house. anna did most of the cooking and transported it over. crazy, seeing as she has a 4 month old. but she did a tremendous job. i made some of my families favorites, that were a staple when we were in NY. after over stuffing ourselves on thursday and playing board game after board game, friday was pretty laid back. anna and i thought we'd go shopping first thing in the morning but i didn't make it out of bed until after 9a. (i did manage to get to toys r us, later.) then that night, los and i took the kids to the movies with anna, damien and kiara. that was fun. the kids really enjoy hanging with kiara. i wish i had pic's. for some reason, i neglected to take pic's of our first thanksgiving here. i did get one of carlos and his mom, that i'll post another time. ... oh, i forgot, carlos and damien went to play flag football thursday morning. they were both pretty sore the next couple of days.

and here i sit ... having the first major holiday behind me. i am looking forward to my mom coming out for christmas. that'll make christmas a little easier. even though thanksgiving was great out here, i still REALLY missed my family in NY. not to mention, my family at LCC. I LOVE YOU ALL!! and i look forward to seeing you in march (when i am home for a couple days) and then again in JULY!!!

hugs to you all!
nic

Thank You

Thank You to those who have sent us pic's of what we are missing, so far, this winter! I can't say that i miss the snow and cold, but it's fun to see. keep the pics coming, so i don't miss home so much.

nic

i know, i know

it's been too long once again. i am sure i have lost a lot of readers. so thank you to those who have stuck it out.

our lives have very much been a routine. which is why there isn't much to blog about.

i've got to go get some lunch for antonio, (which is what he likes to go by now - funny, huh?), so hopefully i'll have some time to blog later.

sorry,
nic

the pumpkins

Hi, I miss everyone in NY so much. This is the first year that we have ever carved pumpkins and it was so much fun. Hope you enjoy the slide show. Love, Alexis

Hi people in the world that read this. We carved pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns. Love, Tony

our halloween

... i just realized that i didn't take any pics of the kids with their pumpkins. i'll have to do that tonight and post at another time ...

fun was had by all. anna and damien and kiara spent the day with us. we carved pumpkins, had dinner together, went to LLCF for their annual 'trunk or treat' (which was pretty much a festival - GREAT TIME!) then we went trick or treating in our neighborhood. by the time we got home from LLCF jackson was DONE! he did not want to go trick or treating and asked to go home. we MADE him do a few houses then sent him home with carlos. the after party consisted of the traditional sorting of the candy and eating of junk! this is actually the first year that jackson didn't yack. he always eats himself sick. the candy is still spread across our floor because the kids haven't had a chance to trade yet. hopefully, that'll happen after school today.

'til next time... many hugs!
nic