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Three, and a half.

My baby boy turned three (and a half according to him…) today! I can hardly believe it.We spent the day at the butterfly gardens taking in all the bugs, birds and of course, butterflies. 

He wanted a monster party, so we watched monsters, played monster games and had monster cake. His good friend Keira and her little brother Ricky came for the party. 

But apparently when he went to bed he wasn’t ready to be done with his birthday. At about 11:30pm we heard him cry out, I ran into his room and he was on the floor. I was half asleep so I grabbed him and snuggled him without looking at him. The my shirt felt wet and I looked down…there was blood all over his face and a huge gash in his eyebrow. Nick walked in and said “get dressed, he needs stitches”. SO we spent the next few hours in the emergency room where Jonah received six stitches across his eyebrow. It was so crazy because he didn’t cry at all (until they did the stitches) and we seriously cannnot figure out what happened…bed side table? tile floor? edge of the bed? no idea…this kids got bad luck that’s all I know!

Happy birthday my tough little three and a half year old!!!
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Rain, Rain, Go away

It has been raining, a lot, here. We had big weekend plans but decided we’d rather not go to a beach town in the rain and mourn the lack of sunshine. So instead we hit up a nearby aquarium. Jonah of course loved it. They had an awesome photo booth…I don’t usually indulge in these things but this one was too good.

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Nick’s work…

By the way if anyone wants to see Nick’s latest TV news segments you can check out this website:
www.afneurope.net
And click on any of the “All Points Europe” episodes. They switch hosts each day so if you get one that’s not him just click the next one and it’s probably him. I think he’s gotten really good at being on TV!

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Buona Pasqua!

Easter Weekend. We spent Saturday in Verona and Sunday at home. It was lovely.

Woke up to an egg hunt, he was excited!

Dyed eggs. 

And ate eggs.

And we even made a fancy dinner. And when I say fancy I mean something besides chicken, haha. Nick was super excited for pork and potatoes.

Buona Pasqua everyone!

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Sirmione

On the last day of March we went out to the lake to enjoy the almost 80 degree weather. March in Italy is my favorite so far. Everything is blooming and beautiful (not so fun if you have allergies, Italy is one of the worst places for allergies). Sirmione is a medieval town that sits on a peninsula that goes out into the lake 4 km. At the entrance of the town is a castle, which blocked off the whole peninsula to anyone trying to enter. We explored the castle, ate gelato and played on the lake shore. Definitely my favorite lake town so far.

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Coming Full Circle…

We have officially come full circle here in Vicenza. The annual Easter Egg hunt was the first function we attended when we moved here last year, and here we are again. I cannot believe we have now been here a year!!!

Right before the egg hunt Jonah said “I’m scared Easter is gonna get me…”

Smart kid, headed straight for the middle. 

Jump!

Easter Bunny 2012
Easter Bunny 2011
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My Birthday

Jonah refused to believe that it was my birthday and not his. That’s alright though because it’s got him thinking about his upcoming birthday which I am excited for. For my birthday we went out and ate calzones then went to our favorite Gelato shop right near our house and got one of their Gelato cakes that we have always eyed. They were super expensive though so we ended up with a really small one (this one was $10!) and Nick and Jonah had one bite each and let me eat the rest! It was deeeelicious!

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Jonah’s teeth get acquainted with the slide

I know I’m a slacker about the blog lately, sorry about that. This one is just too good (bad??) to not share. Yesterday Jonah’s teeth decided to get to know the wooden rails of the little wooden slide on the playground a little better…have a look.

 And this morning, his poor little side of his face is swollen up to his eyeball! Poor little guy! He’s such a trooper too….

And yes, we did take him to the dentist, x-rays looked fine and the teeth are not wiggling at all. So for now, he’s “good to go”. Even though he might look ridiculous for a few years until he loses his baby teeth…

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Hot springs with the ladies

Montegrotto Terme (hotsprings) with the ladies for Megan’s birthday. Apparently Italians MAKE you wear a swim cap so they don’t have to clean the hair out of the pool. Smart yet not so stylish.

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Bassano Del Grappa

Super cute Italian town with a river and an old historic bridge. We wandered through the market, ate some yummy pizza and skipped rocks. Just a normal weekend for the Lloyd Family. Lovin this weather, it’s been around 70 and sunny!