The Mazzarelli's Up North: 06/01/2010

6/20/10

Carl's (Daddy's) Birthday

The morning of Carl's birthday Carlo and Carl went to City Forest/ Bog Walk in Orono to do some hiking. It ended up thunderstorming but they still got about 45 minutes out of the trip. That evening we went for some Mexican food with The Darcy's for a birthday celebration! (Carl's fav!) Then we had a cake I made at home for desert with all our neighbor friends. And this year his birthday was on Father's Day so the kids gave him some cool gifts for that too.

A tree in City Forest. Photo taken by Carlo.

A flower in City Forest. A photo taken by Carlo.

Daddy and Carlo relaxing.

I'm not sure what Phia was looking at!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

6/19/10

Addison's Birthday Party

Carlo and Addison

The kids waiting to whack at the cool pinata.

Phia fixing her hair.

The cool football pinat Tracy (Addison's mom) made.

6/15/10

Little City's Annual Picnic in the Park

Every year to kick off the summer our neighborhood has a picnic in the park the last day of school. Everyone brings food, the kids play games and we all eat a lot! The food was great and there is always something for everyone. Fortunately, there was great weather this year!

Phia trying to "sneak" drinking soda!

Carlo's spider face painting.

Sophia's dolphin. Leave it to her to not get her face painted at face painting!

Getting ready to have something to eat.

All the kiddos at the picnic. (Carlo are on the far ends; Carlo has a red Tshirt and Sophia has a pink dress on)

6/9/10

Every year I get so excited when my peonies bloom. They are so beautiful and fragrant! I put 2 vases in the house and it made the house smell so good. Unfortunately they don't hang around long so I enjoy them while they last!

6/4/10

Abraham Lincoln's School Fair

Carlo's school has a fair every year to raise money for the school. All the kids have a lot of fun playing games, face painting and a cake walk. The cake walk is like musical chairs, when the music stops and your are on the letter they pick you win a cake. Carlo won a Boston Red Sox cake! He was so excited, and the cake was yummy too!

Carlo, Phia with Zach and Xander

Phia's face painting. (a fairy wand I think!)

5/31/10

Memorial Day at Sebec Lake (Sebec, Maine)

This Memorial Day we went to our friends camp in Sebec, situated on the lake. It was beautiful! This was our first time there and we were all excited to be there. Our friends Bill and Xenia go to their camp almost every weekend and Carl and I finally had a day off to go as a family. We stayed for the day and headed back to Bangor that evening. After a day of fishing, swimming and kayaking the kids were exhausted. Needless to say it was an early bed night for them!

Sophia about 3 minutes away from camp!

Carlo doing a little fishing.

Sophia fearless, as her first time in a kayak with Daddy.

Carlo and Daddy doing some kayaking.

Me and the kiddos during our hike.

Carlo doing some sight seeing just down the road from camp.

Phia examining nature on our walk.

Having fun on the dock!

Our kiddos with Leila and Silvia.

A little posing on the rock by the dock.

More fishing... the boy loves to fish!

Me and the girls going for a ride in the kayak.

Me and Carlo (trying to catch fish in the net!). What a view!

Taking a break from the pole and using the net. Over the course of the day he actually caught about 3 small fish. And the net had holes in it!

The beautiful view from their dock.

Bill and Xenia's camp.

The girls doing a little wading!

The kids at the dock just chillin!

5/28/10

Sophia's Last Day at Children First Montessori

We decided to take Phia out of her school for the summer since she will be going to Abraham Lincoln School (Pre- K) this fall. This is the school she has been going to for the past 2 years so it was an emotional day. She is very excited to ride the bus in the fall and Carl and I are happy to not pay tuition anymore!

Doodle's last day of preschool.

5/24/10

Roller Skating on Grant St.

The ghetto roller skates! Carlo's skates were too small and his friends were roller skating, so he was very upset. Carl took the roller skates and cut the front off! They fit and he was happy until Saturday when we could get him a new pair.

My little roller skaters!

Tough girl!

My sassy roller derby chick!

Carlo showing off his skills!

5/23/10

My Little Money Makers

Carlo wanted to have a lemonade stand one beautiful day. So Sophia, Carlo and Silvia had a cute little stand out in front of the house. Carlo actually made $3.75! He was so proud. I am sure this will be the first of many lemonade stands this summer.

Who wouldn't buy lemonade from this face!?

The kiddos working hard! I am pretty sure they drank about half of the lemonade!

5/15/10

Sophia's Birthday Party

Well we kept it small this year. We only had 3 kids other than Sophia at the party. This was OK with me because the 3 girls that came were who she always plays with. It was low key and they had so much fun! The theme was Strawberry Shortcake!

Blowing bubbles outside (gotta love the Dollar Store!)