Waiting for Dad. Chiara hung out with some of her fans,
showed off some new almost sitting up skills and
chatted with Mary about the last year.
Max made some noise.
And ate Burger King with his friend Logan who's dad also arrived last night;-)

YAY!!!!
DAD!!!
DAD!!!
DAD!!!

Yup he is real, not just a computer screen any more.
Yeah, I think I like this guy;-)

Getting Ready!!!!

We have had 3 days of pouring rain in Vicenza and on Sunday night the river that runs through the city overflowed, leaving over 20% of the city flooded especially the area around our apt. This picture is the bottom half of my street.
We have electricity now but we went about 36 hours without and I was starting to think we might have to jump ship and head to a friends house if it did not come back on soon. This is the view from behind our apt.
No we do not live in Venice, but you might wonder from this picture. I was pretty surprised to wake up to this view Monday morning just before our electricity went out.
Max and I spent some time on an abstract painting for Jay's return in about a week. We are happy the electricity is back on and now can better prepare for his homecoming.

Meanwhile Chiara discovered she has a tongue;-)

This year we went to a Halloween birthday party. Max picked out a dragon costume then decided he was scared of the hood and didn't want to wear it....... Chiara was a flower and I was an angel.