Mother Cabrini's

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We had a great week the weather has been cold and hot, but luckily the day we went to Mother Cabrini’s the weather was beautiful. We headed out in the morning and packed stuff for a picnic. We had a great time and it was nice to get all the energy out of the kids. Afterwards, we came home and had a picnic on the front lawn.



Louie – He had an awesome week and is so alert, he keeps me on my toes trying to keep him stimulated. This week he finally reached up and grabbed his rattle that was hanging in his jungle gym. Tony and I were so amazed because he kept grabbing it. I carried him to the top of Mother Cabrini’s and down. The extra exercise did me good. He didn’t like the snuggly so I had to use my arms
Avabelle – Well Ava still hasn’t grown out of eating sand in the sandbox. Seriously she is two years old already (will she ever grow out of this?). Her dance teacher always comments on how cute Avabelle’s hair and clothes are every week (of course Avabelle smiles and says thank you with her charming voice and looks). She loved Mother Cabrini’s and didn’t want to take any rests climbing to the top. She had on her squeaky shoes and squeaked all the way to the top. When we reached the top she said “Whoa, that’s a tall Jesus.” We laughed and agreed with her. She also said, “Mom, I love Jesus.” That warms my heart so much to hear her say that.

Anthony – We were upstairs and there is a picture of him and his sister last year in the bike trailer waiting to watch movie under the stars in Stapleton. Well we got rained out that night so we went home. Ava looked at the picture and said that she they were in a wagon. Anthony corrected her and told her, “No, Ava we were at movie under the stars and it was raining, so we couldn’t watch that Curious George movie.” My jaw dropped because I couldn’t believe he remembered that so clearly, because he never spoke a word about it before and it was over a year ago. He doesn’t talk about his observations all the time but when he does it shocks us all. He loved Mother Cabrini’s and thought who ever made it to the top first won. He is starting to get so competitive.
Tony and Rita – It was my suggestion for us to go to Mother Cabrini’s, we had been cooped up in the house because we are trying to stay away from everyone with the flu because of how dangerous it is for the kids. We were glad we went and that we all got some exercise. Also, I put up the Halloween decorations. The kids loved it they kept trying on all the Halloween costumes. It was a lot of fun. We also purchased a Kitchen Aid mixer this week, and I love it. I baked pumpkin cookies, and pumpkin bread two days later. We decided we were going to try to start putting the kids to bed by 8 p.m. so we could have some alone time for the both of us. I really miss us cuddling on the couch together. Not that I mind the kids cuddling with us. It’s just not very often that it’s just the two of us. When I hug Tony, Anthony will come up and hug us both. Ahhhh…he just wants to feel the love too.