Thanksgiving 2012

We stayed in Virginia this year for Thanksgiving and hosted dinner at our house.  But everyone pitched in and brought different side dishes or desserts.  Grandma and Grandpa Busso came down from Staten Island and of course Auntie Christina, Uncle Marshall, and Cousins Alexander and Caroline are just down the street.  We had turkey and all the fixins and Nicholas ate his little heart out! Since we didn't travel, we had a nice relaxing weekend of putting up the Christmas tree and Christmafying the house.

"You'll shoot your eye out!"

"Yikes, the turkey is almost as big as me! Gulp!"

Veteran's Day Weekend in CT - November 2012

Since we couldn't go home to CT for Thanksgiving this year (too much traffic!) Nicholas and Mommy went up for a visit on Veterans Day weekend (Daddy had to stay home and work).  We had a great time! Auntie Coll-Coll and her roommate Justin came down from Boston and we saw Nonnie, Natalia, Pa, Uncle Mike and Abby too! Natalia and Nonnie came with us to KidCity - the coolest kids "museum" in the world. It truly is a city built for kids! Nicholas loved it and explored every knook and cranny with Natalia showing him the ropes.

It was the first time Mommy traveled alone with her little man and Nicholas was a saint on the plane - very busy, but Mommy was ready with lots of activities. His favorite was the AquaDoodle and yelling into a plastic cup from the flight attendent (which was good for him and our seat-mates!) We had a long delay in the airport on the way home, but he was a trooper and burned off lots of steam running around the gate and looking out the window at the planes coming and going.

Here are some shots from the weekend:

Nicholas & Natalia in Tiny Chairs!

Nicholas Loves Auntie Coll-Coll

Baby needs to eat.

Kid City - driving the car 

Steering the ship

Ball maze mousetrap

Our little TV star!

Nonnie & Nicholas

Ingenious idea: water + paint brush + black wall = tons of fun!

My two squeaky clean snuggle bunnies!