Pino al parco

Chestnuts

Terrible 'tude

The other morning when Fede left to take Sofia to school, Thomas seemed deeply offended at not having been invited to go along. There was a minute or two of screaming and posturing, and being a kind and loving father I gave him what he really needed - a wide berth to work through his tiny rage while I went to fix myself a coffee.

A minute later from the kitchen I suddenly noticed that the house was way too quiet, and I went to see what the little guy was up to. There he was, curled up in a comfy chair in the living room, with a couple of books, thumb in mouth, one hand in his hair, and a look of put-upon annoyance that didn't slip even when I went to grab the camera to preserve the moment. Once I started snapping, though, he decided that maybe he didn't rally hate everything after all. Poveraccio.

Sofia's first dance class

Sofia got a new pink outfit, a tutu, and an opportunity to dance around in a gym with some little girls to "The Lonely Goatherd". In other words - in her mind it pretty much counted as a perfect day. When the class ended, she ran straight to Fede and said "Grazie, Mamma!"

Hot chocolate is soporicious

Texas

We packed up and left Seattle after the first few rain-soaked days of late September, and caught the tail-end of blazing Summer weather in Texas. Good times & smores where had by all.

Mom's make-up / gym party