Valentine's Day 2011

We were especially lucky this year that Michael had off on Valentine's Day. Our morning started off a little unromantic, as I had a dental cleaning scheduled! When I got back, we ate lunch together as a family and my Valentines gave me my fun gifts (cookbooks and country CDs!). Mikey got some matchbox cars to begin his collection and was completely engrossed..."CARS!", "TRUCK!", "BUS!". I took a video and will try to upload it so you can view the excitement for yourself!

Michael had a work meeting tonight, so I had dinner date with my smallest Valentine and then watched girly television. Michael and I are going out to dinner to celebrate Valentine's Day this Friday night. Hooray for date night!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! We hope you had a "love-ly" day!

Happy Birthday, Grandma Anita

We hope you have a swingin' day!

We are looking forward to celebrating your birthday with you when we see you at the end of the month! Enjoy your time in Florida 'cause it's freezing here!

xoxo

(PS: We REALLY need a good picture of you and Mikey together! This is getting a little ridiculous now!)

Winter Fun

Our friends, the McNeals, invited us over on Saturday morning for some sledding at a park near their house. Scott, Liz and Alexandra Lashway came, too! (Michael went to high school with Will and Scott.) We had SO MUCH FUN! The kids had a great time playing together. Our morning playdate transitioned to an all day fun-fest at the McNeals----we didn't leave until 5:30 that night!

Here are MANY pictures from our weekend fun!

Thanks again, everyone! We had a BLAST!

The McNeals

The Lashways

Mikey LOVED the wagon ride to/from the park

Not-so-happy faces for the camera

And they're off....

Lexa and Daddy

Mikey and Daddy

Mikey and Mommys turn

Lexa and Mommy (and baby brother due May 2011)

Racing down the hill.....

Maggie and Daddy

More racing....

I LOVE this picture!

Coloring with friends (and sharing nicely, too!)

Nora (4 months) and Alli

Mikey and Lexa's pizza date

Thank you, Grandpa Bob

Dear Grandpa Bob,

There aren't enough words to express how much I LOVE my construction truck DVD that you and Grandma gave me for Christmas. Everything I possibly love (minus Mommy and Daddy) are on this video---big diggers, rollers, cars, kids....even a doggie! Every morning I run out of my bedroom, grab the remote, hand it to Mommy and say "TRUCKS" as I point to the TV. Usually the response is "You can watch it later. Let's have breakfast first". THEN, I come racing out of my room after nap. I ask Mommy very politely and again I am shot down. Usually around dinnertime, Mom lets her guard down and I watch the 30 minute video. As soon as it gets to the end (when it's not quite over), I start saying "I want more" WITH the sign for "more" to let Mommy know I am not done watching it just yet. Every once in awhile she lets me watch it twice!!!

There used to be a time when Mommy never let me watch TV. Thank you for changing that. I am in "truck heaven"!

Love Always,





PS: Wait until you see this video....you are going to LOVE it!

Hibernation = CRAFTING!

After all, Valentine's Day is just around the corner.......

Batter Up!

Each week Mikey has a different "favorite-toy-of-the-week". This week it is the colander that he uses as a bat (he has a bat too but he prefers the colander!). He tells us "ball" and "swing". We "pitch" the ball to him and he just remains frozen in the perfect batting stance.

Looks like a pro, huh?!? We didn't even teach him! He totally picked up on this by himself!

Uncle Marky, we thought you would be proud!

Daddy is already talking about what "baseball camp" Mikey will attend. I saw that the Red Sox offer baseball camps in the summer around the Boston area. I wonder how the Yankee fan would feel about that.......

11 days until pitchers and catchers report for spring training! We are READY for baseball season to start in the Scialabba house!

Remember when.....

.....we used to see the grass?

Keep looking Mikey.....MAYBE by June we'll see it!

Yesterday was the second Tuesday in the past 2 weeks that I left work early due to the weather. We got dumped with 9" of snow yesterday and today we got about 4" of snow with an inch of ice on top. The snow piles (or should I say snow mountains!) in our apartment complex are out of control and there is only enough room for one car to drive down the road at a time. To date, Boston has recorded over 70" of snow this winter season! Insane!

I'm off to dream about warm sand and palm trees.....