December at the beach

We had a sunny and warm day on December 2nd, so we decided to go to the beach!! The children had a blast!

Eli and Sarah gymnastic competion

Eli and Sarah still do gymnastics and they compete too. In November they had one of their competition and they had a lot of fun!!

Daniel is 11 months old. He just started to crawl!

Daniel @ 10 months!

Daniel is starting to stand up on his own - no small effort, considering his 25lb...
Generally very happy and cheerful, he is however showing clear signs of a very determined and strong-willed character...

My new camera!

So so excited! My camera broke and we could not fix it. Matthew brought me a new camera from a trip to England for his grandad's funeral (his grandad passed away on October 6th but we know he is now with Jesus so we rejoice!)

I'm excited because I can finally take lots of pictures and update our blog. Lots of things going on. We had a lovely time with Naomi from Scotland who stayed with us for almost 1 month and we are now hosting Beth from the States. She is a wonderful girl that loves God, the children (our children!!) and a great help. I really can't wait to show you pictures...........stay in touch!!!

Vacation 2009

We just came back from our vacation in the beautiful Calabria, south of Italy. We enjoyed being all together as a family, and the company of good friends too.

Esther the model

Esther is wearing a white dress that my grandma, I and Elizabeth wore at the same age. She likes her new sunglasses and is posing for me!!

My birthday

I had a wonderful birthday. In the morning we went to Church as always. In the afternoon, we brought the children at the pool and they enjoyed being with daddy while me and Daniel rested. In the evening we had a yummy icecream together......I had to be careful because they wanted mine!!

Sport time

The girls had their gymnastic show in June and they started playing tennis too. David and Sophie really like tennis and I can tell-they are very good!!

More pictures.........

Esther is liking books just like everybody else. Sophie is reading in english and in italian and working on 1st grade math.
David is working on his prewriting skills. He loves math though. He can count to 29, subtract and add numbers.
Sarah and Elizabeth are working on extra-scholastic skills such as sewing or cooking. They just had a full day working on measuring, cutting and sewing a pijama by themselves with her friend Elisheba.

Daniel 6 months old

Daniel is growing fast and well. The girls love cuddling him and playing with him all the time. Sophie changes his diapers, Sarah reads to him.

Birthdays

In June we celebrated Sarah and Esther' s birthdays. Sarah had lots of friends over and they had a marines party.............they had to run, jump and pass through an obstacle course. In the end, they had a pinata too!

May Pictures

In May our highlight was to go for a picnic in Villa Pamphili as a family right after Church. The children enjoyed going on the bike, blowing bubbles and eating icecream. It has been wonderful.

The girls worked very hard for the rest of the month for their exam in school (the law requires this every year when you homeschool). They did very well.

April pictures

Our computer finally works. We had a lot of things going on. First of all, my sweet baby turned 11years old in April. Where is the time gone?? We had a fun indian party and a treasure hunt, games and riddles. The children had to cover one of them as a mummy too!!