Malia Leilani 7.0 lbs, 20 in. 1:38am Friday, August 29, 2008

mommy & malia

melissa and malia

mandy & malia


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KINDERGARTEN

Today is Gino's first day of KINDERGARTEN!
Amazing how far we have come.
He is VERY excited to be 5. And very proud of himself that he is a Kindergartener now too!




I will also point out that he was COMPLETELY into posing today for pictures like some model! No idea where it came from, but every time I lifted the camera up, he would suddenly strike a pose! ha ha ha SOOOO ADORABLE!


Just a moment Mom, I've gotta make a phone call.


Okay, I will take pictures of Mia since she is saying CHEESE over and over again.

Singing in the car on the way to school.

Oh, yeah. Posin' again. I think his favorite part of his school uniform is still his BELT.

We made it! GOOD LUCK MY LOVE. We are so proud of you!

KING LOUIE

We had the priviledge of taking care of "king" Louie while Jessica and Skeeter were in Tahoe.

So, at first, Louie was a little unsure about the kids.
But have no fear! My kids are persistent and determined to be Louie's friend, like it or not.

Soon enough, Louie was convinced that they really weren't going to pull his tail.

So, the kids (and Louie) had a great time on all of our little play dates!

We even got Louie involved helping us "decorate" the condo to celebrate Jessica & Skeeter's engagement! Way to go !!!

MIA

Mia was relaxin' with Buzz Lightyear and Woody after her bath.


Then she decided it was time for a LITTLE snack. mmm... bread.

makin' the most of a day off

napa scenery

mazzei kids

gino with his new big boy belt on.
mia's silly new place to go sit and have a fit when she is being "grumpy"

gino practicing to be the next kung fu panda

okay, so gino actually looks kinda creepy but it was soooo funny to see the two of them cracking up laughing and making silly faces!!!

JUMPY PARTY!

So, after many requests, I decided to suck it up and be brave and host our first ever friends from school party. It went GREAT!
Gino asked for a castle jumpy with a slide. We ALL totally loved it!!

even little Mia managed to get in some play time (when there weren't other kids inside)
gino was sooo fast at climbing up the steps!
All the friends and their parents were super nice and fun! They all brought donations for the Lindsay Museum for Gino to take and donate to the animals.

mia was a little cupcake animal and LOOOVED making a mess. mmm mm good.

NEW SHOES