Updates

I'm behind on posting so here's a few quick updates:

"My Country" Presentation
I went to Katie's school for her "My Country" presentation. All the kids put together a presentation about their home country. The parents went from kid to kid and they had to present the info they had collected and answer our questions. Katie decided to do a hanging presentation (sort of like a mobile). Some kids did posters, some were living statues (walk up to them and they start spouting their info) and some did PowerPoint presentations. I think that she, and all the kids really, did very well. The only question that I heard Katie get stumped on was what did "DC" in "Washington, DC" stand for.


More "My Country" pictures on our Kodak Gallery. Thanks to Katie's teacher for the pictures since I forgot my camera at home (and Katie's backpack, and my belt...it was a bad morning).

Disney On Ice
I can't say "Disney on Ice" without thinking about that Saturday Night Live skit (I think it was SNL) about how Walt Disney's body was frozen after his death and that the time had come to thaw him out and it was your last chance to see "Disney on Ice" (cut to picture of coffin sliding across the ice rink). Totally tasteless but still funny and having nothing to do with anything we did last Saturday.

We took the kids and Vito's friend Carlos to see Disney on Ice. Despite being all in Hungarian the show was really enjoyable. We got the boys Buzz Lightyear Swords and Katie a glowing Princess Scepter. And if you thought Hungarian was a hard language to learn and understand, you haven't heard anything until you try and make out what the hell Donald Duck is saying in Hungarian.

Vito was really happy with his sword as he "always wanted a power sword like He-Man's, but one that would change him into Batman instead."

More Disney on Ice Pictures.

Easter
Of course we decorated Easter Eggs and the Bunny came and hid them and lots of other candy around the house. Unfortunately due to the crappy weather of Easter weekend (it snowed on Holy Saturday and Easter Monday) our Egg hunt was limited to our living room.


More Easter Pictures.

Katie's Haircut
Katie got her haircut yesterday. We decided to cut it a little shorter than normal for the summer. After the lady dried it, she looked much too old for my taste.
Luckily, after a good night's rest, it curled up nicely so she looks like a little girl again.

Happy Birthday Vito, Jr.

Then

Now

Vito turned 4 years old today. The fun started when Katie, Anna & I all went in to his room to wake him up and wish him a Happy Birthday. He was very excited but we were told not to sing to him until later "When there was cake."

Anna made cupcakes and I brought them in to his school for the class to enjoy after lunch. The kids sang Happy Birthday and he received a gift of a finger puppet from the class.

Doma and Vito enjoy their cupcakes.

Vito's buddy Carlos came over for the afternoon and they wrecked the house had fun playing. Carlos just turned 4 in Dec, he's just REALLY tall (or Vito is really short).
We all sang Happy Birthday and then enjoyed the cake that Anna had made (from scratch!). It was delicious!

The present from Mommy and Daddy went over pretty well.
More pictures on our Kodak Gallery Homepage.


You may have noticed that there was no mention of "VJ" in this post. About a week ago, Vito informed us that he no longer wanted to be called "VJ". We were to call him "Vito." OK, we can work on that. So we started to call him Vito. And then the problems began.

He corrected how I pronounced his my our name. He did not like the way I pronounced "Vito." I never realized that I tend to pronounce the "t" more like a "d". This is NOT acceptable to Vito, Jr. When you next speak to him, make sure that the "t" sound comes through loud and clear.

I haven't broken the news to him yet, but he needs to prepare for a lifetime of people saying his name wrong. For 5 years, my next door neighbor in TX called me Vidal. A woman I worked with at Samaritan Hospital thought my name was Guido. She'd greet me with a "Hey, Gui."
Me: "Union National Customer Service, Vito speaking. How may I help you?"
Customer: "Good morning Peter. Can you tell me the balance on my checking account."

You get used to it after a while and it is just easier to answer to whatever they call me (as long as it comes close). Just don't tell ME how to pronounce MY name.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

OK, this is the last one for a while. I just stumbled across this site and had to do it for St. Patrick's Day.

Mean, Horrible Parents

This is so going to affect the nursing home we are sent to.

Bad News...for my Dad

Some Bad News for my Dad. I found this really cool site where I can do stuff like this:



and this



and this


(apologies to Heath Ledger)

Expect more pictures in the future as this will never stop being funny.

More Pics of Ava

I finally got some more pictures of my niece (which I know you've been dying to see). It was easy to pick out some good ones since over half of them were REALLY blurry (my brother is apparently a worse photographer than I am).

Ava and Daddy

Grandma and Grandpa Salvaggio

Frowny Face

Catching a Snooze.

Pink Rules!

A few more pictures are available on our Kodak Gallery Homepage.

More Fun with My Dad's Picture

Since my brother hasn't sent me any more pictures of my niece I had time to have some more fun with my Dad's picture.

I don't know about "one of the richest people on the planet" but he was always good for 20 bucks for the weekend.

Ava Judith

Congratulations to my brother Frank and his girlfriend Lisa on the birth of their daughter, Ava Judith. Ava arrived at 1:34pm today, weighing 7lbs 9oz and was 21¹/₂ inches long. Mom, Dad and baby are doing just fine!

As soon as he can get to a computer (and may be after he gets some rest) he'll send some pictures taken on a REAL camera but for now we can at least see her from some early pics directly from the hospital via his camera phone (technology rocks!).

Ava Judith

Proud Father

Meet the Grandparents