Fun Times... Silly Stories.... and more pictures...

THE NEVER ENDING POST... Take a deep breath and jump in... the water is warm (pun intended - Ha Ha)... Here are a few recent events in no particular order (that would be way too difficult):

I know everyone is tired of seeing the pool... but you couldn't possibly be as tired of the pool as I am, so suck it up and look at a few more pictures... When will it be winter??? Of course I'll be telling a different story when I get to Utah in December and freeze my buns off!

Anthony has become very brave!

This is his "Maniac Twist Jump" into the pool. Thanks, buddy!




We had a lovely day with Emily, Gene & Julia. The kids played in the pool for a while which was an extra special treat because they live in the community we moved from in February, so he played with all of our old neighbors that he used to see all the time. Then we had a nice dinner at their house. Anthony even taught Julia his silly camera face.



Goofy Anthony is always creative (aka strange)... He found these rubber gloves (rubber gloves are an odd obsession he has) and put them on his feet (Or did you do that, Mitch??), anyway, he then proceeded to run around the house clucking like a chicken. I couldn't get him to speak English for an hour! It was pretty funny! I wish I had it on video!


He likes rubber gloves so much he chose these as his "1 thing" in Target's dollar isle!


Marc and Giovanna had us over with Matt and Sarah and their 2 cute little girls Ava and Jordanna. We had a great time! Anthony and Max hit it right off and after a few laps in the pool, disappeared into the bedrooms to play. We kept sneaking in to make sure all was well and finally on about the 3rd or 4th check Marc and I walked into Valentina's room to find it ransacked with no one in it. We turned around to find them and there they were, right in the bathroom sharing the stool, each brushing his teeth with an electric toothbrush, just smiling at us like they were so proud of themselves. They had out the fluoride, listerine, pre-blue rinse, 2 toothpastes and I think even the floss... I sure this was all Anthony provoked as he has been quite brainwashed with oral hygiene. Anyway, Marc and I just stood there shocked looking at them. We didn't know whether to praise them or yell at them, so we just turned around so they wouldn't see us laughing. By the time I got the camera out Max had already begun cleaning up. I wish I had that picture! They eventually cleaned up the mess and then got ready for a "sleep over". They had so much fun. Sorry about the toothbrush! We owe you one!



We took a little evening outing to the beach... So nice!



I just can't shrink this picture because it's too cute! My sweet boys! Sometimes I even wonder if the love me as much as they love each other... Probably, I guess they do... but it sure makes me happy to see them so sweet and loving to each other! Although... Mitch does look like he's a little in pain... He does have a tight squeeze!


These pictures are at the Wites's beautiful home. They invited us over to play and have lunch. Mark and Jen have two cute boys, Asher and Leo. They are about 1 year older and 1 year younger than Anthony. And although the kids played great together, they especially love Mitch. Most kids seem to not notice his size and facial hair and mistake him for one of the kids. As always with the Wites', it was a very nice day!



The bounce house pictures were taken at our neighbor's twin 3 year old boys' birthday party. The little girl on the left I wanted to bring home and adopt! For those of you who know my family... Doesn't she look like she could belong to a Smith??? This picture of Anthony was the last straw before I forced him to get a haircut. He is great once we get there, he loves Tracy and wouldn't dream of letting anyone else near his hair, including the silly kid places. Tracy is a good friend of mine who also does my hair. He no longer looks like the orphan below!


The pictures below are of a play date at Vinny's house. They play so well together and really are crazy about each other. Vinny has an older brother named Anthony (Tony), so Vinny always calls my Anthony "Anthony Mazza". It's very cute! His parents, Linda and Luis, are great too! Mitch and I enjoyed hanging out with them while the kids played. There will be many more play dates ahead!



Whew! I'm exhausted after all of these kid activities! Time to put Anthony to bed, get a sitter and go out with the adults... no sun, no pool, and no jabber jaws... aaaahhh...