Matthew, Luke and V go to Florida

I have off for the month of November so I decided to take the boys down to Ft. Lauderdale to see my mom and friends. Mark is busy with work so we traveled by ourselves, it went pretty well. There was alot of bribes being passed along to ensure good behavior. They enjoyed being on the airplane and Luke drew some pictures for the Captain. When we got to Florida it was hot and Luke wanted to get into the pool immediately. We were all wore out by 8 pm on Thursday by our eventful day, so we went to bed early. Friday, we went to Elisa's house to play with Elisa, Dante and Phoenix. We went to Hollywood beach and played in the fountain and ate pizza on the beach. That night, Grandma and Aunt Janice watched the boys while mommy and Elisa went out to dinner. Saturday the sun was shining so the boys went into the pool early. The boys played until we got ready to go home. The trip back on the plane went great. We were on the 757 that had the individual screens and they watched Spongebob and then Shrek. We might be ready to take more airplane trips.

Halloween 10/31/2008

Grandma Lamparella and Grandpa Alex came for a visit and we had a busy Halloween. I was a chaperone for Luke's kindergarten class field trip and we all went to Adairsville Pumpkin Patch. We had 3 kids in our group, Luke, Madison and Christen. The Pumpkin Patch had plenty of activities for the kids, they played a hula hoop toss, rode play horses, went thru a hay maze, pet animals and went on a hayride. Later that night we dressed as the superhero family, Luke was Batman, Matthew was Robin, I was Batgirl and Mark was Indiana Jones. We went trick or treating in our neighborhood and it was freezing that night. Grandma and Alex held down the fort and handed out candy. The kids didn't mind the cold weather, especially Matthew, he loved getting a new piece of candy at each house. Needless to say, Matthew did not end up with alot of candy in his bag because he chose to eat the candy as he received it, if he received a new lollipop he would replace the 10 minute old one. Saturday the boys and I split up. I went to Florida for Lisa's wedding and the boys spent time with Grandma and Daddy. Luke was sick Saturday morning so he didn't make it to his soccer game. The boys went to a neighbors 3rd birthday party in the park while grandma did her hair. Sunday they all went to church and Grandma made a nice dinner for everyone. My trip to Miami was fun despite my cold. Lisa and Gigi looked pretty in the Miami Botanical Japanese Gardens and I got to spend some time with old friends from high school. The reception was at a restaurant on South Beach so I got a dinner and dancing without paying for a sitter, BONUS. I also saw my Janice's place on the beach (which is right where they filmed "Something About Mary") and had a nice lunch with my friend from college Elisa. It was a quick but enjoyable visit.