Isa is Seventeen Months Old

Hey there! On Monday 8/30/10 I turned seventeen months old. Deal with it!

St. Mary's Block Party

We didn't get many photos this year at St. Mary's Block Party on Sunday 8/29/10 like we did in past years. It's always a great time singing for the neighbors of our church. So here's the one photo from the evening. A great picture of Xia's face painting:

Just another Saturday

Isa here again. I love to help Mommy unpack the groceries. Here I am on Saturday 8/28/10 doing just that. Hmmm, where should I start?:

I think I can get this box...

And what was Xia doing while I did all of the hard work of unpacking? Just playing with her "friends" (what we call stuffed animals around here):

Elizabethtown Fair

Isa here. On Friday 8/27/10 we met up with the Volpes at the Elizabethtown Fair for some fun.

First we went to the petting zoo area. Here's Xia with a baby bunny:

And here I am petting a goat:

Here's a video of Xia and I petting the animals:



The we all had fun playing in the corn bins. Who needs sand boxes?!:

Then we went to the rides. First up, the merry-go-round of course:





Then Xia rode the dragon coaster:



And last but not least, Xia closed the night on a BIG slide!

Is Our Rainbow Cake Better Than Molly's?

Hello, it's Xia here. Mommy likes a video podcast called Rocketboom. On Tuesday 8/24/10, she was watching the episode The Rainbow Cake and decided we all just HAD to make a rainbow cake too! So, on Tuesday night 8/31/10, we got busy making our own version of a rainbow cake...

First we mixed up all of the batter with some beaters (which are the coolest things) and then divided the batter into 6 bowls. Here I am mixing the red food coloring into our first bowl:



Then we mixed up the yellow, this was so much fun...



Finally, the violet (note: Isa was with Mommy in her sling during the whole process as you can see)...



Now the first 3 colors, red, orange and yellow, are in the pan and Isa and I are really enjoying licking the batter off of the spoons!



All of the colors are in the pan, the sink is full of dishes and we put it into the oven - yippee!!



After about 45 minutes our beautiful rainbow cake came out of the oven!



The next morning (because we had to let the cake cool and it was time for bed the night before!), we iced the cake so that it looked like a big, white, fluffy cloud:



That night after dinner we FINALLY got to enjoy our rainbow cake. We cut out a slice, look how pretty!

Hmmmm, looks good enough to eat!

Here I am enjoying our rainbow cake. Don't worry, Isa got her bite too!



So, what do you think? Is ours better than Molly's? Thank you Molly and Rocketboom for giving us such a great idea. We sure had fun making out rainbow cake!

Spaghetti Dinner Benefit

Isa here. On Saturday 8/21/10, we sent to a nice spaghetti dinner to benefit a friend with large health bills.

Here I am with Xia having a great time with all of the balloons after we finished dinner:

The music was a lot of fun. Here I am bouncing with Daddy to it:



Then I had to get down and DANCE:



Xia had to join in:



When we came home, Xia and I had a squabble over the balloons and she ended up hitting me on the head and got a time out. I was so sad. But then she apologized. I sure love my sister:

Vivi's Baby Shower

Xia here. Vivi had her baby shower on Saturday 8/14/10. Just Mommy and I went and had a very nice time.

Here's a picture of the Diaper and More "Cake" - guess we couldn't eat this one:

And here's the cake we actually ate - how cool it that?

Silas came with his Mommy:

I had fun playing with him:

It was a BIG surprise to Vivi when she arrived:

Here she is FINALLY cutting the cake, YIPPEE!

One of the other kids had this great punching balloon and I was thrilled when they gave it to me to play with. How fun:



I was pretty pooped that night and fell asleep on Daddy while we watched a movie on the iPad: