International Costume Day at Little Blossom Montessori School

Violet went as a wee Parisian babe and I, well, I sported the sweet Portuguese apron and handkerchief for this special day. Sopish anyone? Mommy wore her Obama shirt, not quite "International," but a statement nonetheless! Enjoy!

Pumpkin Carving: Go Obama!

So, Auntie TT came over and Stell, Daddy, Mommy and I went to town on our pumpkin carving for Halloween. TT carved an Obama sign (very impressive) and M&D well, there pumpkins need a little help, but we love them anyway! ;)

Happy Halloween everyone! Hope to see you on the streets! xoxo Vio & Stell

Halloween is almost here!

Mommy, Sis and I made some pumpkin cupcakes for the holiday and BFF Lilybug joined us in the frosting fun. Great day. Here's a shot of us in our jammies just in time for Daddy's arrival home from Arizona. Happy Halloween!

Stell & Vio xoxo

and the birthday photos are here... yay!

Pumpkins!

M, D, V and I hit up the Bastiao Pumpkin Patch in Natomas today along with 50 of my closest friends from Little Blossom Montessori School. It was quite the event. Lots of hay pyramid climbing, tractor riding and pumpkin picking. All in all, a great time. Mommy and I made pumpkin pie bars to bring as a treat for the school. My first real cookie making experience went well. I'm now asking to make cookies everyday. We'll see...
Love, Stell (& Vio) xoxo

Un Parti de Costume

Seriously, amazing. I had the best time ever. M&D invited 25 of my closest friends (and their parents) and we celebrated Halloween-style. More pictures to be posted at a later date. The photographer will send Mommy a link to share with y'all. Not to fret. All in all, a wonderful day. This was the only shot Mommy got the entire day as there were a bunch of people there to celebrate my first year. Face painting, balloons, pinatas and cupcakes. Wow! I felt like a princess. Sure, I had no clue what was going on, but M, D & Stell sure had fun! I was dressed as a Violet (no, I'm not an eggplant!). Enjoy! Happy 1st Birthday to me!

xoxo Violet Angelina

Mommy Goes to Preschool!

Today, Mommy came to my school and did a presentation on my ancestors from Italy. She talked a bit about our trip to Italy (I liked to yell out every 3 seconds that it was MY Italy) a year ago, taught us how to say some words in Italiano and made some yummy fried mozzarella sticks for my class. Sure, the guy before her showed up in full African garb and showed a video (!), but Mommy held her own. ;) Here are some shots from her big presentation. Ciao! Stella xoxo

My Daddy's Back

Hip hip hooray! Here are some shots from the day we had with our papa... I love my Cinderella gown regardless of the fact that it's 3 inches too long! Sis and I got some much needed snuggle time with Big Poppa and a stroll through the hood. Only one tantrum that day, not bad, not bad at all...

xoxo Stell & Vio

Dance Like You've Never Danced Before

Well, Mr. Don at Deane Dance Studio is still a hit. I love him and love to prance around in my pink ballet slippers while Mr. Don demonstrates a Will & Grace-worthy version of "jazz hands." Amazing.

Ballet, School & a Little Poop...

While Daddy is jet setting around the world, Mommy, Sis and I continue our day to day acitivities...

Mommy takes Violet and I to ballet class and then a playdate. I have school and Violet goes with Mommy to the market. The usual... Oh, one can't forget to mention the highlight of this week sans daddy... for two days in a row, while I'm pretty much accident-free on the potty training, I've managed to create quite the poop extravaganza in my bedroom. Here's how it goes: I manage to hold my poop until naptime and the coast is clear and then let it all out with such rigor that it spills out the side of my pull-up (Mommy puts me in pull-ups at naptime and bedtime so as to avoid messes like these). I, trying to be the helpful alpha female/first child that I am, attempt to clean up the mess by yanking the velcro sides off of my pull-up and thrusting the entire mess onto my white duvet cover. I then take the heap of smelly goodness and play with it like it's my very own feces-infested play dough. Once I am done playing with it and wiping it all over my body, face and bedroom, I call for Mommy so that she too might relish in it's beauty and stench. Yes, folks, this is my idea of fun these days. Mommy has taken to extreme measures as of late to ensure I poo poo in the potty before naptime. Sure, it might take an hour of sitting on the potty till the kids drop off at school, but Mommy doesn't give a....

Thank God for Clorox, Mommy says...
Hope you're having fun in London, Daddy. ;)

xoxo Stell