Last week we went to the Gardaland Aquarium, near lake Garda. We meaning Max, Ms Fede (our fabulous part-time nanny) Chiara and I. They had some great exhibitions that you can climb inside and look at the fish from the middle of the tank, that is what Max and Ms Fede are doing here.

Chiara being the fantastic baby that she is slept the whole time in the Baby Bjorn while we enjoyed the sea life. Here Max and Fede (short for Federica) check out the jellyfish.

I love this look on her face, total amazement, even though she has seen this mobile just about everyday since she was born. I wish I could see things through her eyes for just a brief moment.

Because we live in Italy Max and I eat gelato a couple times a week. I just recently convinced him to start ordering a cup instead of a cone because his cones were always dripping in the heat because he did not eat them fast enough and would get really messy.

Joke's on me! I guess it is pretty futile trying to keep a 2 year old from getting his gelato all over himself, because he orders cioccolato every time most of his shirts now have chocolate stains on them;-)

Just cute!

Such an old fashioned kind of guy, Max tries to make a call from a pay phone in downtown Vicenza to his friend Ni-Ni.

The kids;-)

Max and I baked a chocolate chocolate chip cake to celebrate our one year in Italy anniversary today!

We took the cake to the park and had a picnic with some friends. No Max is not going poop here...I think he is just trying to entertain Aden.

Ring around the Rosie? It was a beautiful day at the park and with one year behind us we are getting much closer to Jay's homecoming which we are all VERY excited about!!!

10 Weeks old tomorrow! Chiara loves watching her mobile;-)

Oh the joys of life with a 2 year old!!!

Max says,"Chiara say cheese with little tiny smile."

Max and his friend Logan go for a ride around Lanze:)