Showing posts with label mud volleyball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mud volleyball. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Random Catch Up Post



Life has literally been insanely busy the last 2 months. 
Even for me, it has been a little much. But full of fun adventures along the way. 

Jay  Z and JT concert in SF. It was such a fun night out. We bought the tickets so long ago I had forgotten about it. I also wasn't sure I would know any of the songs. Nicole made me a mixed CD like the good ol days, and I studied up the week before and was ready to go! Tailgating is always fun and Jeff did not disappoint with one of the best sandwich bars!  

Kanters have been in town visiting from Canada it has been fun for the kids to all play together.

Grandma Carol is doing great! Thank you for all the prayers and well wishes when we needed them early this year. She had a housewarming party where she is living now.  It was great to see her surrounded by her family and friends. 


Little baby Cole made a trip to Lodi. He is getting big already. 
He is sleeping and eating well, and staying more alert now.  



Giada told me "mom take a picture in our cool glasses" 
That is rare these days since she has decided she does NOT want any photos.

Clara Antoinette Avansino is here! 7/22 8lbs. 10 oz. 
Moni is doing great and Frannie is in love!

We love Marla being off work. Another visit with Mason and JZ! Like I mentioned, Giada is NOT liking photos so now we get this.....awesome
          Gino says "I hold I hold"

Chalk drawing is big these days. Giada is working everyday on her Robot drawings and they get more detailed every day. Gino then draws his "bobot" and yells it over and over!

Soccer Season is here! We keep trying new things until Giada finds what she likes best. Week 1, she WALKED the entire game. No where near the ball or players.  The next week there was some running, and last week a goal! I can hardly believe it! She loves playing with her best buddy Dylan!



Annual Mud Volleyball weekend. Always a good time.  This year Giada got to come and join in on the fun. Her and Gemma were swimming in the mud. At some points you could only see their eyes. Giada of course not wanting any photos, this was the only one I got!  She kept saying, "my brother would just love this!" She is right he would have, but he would have been a bit hard to corral this year, maybe next year brother can come along too! We played quite a few games, before losing to a team we should have beaten! Always tough to go down that way, but no injuries and fun had by all!


We have been moving beds around at our house. Giada is now in a big bed, and we moved the twin to Ginos room. She picked her own comforter, and she is in love with her horses!  

Preschool at Grace has started yet again. This will be her last year before starting Kindergarten next year. Most of her class is returning along with lots of new faces.

Making memories with Nana. It is a MacLaggan thing. The Night Bloomer is a flower that my grandpa had. It blooms once in awhile, at night, a beautiful and fragrant flower. The rest of the time it is not the most beautiful plant.  I believe my uncle gave my mom some clippings on my wedding weekend years ago. She has managed to keep them alive in her green house and Giada has been going over for sleepovers to watch it bloom. They do lots of things to kill the time, bike rides, hot chocolate, books under the flashlight. Making memories with nana.
 
I think Pops loves Monsters Inc more than the kids. And he doesn't miss a chance for movies and popcorn!
Although the Giants have hit a rough patch this year. Timmy pitched a great game the other night!


Videos are not posting well but lots of swimming this summer. Giada had swimming with Nicole G and Erin O.  She is more confident and it just clicked finally! Gino has been in ISR and is doing pretty well. He will not float but will swim pretty decently. He is on his way to being safe!

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Mud Volleyball, Parachute Picnic, 12 month Gino update, & Giadaisms

Mud Volleyball Weekend! Every year in August we play mud volleyball! This year lots of the usuals were busy so we ended up with one team instead of two.  We went 1-2. Not our best performance, but always lots of fun!  Guys and Dolls..the aftermath!
This year we had something very cool! Our OWN port a let(potty)  We are fortunate to have two teammates working for WM. So they delivered us a port a potty with a pad lock! People couldn't really believe it when we said they couldn't use it. It was awesome  - thanks KR and NAT!
It wouldn't be Herald Day without 8AM beers!
Thanks Erin for cheering us on!
Nana and Giada love to read together!

This week Heather and I took the kids on a picnic adventure to the Parachute place in Lodi. Good Times. They come down all day long! Living off Jahant Road most of my life I couldn't believe I had never done that.   Grabbed take out from Airport Cafe too, so nice they are open again- Yummy!

Of course we visited Stella this big...big girl is almost 2 months old. Our babysitting day starts next week.  Lets see if I can manage 3!

This smiley boy wakes up at 5:45 every day....sometimes I can con him back to sleep until about 6:15 but that's the limit! Why didn't I get at least one kid that sleeps!?

 Nana helped us sew Giada's princess hideout.... Gino loves it just as much. He could play peek a boo there all day long!

 GO U-S-A!
 Fishing with friends! It was teamwork out there. Dylan caught the fish, then passed it off to Giada to reel, and throw back. He told us "look what we found"  Too cute!

 Bath time is fun at any age!
Gino's 12 month stats and update!
-Height   30 1/4 inches 59%
-Weight  21.7 lbs 50%
- 4 teeth on top and bottom
-Bottomless pit these days. He will eat pretty much anything, loves fruit especially blueberries!
- Babbling up a storm but still only a couple real words
- Running everywhere, this kid does not sit still
-Nursing is OVER. I felt like I had to give equal opportunity, so I nursed him a year. I am not good at tapering off so I quit cold turkey. A rough couple of days for both of us, but glad to be done with that chapter!  
- Gino takes 2 small naps a day, and goes down about 7 pm every night. It is weird for me to have a kid that goes to bed early.  He has slept through the night a couple times.
-Follows simple directions
-Notices animals and calls out to them
-Repeats sounds
-Cuddles a little more
- LOVES to be outside and gets upset if you close the door and don't let him out
-Loves water. He would run right into a pool or the ocean if you let him
- Climbs EVERYTHING
- Tries to eat EVERYTHING....Giada never did that, so this is a new one for us.

Giadaisms
- "Really you are going to give me a cut up one?"  As I try and give her some fruit.  
- I told her "Giada you are a hungry girl this morning" She replies, " I certainly am"
- Although the potty training is completed..she now wants to be in the bathroom alone, and wiping alone.  So we are trying to make suggestions about how to wipe, hand wash reminders etc.  She came out one day and said " I went pee, I wiped from the back, I forget how it works"
- Giada is such a negotiator with everything. I usually give her a count down when we need to leave somewhere. One day she said  "5 min, 3 min, all the minutes"
- Loves to look at her watch and say, " I see the 4, 3, 2, all the numbers we are late"
- I often ask her if she has forgotten her manners when she isn't behaving. The other day she said, " I forgot my manners they aren't in the car with us, they are at home"
- " Mom, tell me shape up Giada"  - I just laughed
- After swimming and playing with friends all day " Its a hard day for me!" oh yeah the rough life of a 3 yr old :)
- "Fireman save the day like SuperWhy!"
- About fireworks "These colors are just blasting!"
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