Birthday Invite

Time to plan Riley's birthday PARTIES!! Anything for the photo invitations... I made cupcakes and poured in the food coloring to make them really cool! Then let Riley go to town on them. This is take 2... I let her play with them and the frosting was so sticky that when she closed her eye she couldn't open it again. Yeah she did NOT like that, if you can imagine! So after a quick bath and outfit change here she goes again. And yes that is frosting she put all over the stove. You should have seen Ryan's face when he came in the kitchen. I had to give her a bath AND clean the kitchen. It was worth it! :) But I don't know, I think I may want to practice a little with her before her birthday on how to really eat her cake! haha! Anyone in the mood for FUNFEITTI??

p.s. Shhh... don't tell Riley but for her birthday gift we got her a play kitchen... so now she can make a mess of her own kitchen not ours anymore. As for her play kitchen... Ryan went downstairs to put it together after dinner. He said he would be back up in a half hour... 3 hours later... 80 pounds... 50 pieces and 150 screw Ryan came up and went to bed. He loves his Riley Roo!!

Iapaluccio Cousins

When we go over the Iapaluccio house... the kids think Riley is one of their cousins. lol Riley loves Tyler! She follows this kid around everywhere! I am getting nervous with the two of them hanging out so much. Tyler is the kid who will just run and jump into the pool without anyone looking... he is a strong little dare devil. And I think Riley is joining him. The picture above is Tyler saving Riley from running away and playing with all the shoes... down below is Tyler showing Riley a new hiding place. Oh boy! HELP!

Jake is such a good big brother!
Kaelyn is learning to share her friend Riley with all her cousins.
See... told you these two are going to find their way into a lot of trouble.
Look at all the fun and craziness going on! And this is with no pool open... only a few more months!

Playdate with Mikey

Mikey is here!! Mikey came over for his 1st playdate at our house with his mommy and daddy. He was great! He was such a good boy until... he spit up when his mommy was burping him. And it was just a normal spit up but Riley was walking right in the line of fire and well lets just say lucky for her she had her hoodie on and managed to keep "all" of her hair clean. lol Is it good luck when a baby spits up on you like it is when a bird poops on you?

Now I know my ABC's

ABCDEFG... won't you sing with me!?! We teach the kids at playgroup now! It is no longer about the mommies... Playgroup now is soooo BUSY and we are all over the place. Remember when we used to just sit and chat while the babies slept all snug in their carseats? And then we would take them out to take pictures... Now look at us... group pictures are not so fun anymore.

Riley is crying because she was told to sit and she wanted to run around... oh boy can we say we are in trouble!! lol

My Cousin David

Shoe shopping with David? Shh David don't tell your dad... or we can just tell him how rough and tough you were after getting your new shoes.

Riley and David went to Wesley Shoes in Southbury and got their foot sized for new shoes. Riley is a 3 1/2! WOW! Big feet! :) It was funny they did not have as many harder sole shoes in her size because it is not typical for kids this small to need real walking shoes... since the majority are learning to walk and are using softer soles the man said. Well we got our eyes on a few pair that we know we are excited for this spring and summer.

(even though our favorite shoes are not sold there... Riley Roos! Yes they have kid shoes called Riley Roos!! Isn't that great! We need to get little Riley one of every pair! We have 2 so far! Oh! And the box it says... Dreams start small! How perfect for our little Riley Roo!)


We also went to Southbury's NEW Borders and totally made a mess of the kids section. Goldfish and books everywhere! Opps. But they had so much fun reading all the new books on the shelves. Next time maybe we should just meet up at a library. Borders? a Library? Same thing! And Borders has a cafe to get that extra caffeine kick needed in that afternoon!

Baby Inauguration

Obama really did bring change... look how I spent my birthday! lol

Today was also MOMMY's Birthday. What a great Birthday present today... Bush's last day... I mean Obama becoming our President! :)

The babies were sooo excited to watch the inauguration today! Look how into the speeches they were! (Riley NEVER sits still! lol)


haha! look even Riley is trying to capture this historic day with Jodi's camera...


p.s. Go look at Sydney and Olivia's recap on the Inauguration on their blog!

The Birthday Candle

Ever since I was little my Grammy has used the same candle to celebrate my birthday. When you look at the candle you may think it is still BIG so you can only imagine what it was like the 1st time we used it...

After Grammy's maccaroni and a yummy chocolate moose cake and playing with some of my old dolls that we found in the attic (we found my old American Girl doll that we are going to send to the hospital to get fixed up AND we found some of my old Kermies and Minnies... so exciting!!)... Riley went home and took a nice long nap. We pooped her out. I wonder after all the birthday celebrating is she going to get what is going on when it is her birthday?

Yorktown Pizza

Riley and Dante traveled to Yorktown Pizza to visit Joe for the 1st time! They had fun playing with the BIG slices of pizza! The girls were great babysitting and watching out that Riley and Dante did not get in too much trouble while we were able to sit down and eat a delicious dinner!



Next time you are in the Yorktown NY area make sure you stop at Yorktown Pizza and ask for Joe!

Jump for Joy

Kaelyn is jumping for Joy for her baby sister Liza!! (or is she just finding anyway to avoid a nap??)

Jolene and Mike

Jolene and Mike came to visit! Jolene and I went to Siena together. (Jolene crocheted one of Riley's favorite blankets for her.) We were so excited to get together! We haven't seen Mike since our wedding 3 years ago. He has been so busy being a Forest Ranger that only Jolene has made it up to visit over the past few years.

After not seeing each other for a few years... Mike and Ryan thought it would be great to spend the day watching a marathon on all of the greatest crashes! Mike and Riley were not feeling too well so it was nice to stay in and veg out all day. We had fun playing with all of Riley's new toy and chilling all day. Some days are ment to do nothing with friends.
We can't wait until next time... Riley's 1st Camp Out? Alaska?? Hmmm....

Who loves Mommy's NEW camera?

Riley you thought you had the camera in your face before... haha! Now with this new camera watch out!! (look even Daddy had fun taking a photo with the new camera! yeah Daddy!)



p.s. Who will be the 1st person to book the 1st "official" photo shoot with the NEW camera? Can't wait!!

Babysitters needed!

Emma and Marissa came over to babysit Riley. They had so much fun with her... except when she woke up for a little while but Sid the Science Kid saved the evening and helped get Riley back to bed.

I used to babysit Emma when she was a baby... and now she is a big college kid going to Catholic University in DC. WoW! My little Emma is so grown up. (One day Emma will be saying the same thing when Riley is babysitting her kids! haha!)

NEW CAMERA for the New Year!

My new baby arrived safely today! :) After a few hours of charging we were able to take it out of the box to play! These are just a few quick photos in the kitchen... These are all natural light (no flash) at 5pm... so basically just the overhead light in the kitchen. The ISO (film speed) is great! We are impressed so far! YEAH!!


Goodbye 30d! We will miss you! Don't cry... you are being sent off to a new home with a happy eBay family. :) OR is Riley sad because she is no longer the baby in the house? haha!