a little over due

Armani turned 4. He had a "BOMB" (as he would say) party.

guess who?

Yes indeed.
The birthday boy. All cowboy-ed up.
The party: COWBOY THEME
Special Guests: THREE HORSES. Yes folks 3 HORSES.

thank you thank you thank you
to the Pitts FAMILY and your horses
and Stef and Meg for ALL of your help.
YOU are what made his party "BOMB"!
I think that is the last party Armani gets for a while.
I'm not sure I can top it...

peas.

so ENZO eats.
i can no longer solely provide him with the nutrients he needs
to maintain his 90th percentile stats in height and weight.
so my "little" man eats.
he loves rice and oatmeal cereals.
he loves bananas, pears squash and sweet potatoes.
however, he does NOT love peas.

Interview with Armani Bruno Niccoli age 4

what is your favorite…
food: pizza (he’s eating it at the moment)
drink: sprite

“Mom, ask me what my favorite weapon is”
weapon: a sword usually
uncle: my favorite uncle is Stefano
aunt: Meg
friend: Isaac
cousin: Dash...thats a good one right!?!
game: hide and seek
color: blue
candy: hmmmm...lollipops (really?? out of all the candies? and not just a
sucker, but a lollipop…?)
day: summer
place: Pirate Island
vacation: California
why: ‘cause its the best place you could be

For your entertainment...or mostly mine, here are just a FEW of the things
this child says slash thinks up in his little brain.

While passing a horse pasture… “Oh! Look at all those PONIES! Mom I really REALLY want a pony!” lollipops, ponies, where did this boy come from?!?

After being on the toilet for 10 minutes, just like a real man, “ooooh, (crying voice) my feet are all tingly...waaaahhh!”

Basama, “Mom, it means like two things mixed together.” He makes up words and acts like I am dumb as a rock when I ask what something means.

Little piggies to Vincenzo
“This little piggy stayed home
this little piggy became dead
this little piggy became alive
and this little piggy had a sword”
interesting rendition...

“Mom, you’re my BEST angel mom!”
heart is melting, until...
“Mom, are you pregnant again. It sure looks like there is a baby in your tummy.”

Me: “What should we have for dinner?”
Armani: “We could have like rice and some ketchup and sauce.”
Me: “yum!!! great idea but maybe we will try that another night!!!”

“Mom do you feel like you have front legs and back legs?”

Me (frustrated) : “What am I going to do with you!?”
Armani (sly grin on his face): “You mean, what would you do without me???”

And for all of you who are still reading, this is the best one yet.

While crossing the street in Las Vegas, a car was coming up pretty fast. Armani stopped in the the road, turned to the car and YELLED “What do we look like? Some kind of target!!!”

Happy birthday my little man! I love you a million!

happy spring!

So it IS spring, even though it looks like the middle of winter outside.
I have a tree outside my front door that has these BIG beautiful flowers that bloom in the spring, as long as they don't freeze. In the (going on) 5 years we have lived here the crazy Utah spring weather has frozen my tree twice and I really hope it doesn't this year. I haven't seen any other trees like mine and I don't know what kind it is either but it is one of my favorite things about my little house. It is funny how I could find one thing after another that I didn't like about my house but now that it is FOR SALE I just keep thinking about the things that I love.
Yes our cute little house is for sale.
Sad, but hopefully it will get us to where we REALLY want to be quicker.
The only thing I know that we REALLY want is something a bit bigger for our growing family...I'm Pregnant!!!!
April fools.
ha ha.
Sorry I know it's not really april fools day.
No but really, a bit more space is at the top of my list.

I am ashamed that I was once pretty decent at taking pictures and setting up a back drop and what not...don't judge any of you picture takers that look at this, I really can do better! I had about 5 minutes and Vincenzo's handsome-ness makes up for lacking, right?

Happy Spring.



Right before we put Enzo in this costume, Armani decided he needed to try it on first. Because, "it really is mine, I'm just letting Enzo use it, right mom!?!?"

Well once he was in the costume he felt a little silly.
With my camera in hand,
Armani FLED.

This is him fleeing.
He was trying with all his might to dodge me and the camera.
He THOUGHT he found refuge when he dove into a pile of stuffed ducks on his bed. He didn't know that it made for some pretty funny photos.
Oh Armani. I love you.