Toddler Language

While eating his Mickey Mouse pancake this morning, Giovanni informed me that he wanted to wear his "Charlie Brown shirt and smaller pants." It took me a minute, but when I returned from digging through his dresser with his Charlie Brown shirt from Halloween and khaki shorts, he happily exclaimed, "Yeah!"

Many Happy Returns

Hooray! Thanks to a generous donation from Ryan's mom (thanks Robyn!), I've renewed my Disneyland Annual Pass & Gio finally has his very own!

My mom also renewed with us (Yay! Thanks, Mom, for joining us!). :)It's great to be back. Vinnie was ecstatic, as you can tell from his picture, and ate up every moment. HA HA.


Gio was delighted to see Minnie Mouse on Main Street and even rode his first big boy ride: Star Tours (he calls it Xbox).

Funny Guy....

Typically, Gio begins our nightly prayers and insists I repeat after him. But, somehow, I end up taking the lead, usually after Gio expresses his gratitude for Legos and blesses the whole gang from Spongebob Squarepants. I could not contain my laughter this evening when I attempted to guide him with, "Please bless us with good dreams," and he responded, "And.....Giovanni's not going to say it."

Tot Wot Diary

It has been brought to my attention that Gio has become quite the ladies man at Tot Lot. Mrs. Jeanette Tot Lot reported that last Friday a little girl had an accident and had to wait on the benches for her mommy to bring her dry clothes. Tender-hearted Gio sat next to this sweet girl and held her hand, with a very concerned expression on his face. Amother girl had dressed as Princess Jasmin for Halloween. Aladdin being one of Gio's favorite movies, it was not surprising that he all but stalked this poor girl for months and verbally expressed that she was his main motivation for his Tot Lot attendance. Alas, he has shifted his eyes to the one whose hand he held most recently and now proclaims that it is she whose affections he seeks. Over the weekend, he asked for her several times, claiming she is his sister. Both yesterday and this morning he asked for her before even leaving the house, expressing his hopes that she would be at Tot Lot. Thankfully, she admires him as well.