Making Valentines
A Blog about those fabulous Donato Kids
There are some advantages to foot surgery ... I finally worked on Vinnie's birth video and finished it. We had video and pictures that we used this time around. It is long, so you might want to watch it when you have some free time.
Just FYI - the snow is cancelling most of the activities this weekend. Emily and Tony's basketball games are cancelled on Saturday. They will not make a decision until later about Kristen's Sunday game.
I just received word that Emily’s brownie troop is going to start Girl Scout cookie sales on January 4th. Be thinking about what you want to order as Emily will be in contact soon!!
I should have sent something out prior to now, but we aren’t exactly exhibiting our A-game recently. However, Tony and Vinnie both have Christmas programs tomorrow evening. Vinnie’s is his daycare center program. They are doing a holiday program at the local recreation center at 6pm tomorrow (12/16). Then at 7pm, Tony’s high school band is having their concert.
Emily was talking about a Thanksgiving card she had to give the family on Thanksgiving. I forgot about it and Emily remembered on Thanksgiving day while we were in Zanesville. She was quite upset that she couldn't give her card to the family because she had made it all by herself.
I wanted to share some pictures from Halloween. Emily went as Hannah Montana, Vinnie went as Captain Kirk. Kristen even dressed up as a baseball player to pass out candy. And Brian got into the action with is Spock shirt. It was a fun night! We don't have any pictures of Tony, but he was there. He passed out candy and had some friends stop by to help him out.
Fall soccer season is nearing the end. Emily has a game the 24th and the 31st and then her season is complete. Both games are in Dublin at the fields that are walking distance from our house.
Tony and Kristen appear to have a game on Sunday somewhere near Easton at 2pm? That is the information that Tony gave me last night when I spoke to him briefly. He said that is what the coach told them at the end of the game last week. We do not have any more details than that.
They also have a game in Dublin on Sunday, November 1st. I suspect that this will be their final game. I do not know if their team will play in any tournaments, but we leave for Disney that next weekend so they would probably miss the tournament.
So, if you were looking to get to a game this season, those are your remaining options.
Yesterday we were driving down the road and Emily started rambling on about fences. I could not follow what she was talking about at all and asked her to clarify and the conversation went something like this:
Me: Back up … what fences are you talking about? The ones along the road? The ones around a yard? Where are these fences?
Emily: I don’t know. They are everywhere.
Me: But you are talking about a specific fence. Where is it?
Emily: I’m not talking about one fence. I’m talking about all of them. They are in the ground.
Me: Okay, I get that. But that doesn’t narrow it down for me. What do the fences look like?
Emily: (rather frustrated with me at this point) They have lines in them and things like socks can go through them. There is one at my school.
Me: Do the lines look like Xs?
(and socks?!? Seriously, how is this a clue?)
Emily: No, Mom! They look like LINES! STRAIGHT LINES?!?! All beside each other.
Me: I’ve seen fences that are made up of lines and sometimes people put white, Styrofoam cups in them to spell out words. Is that what you mean by putting things through them?
Emily: No, those are Xs. I said these fences have straight lines. Plus these are in the ground.
Me: But aren’t all fences in the ground?
Emily: No, the ones I am talking about lay down on the ground. Like they are flat on the ground.
*long pause*
Me: Emily, do you mean grates that water runs down and the straight lines keep things like big sticks and leaves from getting stuck?
Emily: YES!! Those type of fences.
*MUCH CHEERING ENSUES*
Me: Okay, those aren’t fences, honey. They are called grates. What is it that you wanted to tell me about grates?
Emily: Oh I don’t remember anymore.
And that is when my head exploded.