Red Sock Dance

peek a boo

Ikea bookshelves make for endless entertainment! Luca's friend Helena came over to play the other day, and it was one of the most joyful exchanges of smiles, jibberish, and laughter I've seen. Helena, one year Luca's senior, would pop her head through and babble a series of vowels and consonants to the delight of Luca who would giggle with glee. 

tree trimming

Saturday night, after picking out our tree with some friends, we trimmed the tree while watching 'It's a Wonderful Life' and we let Luca touch the tree, just once. He loves watching the lights sparkle and reaching to grab the lowest ornaments. Now all that's left to do, is build an electric fence around it, so that it lasts til Christmas!

GrazieGiving 2010

We have much to be thankful for this year as we celebrate our 4th italian thanksgiving with many friends and a happy baby boy.

A special thanks goes out to Carmine & Piera from the pasta shop who raised, butchered and cooked the turkey for us (!), Fabrizio Gola who opened his home to 27 hungry folks, and Tom Hardman who made a special trip from England and managed to peel 5 kg of potatoes for the cause. Click on the picture, to see the complete album.

Cheers!

4 + 1 Days in Holland

on November 17th Luca and Erin made their first solo trip (without Dad) to Holland to visit our good friend Anna. It was full of good food, warm cafe's, windy beaches, sleepless nights of teething, birthday parties, long walks, airport drama, and the canals of amsterdam. Click on the sheep to see our full adventure!

surprise ending

i dug this video up from august 2010 and couldn't help but post 3 generations of dancing colettis.

Thanksgiving x4

celebrating our 4th consecutive thanksgiving in italia and especially thankful.