Mommy Monday - October 2014

October has been a pretty good month for us with lots of fun parties and events!

Age: 4 years
Height: 3ft 7in

Weight: about 42lbs

Favorite Food: Cheese Pizza with Ranch dressing

Favorite Fruit: Oranges/Tangerines

Favorite Movie: Barbie: Mermaid Tale 2

Favorite TV Show: Strawberry Shortcakes
Other: Lilly had a fun month with a school carnival, 2 birthday parties, and the upcoming halloween events. She is also doing really well with school and is always excited to tell me about the new things they do and show me her "homework" she even started learning some sign language!

Age: 1year+11months

Height: 2ft 11in

Weight: 27 lbs

Diapers: size 5 

Favorite Food: Apples and Bananas
Favorite TV Show: Curious George

Other: Its been a pretty low key month for Logan. We have been runny errands together and chilling out at home. He is already getting his sweet tooth going with all the parties and such this month.

We also attended the chocolate festival this month which was a lot of fun and the kids each got a special treat while we were out.

Cioccolandovi 2014

Cioccolandovi is the annual chocolate festival here in Vicenza. We went last year and got some goodies and Lilly even got a chocolate Rapunzel. This year the festival was a little bigger and the kids still got there special treats. We also let Vader tag along with us this time. It was a lot of fun and was a nice outing after a crazy week of baby shower planning! Here are a few pictures to show this years festival.

Mommy Monday - September 2014

September was full of new things for our family!

Age: 4 years
Height: 3ft 7in

Weight: about 43lbs

Favorite Food: Chicken Nuggets

Favorite Fruit: Bananas

Favorite Movie: Mr.Peabody and Sherman

Favorite TV Show: Sofia the First
Other: Lilly started school this month! She has been so excited about going for so long. She has started making new friends and loves her teacher. Its been a big change for her to be gone all morning and afternoon but she is doing very well.

Age: 1year+10months

Height: 2ft 11in

Weight: 27 lbs

Diapers: size 5

Favorite Food: Anything mom or dad is eating.
Favorite TV Show: Curious George

Other: Logan got some quality mom time this month with Lilly starting school and he is soaking up every minute of it too. He is starting to be more vocal but still isn't talking much but we will get there soon enough.

September was a month full of firsts for us.

First time putting a child in school,

First day of school,

First time no having to share with Lilly,

but its been great and everyone has really enjoyed the new changes.

Mommy Monday - August 2014

We had a pretty mellow month in our house this month. the kids painted and played but not much other than that. Here is a little update.

Age: 4 years
Height: 3ft 6in

Weight: about 41lbs

Favorite Food: Macaroni & Cheese

Favorite Fruit: Apples

Favorite Movie: Snow White

Favorite TV Show: Strawberry Shortcakes berry bitty adventures
Other: Lilly has been hanging out with a new friend this month. She has also taken a big interest in painting, coloring, and play-doh. And she is very excited to be starting school next month.

Age: 1year+9months

Height: 2ft 9in

Weight: 25 lbs

Diapers: size 4 

Favorite Food: Hot Dogs
Favorite TV Show: Curious George

Other: Logan had a pretty low key month. lots of playing at the park, and he got to try his hand at painting.

Mommy Monday - July 2014

Age: 3 years
Height: 3ft 6in

Weight: about 41lbs

Favorite Food: Ice Cream!

Favorite Fruit: Bananas

Favorite Movie: Lilo & Stitch

Favorite TV Show: Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse
Other: Lilly had an interesting month. She decided to cut her own hair, thankfully it was salvageable. she also has been doing lots of singing, drawing, and dancing!

Age: 1year+8months

Height: 2ft 8in

Weight: 23 lbs

Diapers: size 4 

Favorite Food: French Fries
Favorite TV Show: Anything Lilly is watching

Other: Logan is a total momma's boy! seems like I can't get without of sight these days. I don't mind it much though seeing as Lilly isn't much of a cuddler anymore.

Mommy Monday - May/June 2014

We missed May so I figured the best way to do this is to combine Photos of the kids and then give updates on june, so here it is!

Age: 3 years
Height: 3ft 4in

Weight: about 39lbs

Favorite Food: Cheese Pizza

Favorite Fruit: Bananas

Favorite Movie: Tinkerbell - The Pirate Fairy

Favorite TV Show: Daniel Tiger

Other: Lilly has been enjoying all the days we've been able to get outside without the rain, but on our days in she has been doing alot of drawing and coloring, and playing with her brother of course

Age: 1year+7months

Height: 2ft 7in

Weight: 22 lbs

Diapers: size 4 

Favorite Food: Nilla wafers
Favorite TV Show: Wild Kratts

Other: Logan has taken a huge interest in all of his car and truck toys, it seems like he always has one with him. He has also become a bit of a wild child and is always trying to make an escape to get outside. He also climbs on EVERYTHING!

Its been a somewhat uneventful couple of months with Mr.W working and the weather not being quite as kind as usual, but we do our best to find new adventures for our family.

