Puglise Family sNews: March 2007

Last week we had the good fortune and fun of a visit from Airplane Grandpa! The kids had a great time. I think _everyone_ needed a nap after the visit.

This is Dad playing "hangman" on a whiteboard with the kids. They loved it! Drew stumped Dad with "why". But then after that, Drew's chosen word always rhymed with whatever Dad had picked on the previous round.

Dad came to visit so Andy and I could go to a corporate black tie dinner -- the Goddard Memorial dinner. Two thousand people were there. The meal was exquisite-- they announced a special dispensation from the diocese for all Catholics so we were able to enjoy both the scallops and the beef tenderloin they served for dinner. Oh yeah, and dessert too!

Here's a pic of Andy and me before we left...

Sophia got her first hair cut on Friday. She seemed excited to finally be getting her own hair cut after watching both Drew and Lauren get theirs done. I think it was harder on Mommy who had to watch all those wonderful baby curls disappear forever. We donated her hair (10 inches) to "Locks of Love", which makes wigs for children who have cancer and have lost their hair. At least someone can wear those cute curls.

The BEFORE picture:

Right after they cut off the 10 inch ponytail (ok, I admit I freaked out a little when they first did it, but I didn't let Sophia see... it was mostly a giant, inward gulp):

After all the cutting and styling, with Mommy (she's wearing stick-on earrings the salon presented her for her first haircut). Just as adorable as ever-- and looks more like a little girl than a baby now...

We were pretty lucky this year, scoring 5 or 6 snow days. I think this was the first one, just before Valentine's day (the day, by the way, that Alex took his first steps). This was just the right amount of snow-- enough to cancel school but not too much for the kids to play in. Lauren and Drew loved having a snow fight (their snow balls were pretty wimpy):

Sophia insisted on making snow angels all over the yard. I thought she would freeze.

Labels: Snow Day

Drew's preschool Epiphany play... Drew was the "Star Bearer"...

Cousin Jane Elizabeth joined the family to watch Drew stand with a pole in front of his face (the star) nearly the entire pageant. I think this is Sophia's attempt at that "bored super model" look...

We celebrated Drew's fifth birthday this year... Drew is crazy about Star Wars and now that he can read, he noticed that the book for the cake designs said that this cake featured a "Yoda with blinking light saber" so that's the one he picked:

So we celebrated Drew's birthday at Chuck e Cheese's with 25 of Drew's closest friends. It was pretty crazy and we hardly saw Drew ... (this is the "where's Drew?" picture); however, we did get excellent video of Drew dancing with Elvis moves. If I can figure out how to creat a .wmp of it, I'll post it. It's a keeper for those unruly teenage years!

Nonna, Nonno, Grandma Caldarelli, and Aunt Pam came down for Drew's party and enjoyed spending time with Alex. The children don't really know how to eat until Nonna feeds them.

Alex, hanging out with Nonno:

Ok, it's March already and I'm only now posting Christmas pics to the blog. This year we travelled to Georgia to be with the Hertz family for the holidays. It was wonderful to visit with them and to see Mary Lauren and her family. We even got to spend an afternoon playing at their house. We also of course spent time with Mom, Dad, Aunt Ginny, Louis, and Kwirky (who even smiled for us as long as there were cookies in our pockets). I guess we were so busy spending time with everyone we didn't take very many pictures!

Here are some (in no particular order):

Puglise-Schroeder cousins at ML's house (the girls are dressed up, the boys... are not)