Conversations between Vittoria and Ania

Vittoria - I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10.
Ania - Eleven.
Vittoria - You're right.

Conversations with Vittoria

 

You can tell that she really likes him but he doesn't really like her. (By the way they smile)

Merry Christmas!

The Party Continues...

Made cookies with the girls. It was a lot of pfun.

Maja slept.

Like most people, I'm always on the look out for the perfect sugar cookie recipe. I took the opportunity to test the difference between butter and shortening. Exact same recipe...The only difference was 1 cup butter and 1 cup shortening. (Except for the fact that with the butter I added 1 tsp vanilla and the shortening I added the correct amount of 1.5 tsp. Womp. Womp. I was real mad when I realized I had made that mistake.) The original recipe called for butter.

Cookie on the left is shortening. Cookie on the right is butter. I expected the cookies with butter to be crispier (and they were) but I didn't expect them to spread out so much more...So on your quest for the perfect sugar cookie, if you like soft cookies, always use shortening.

Noga Christmas Party 2013

Santa came for a visit! He had a present for everybody and got to hear what everyone wanted for Christmas.

Maja was particularly chatty.

And then everyone got to sit on his lap.

The Ol' Pfamily Road

Good afternoon

Good Morning!

V Helps Around the House

Her big chore is taking out the trash and if you ask her to do it on a day that's not Tuesday she'll ask why. Tuesday is trash day.

Conversations with Vittoria

Me:  "V, why did Mrs. Morse just send me an email?"

V:  "I don't know."

Me:  "Really?"

V:  "is it bad?"

Me:  "why do you ask that?"

V:  "because you are making that face."

Me:  "Mrs. Morse wrote 'Thank you for sharing Vittoria...She is always ready to help...yadda yadda yadda."

V:  "I knew it would be on the wonderful side."

Conversations with Vittoria

Mommy, once I chewed the pecan pie, I don't really like the taste. 

Thanksgiving Continued.

Mary Kay made cranberries and I made rolls.
V got a pedi. Katie did an excellent job setting the table and folding napkins


My plate. I'm sure yours looked a lot like it.

Gobble Gobble!

Mary is making her THIRD cherry pie

Happy Thanksgiving!

Katie is making her first apple pie! So exciting!

Mary's Bacon and Eggs Ship

Bacon and Eggs

Survived!!!

The first 2.

They...(commercial)

The windows

x

She was playing not upset

The egg ships

Mary's is the one w the blue balloon. 

Field Trip!

I'll be posting all day. Have already said the pledge.

Homemade Pizza Night!

Click it Click it Click it

Hooray for You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQSNnGFJ4Ro

Conversations with Vittoria

"These are perfect for me. I can see everything."  (To Aunt Rhoda.)

Golden Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Ania!

Happy Halloween!

It was a busy Halloween! I went as a dental student in the morning to Katie and V's room. Her friends thought those were my real teeth and had a hard time looking away. It was funny.

In V's class we made ghosts with their hands and then glued googlie eyes to the heads.

Mary's class was pfun, too, though the treats were a bit disappointing. The only cool thing was decorate your own cookies. One person brought a bucket of apples and then said, "The children aren't eating anything. They must not be hungry." Hmm...

There was also a station to get dressed like a mummy.

I went dressed like this to Mary's party. When she saw me she turned bright red. Can't imagine why, though that wasn't my intention. When I asked her about it later she said she was surprised and shocked and embarrassed. Grandma and I went dressed as gingerbread men.

Sweater from Aunt Rhoda

Aunt Rhoda made a really cute cardigan for Maja! Here is the back, and Maja's bald spot. :)

It was tricky getting a good pic at the soccer game because it was so bright... so I tried to keep her face in the shade but then that didn't make for very good pictures.

With Tata.

Her hair is pretty red in the sun!