Meet Our New Pup !

introducing our new dog...

He's an American Staffordshire Terrier

Mommy Monday - April 2014

This was a somewhat hectic month for us. We returned from our month long leave back to the good ole' USA, leaving the kids slightly jet lagged and everyone a little off. After getting back into the swing of things the rest of the month has gone pretty smoothly. Anyways here is the montly update on the kiddos!

Age: 4 years
Height: 3ft 4in

Weight: about 37lbs

Favorite Food: Macaroni & Cheese

Favorite Fruit: We have returned to the strawberries!

Favorite Movie: Barbie-The Pearl Princess

Favorite TV Show: Bo on the GO (thanks netflix)

Other: Lilly was very happy to be back in the warm and the sunshine. She especially enjoyed the post easter egg hunt and all of the other activities for Easter. Lilly is almost completely potty trained we are currently working on nighttime training, which is going surprisingly well.

Age: 1year+5months

Height: 2ft 6in

Weight: 22 lbs

Diapers: size 4 

Favorite Food: Oatmeal (brown sugar cinnamon)
Favorite TV Show: Still Sesame Street

Other: Logan is WALKING!!!! After all the waiting he is finally walking, the only downside is that walking leads to climbing and more mischief. He also had the hardest time of all of us readjusting to the time change but has been happier than ever since he got back on his schedule.

Also we have decided to add to our family. We are currently in the process of adopting an American Staffordshire Terrier puppy, which Mr.W has decided to name "Vader" (yes, like darth vader) Can't wait to introduce him to everyone!

Our Disney Vacation

As you may have seen from my previous post. Its been on my bucket list to go to Disney with my husband and kids, especially since none of them had ever been before. Well I finally got to cross that off the list! My wonderfully amazing husband took all of us for mine and Lilly's birthday!

Day One: Disney Hollywood Studios.

Our first ride of they day was "Star Tours" and then we started working our way around the rest of the park with the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure", then went to meet Buzz and Woody (but the line was too long), Then we went and Lilly got to meet Princess Sofia, which pretty much made her whole day. After that we decided to go see the "Voyage of The Little Mermaid" show, followed by lunch at PIZZA PLANET, where the food was good and Lilly got to play some games with Mr.W. Once we finished lunch we went and got our fastpasses for "The Great Movie Ride" "Tower of Terror" and "Rock 'n' Roller Coaster" between the movie ride and tower of terror we attended the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular and Light, Motors, Action! car stunt show. We finished our day by catching the early show for "Fantasmic!" and then headed back to the hotel for the night.

Day Two: Disney Animal Kingdom

We decided to start by getting our fastpasses for the day, then made our way over to "Expedition Everest" and did one of the trails where we got to see some tigers and bats! We then headed over to see "Finding Nemo: The Musical" and I must say that it was pretty adorable. Then we went to "Adventurers Outpost" where we got to meet Mickey and Minnie Mouse! We then had lunch at the "Rainforest Cafe" once we finished we went on the "Kilimanjaro Safaris" Logan slept through the whole thing and we got done just in time to catch the PARADE. Once the crowd cleared we went over to DinoLand me and Mr. W rode "Dinosaur" and took lilly on "Triceratops Spin" and met Goofy and Pluto! Then we made our way over to the tree of lfe and watched "It's Tough to be a Bug!" we also went to "Rafiki's Planet Watch" where lilly met Chip and Dale and then we headed out for the day.

Day Three: EPCOT

Our day started with a ride on "Spaceship Earth" followed by a visit to "Innovations" where Lilly got to put together an emergency kit, and me and Mr.W designed a rollercoaster on "Sum of the Thrills" we then went and got our fastpasses starting with "The Seas with Nemo & Friends" then walking around the aquarium. We then went to the Electric Umbrella for lunch, and then began our walk around the world showcase we got to Norway and found the line to meet Anna and Elsa from Frozen We took turns standing in the 3 hour line to meet them, but it was definitely worth it to see Lilly so happy. Once we were done with that we went over to "Test Track" and "Mission Space" followed by watching "Illuminations" and then heading out!

Day Four: Magic Kingdom

Once we were inside the park we walked over toward Tomorrowland and went to the "Laugh Floor" and then "Space Mountain" after that Lilly and Mr.W went on "Dumbo"  we walked around over toward the castle so that Lilly could meet Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty then we grabbed some lunch from Casey's Corner. Then we went on "The Barnstormer","Under The Sea", Lilly got to meet Ariel, "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad", "Peter Pan's Flight", "It's a Small World", "The Haunted Mansion" Had dinner at the Tomorrowland Terrace followed by "Stitch's Great Escape" "Incredibles Super dance Party" and then the "Main Street Electrical Parade" and then "Wishes nighttime spectacular" and that was the end of our amazing trip!

It was so much fun and I couldn't be happier that we were able to go. The kids had a blast. Even though Logan slept through parts of it, and Lilly was so excited she could hardly function, I can hardly wait to do it all again in a few years!