Falling down day!

Well, Owen and I had quite the trip, literally at the gym today. Within the first 10 minutes of my class the daycare lady came in with Owen in her arms and he's crying from tripping and hitting his head on the play fridge. He has quite the bump but went down a little after we iced it. Then when we were leaving it was horribly icy in the parking lot and even though I was careful I ended up slipping next to the car and down we go, both of us. I was carrying Owen but the poor fella fell down with me and bumped the back of his head. He was crying pretty good but Im not sure if that was more over his head or the popcorn he managed o spill. I on the otherhand fell right on my knee and had quite the bruise. What a bummer way to start the day!
We are all doing much better. Owen is enjoying a granola with the "peel" on, just the way he likes it! He sure does crack me up when he says "peel", HA!!! What a sweetheart!!

ghiloni Christmas

Christmas in February

This last weekend we ventured up north to Tom's cabin for your Ghiloni Family Christmas! I always love going up there to play in the snow and see the family. We arrived Friday night and stayed till Sunday. Owen and Grace both had a great time. Owen loved playing outside in all the snow and wandering around on the lake. Grace enjoyed spending time with her cousin Cameron. Those girls spent countless hours out skating on the ice. Watching them from the house out on the ice I started to have visions and memories of myself out there at the very same age. I loved ice skating on the lake when I was a kid and to see Grace out there it was such a sureal moment.
Owen was a charmer all weekend saying hi and bye to everyone as they came and went and playing the "hi" game with Connie after dinner Saturday night. (see video)
We always have a big gathering Saturday night with my Uncle Jerry and Aunt Connie, cousin Randy, Step Brother's Mark and his family and Nick, Angie and Cam. This year my Cousin Corey his wife Liz were able to make it from Colorado. We had a great dinner prepared by Tom and then enjoyed the rest of the evening with a gift stealing exchange which is always a hoot. We then played our annual pictionary competition boys against girls. We always laugh so hard, this year the big laugh was on Phillip with his word unwind, which he mixed up for "wind" like a breeze, not "wind" the toy. We were all rolling, the poor kid will never live that one down! Guess, you had to be there! We did miss Tracy and Matt this year who were home sick. Its just not the same with missing members!
Anyway, it was a good time had by all with playing in the snow, snowmobiling and good old fashioned family time! I sure do love you Ghiloni's you truly are my family and I thank you for adopting me in for all these years!

Grace's Busy Day

Let the race begin!! Grace had gotten 4 birthday invites over the last 2 wks, all for this Saturday and Sunday! Plus her and Dad had plans to go to the Home Depot kids workshop Saturday morning! Whew, this all makes for a very busy and exhausting weekend! We decided to bow out on the last b-day invite that she received at the beginning of the week. It was a 24hr. party with bowling on Sat. morning and then going back to her friends for a sleepover. We had already RSVP'd to 3 parties so I thought we had better skip this one! So, needless to say she still has a very busy weekend. We started this am with Dad and Grace going to Home Depot, room cleaning to follow, dance in Beloit at 12:30 then the first party at 2pm. Tomorrow she will have a bowling party for her good friend Brandon and his twin Mitchell from 12-3 and then ice skating with our neighbor Becca at 5:45!! Its sure to be a fun filled weekend!!

The many faces of Owen