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2 for thursday

Yeah, yeah, I know.  It's 2 for Tuesday.  Except I have 2 things the boys said yesterday to write and it's Thursday, so there.

I cut the kids and Paul's hair yesterday.  Dante went first since no one else was home yet.  When I got done he said "I'm all done?  But my hair is still curly, right...?...Because I'm Dante!"

Yesterday it was finally confirmed that Ken Griffey Jr. is once again a Mariner.  We have a divided household around here on whether this is a good thing or not.  (Not)  But Marco is one that is excited.  They were talking about Griffey on the news and Marco perks up..."Hey Dad??  So are Ken Griffey Jr. and Martin Luther King Jr. related?? "  Paul's response, "Yeah buddy, just like Paul Joseph Santulli Jr. and Martin Luther King Jr. are."

randoms, so mommy can remember these things at a later date...

Dante went to preschool yesterday and had his teachers cracking up when he decided to share that his dad calls him "Tito".

Marco was upset this morning because his favorite shirt wasn't clean for him to wear to school today.  (In fact, it was clean AND on a hanger IN his closet, it was just on the floor under all his other clothes.)  He comes into my room and says "I wish I didn't even have to go to school, it just gets in the way of all the things I want to do, like practicing tying and untying my shoes. 

Dante says grill instead of girl.  Ex: "Maisy is such a good grill mom, hi Maisy grill!"  "Hey Mom, Barbie's are for grills mom, you want one?"  "Ellie is a crazy grill mom, isn't she."

When I was pregnant with Dante, Marco really wanted his baby brother's name to be Baho, baby Baho.  He now wants a baby sister so he "can pick on her" and has even said she can sleep in his closet since there is no bedroom for her.

Dante wants to wear baseball pants every day...which makes it so you can see his "booty", or more accurately, his Diego or Spiderman underpants, right through the white, white pants..."Mom, I don't want you to see my booty..."

Marco still only wants to wear sports pants and a jersey or some other sort of sport shirt every single day.  No, wait!  He really wants to wear shorts and a t-shirt EVERY day, even though it's 32 degrees outside.  So, he comes home from school, changes immediately into shorts and then freaks out that he's cold...jumps on the couch and hides under a blanket.

We have 2 dogs and no cats, but Dante is crazy about cats.  Wants to pet them, carry them around, help them eat and drink (yeah, I don't know about that, but it's pretty funny).

Ever since we went to Disneyland, Marco and Dante are infatuated with playing "Mickey and Pluto" (their 2 favorite characters).  Dante is Mickey and Marco is Pluto.  They have a dog house that they built and both live in.  Dante runs around petting Marco saying "you're my best dog Pluto..."

Welcome to Maggiano's...

One of the many things I love about Marco is his creativity and his ability to find things "to do".  When I was growing up, I was always making up games and things to do with my friends and my brother.  With today's technology and the many things available "to do" without having to come up with anything "to do" and I am glad to see "make believe" still happens.

When I came home from the store last Friday, Marco and Dante were all dressed up, dragging their desks into the kitchen.  They had a little bit of a cow when I told them they couldn't block the fridge, but once they found a place, they settled in for business...

"Hello, Maggiano's, can I take your order..."

 

"Um, yes, we have cheese pizza and spaghetti, uh huh, okay...will that be all??  Great.  See you soon"

Now it's Dante's turn to take the order...

 

"Oooh, Marco, it's Uncle Teeve...Hi Uncle Teeve!  Yes, okay..."

(this is cracking me up...and I'm texting Steve to tell him he's placing an order...  :)

 

...and here's the take out orders...

Marco's list:

 

Dante's list:

 

The glasses are now cracking me up.  Maybe they are supposed to make them look more professional?? 

Nice work boys-

 

my baby can spell

He's one smart cookie...knows almost every single letter and can even spell a few words.  You ask him how to spell his name, and he'll tell you... D A N T E.

Somehow when he spells it out himself, it ends up like this:

 

He starts at the D and works his way backwards.  Is this a sign of what's to come??  Marco never did this.

At any rate, GREAT Job Entad... cripes... I mean Dante!

 

doin' the Puyallup

Back in September, I took the boys to the Puyallup Fair.  I thought Marco had been once before, he says no, but it was for sure Dante's first time.  Thanks to a teachers strike, we got to go the day it opened.  The sun was out (bonus), we parked virtually across the street (bonus), for free (double bonus) and got in for free (bonus, bonus, bonus)!  We met our friends and had a great time.  We walked around and saw a lot of the animals, got some treats, had our faces airbrushed, even saw Sponge Bob...but the kids favorite was riding all the rides:

Dante's favorite, the "Mo nikele's"...

 

 

Probably Marco's favorite...the roller coaster:..

 

 

Definitely mommy's favorite...the "hi mom" picture:

 

 

 

We will definitely have to go back next year and be sure daddy can come with us! 

We didn't even play any games-