The things she says...

Here I will attempt to record the words and cute little things Francesca says and does up till now.

Words:
Dada
Mama
ZACK
something like Vincent
baby
ba ba (ball)
kitty
doggie
this
all done
thanks
bubble
boo
boop (book)
bop (cup)

Songs she sings or hums:
Happy Birthday
Ba Ba Black Sheep
The Super Mario Bros. theme song
The Alphabet song

Cute things she does:
blows kisses
pats me on my back
loves animals

rocks her baby dolls and calls them mama

loves to give good night kisses to her brothers

holds chickens

sings a lot

likes to sit in a big bean bag

feeds people

feeds Buddy one morsel at a time

likes a sip of wine

wants whatever dad is drinking or eating (hence, the wine)

I know I'm forgetting something from each of the categories!

My precious pumpkin!

A Parade and Snow

We had a busy weekend! Saturday we headed to Ripon for the Almond Blossom Festival Parade to support Father Peter of St. Patrick's parish. We walked along the impressive float with a model of the mission style church. The altar servers with Father Peter were in the front, dressed in their outfits, carrying beautiful crucifixes, lanterns, and incense. That part was a sight to see! Later that night the boys had a sleepover at Gramma's and Fresca, Jason and I went to a bon voyage party.

Christmas Photos

Ho Ho Ho!

What a gentle sweet Santa, don't you think?

Finally I'm posting our Christmas photos... there's not much. With baby number 4 on the way, I haven't been up to doing any more than I HAVE to do lately!

Modeling some weird stocking stuffers from Old St. Nick.

Here are some pre-Christmas photos of decorating the tree...

... and making Grandparent gifts.

A Unique Gift

For Christmas my sister got me this cute scrabble necklace! She always picks the perfect presents! Thanks Kathy!

You can find more pendants from the etsy site: www.scrabblesrus.etsy.com . If you've never checked out etsy before... you should!

Merry Christmas!

Thank you Jesus for being born in this world and saving us now and forever!

Francesca's Birthday Party

Francesca's First Birthday took place Halloween afternoon. It was a beautiful day and the festivities took place in our back yard.

Here's a sampling of the cast of characters:

The Birthday Girl Herself!

Vincent the magnificent!

WARIO!

The Pinkela's. Gwen was a groovy preggers disco mama.

Gorgeous Daphne

Sweet Princess

Homemade jelly fish!

The most excellent Cy-Borg

Freaky Elvis

Elvis and his "good" witch

Joe Cool

Francesca about to dive into her new sandbox, courtesy of her God-Family.

She doesn't look to sure what to do here...

Help has arrived!

The kids decorated pumpkins and balloons...

Even the God-Father.

Played some fun games...

Smell and touch and guess what's in the bag!

Brains... rat breath... eyeballs...

Wario wasn't sure if he had the stomach for this!

How about this?

Then our friends enjoyed a hay ride.

Matching outfits! Different eras!

Two cute little pumpkins

Opening presents for the first time!

Happy Birthday To You!

How about some recycled cupcake, God-Mommy!

Here's our kids trick or treating later that night: