Baby birds continued

As promised, here are the pictures of the baby robins as they grew on our house light.

Coming soon to a blog near you...

The dramatic story of....




"The Nest of Baby Robbins"




dum Dum DUUUUMMM....

Spring Break

Because I work in the South (with no union) and for the Public School System I don't make a ton of coin... I do however get some serious vacation time. And we Vendetti-Pelletiers know how to vacation so hard we begin to yearn for the slower pace of the work week.  Here is a smattering of how we spent our Spring Break.  In a word is was AWESOME.

Preparing the Garden

Eatin Ribs

Being Gorgeous

Being Silly

Easter

Mez does Macy Gray

Chillin with my ladies

Riding the Metro

Visiting the Pandas at the National Zoo

and the elephants

and the monkeys

Lions are BORING

A puckered out little one

Mr. T. Rex at the Natural History Museum in DC

~klv

Christmas 2012

So as I actually sit down to post this blog the date is officially May 4, 2013; however, the text itself was written nearer to the actual holiday.  Hey, I'm a working mama... I do what I can!

Tis the Season

The Christmas celebrating starts early around these here parts so no sooner had we thrown away the turkey carcass than we were traipsing across the street to pick our Christmas tree. Emerson was beyond excited to decorate the house and a little bit disappointed when we were finished (“Is that all of our decorations?”). Soon the crooning of Michael Buble filled the house and Tuckaway the Elf made his daily appearances. Stockings were hung. Pizzelles, macaroons, peppermint bark, and dark chocolate bark with almonds and sea salt were made. Friends were invited over for Gingerbread House making. Presents were wrapped. The Lights at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens were seen. We celebrated Christmas Eve with a wonderful meal of linguini with clams and a roaring fire. Emerson and Lisette had their first taste of wine (Lisette went diving for more – we’re in for it with that one). We set out macaroons and Egg Nog for Santa and a carrot for Rudolf. Emerson wrote Santa a long note and we read Christmas stories. The following morning we awoke to the magic that is Christmas with kids. We opened gifts, drank coffee, and enjoyed the moments, including a lovely pop in from our good friends, Nathan, Julietta and the ever adorable Isadora. Then we sat down to a ridiculously expensive but insanely delicious tenderloin. It was a good day.

A Big Plate of Candy?
It Must be the Gingerbread House Making Party

Now that we are filled up in bagels
let the construction begin.

Been wearing that costume since Halloween!

True Collaboration

Dad does the heavy lifting while Mez enjoys the good life.

"You lookin at me?"

My sous chef Emerson masterfully applies
a fine dusting of powdered sugar

The Lights at Lewis Ginter 2012

We couldn't get a good picture of the two
of them to save our lives that night

Xmas Eve Tradition
You get to open one gift

Emerson got Rudolf

Lisette thinks this tradition is FANTASTIC

Christmas Eve Movie Night

Opening Stockings on Christmas Morning

Formula 1 Racers!

"What am I supposed to do with these?"

Two VERY lucky kids.

One serious piece of meat

One awesome gift