This and That...

Hair cut day for the boys...

The boys aren't the only ones enjoying the snails...

Learning to blow bubbles...

Have a wonderful day!

Ciao a tutti!

When I grow up...

Some of you might be wondering why we did snail crafts the other day...check them out here...as many of you know, I rarely do crafts with the kids unless there is a reason or a lesson behind them...I know, BORING! Anyway, I thought I would share WHY we did crafts with snails. Apparently, the boys have become snail farmers...each morning they go outside and round-up all the garden snails that they can find and 'corral' them with old clothespins...don't tell them they can get out of this...

The chopped up leaves are not for food...but the 'bed' for the snails ;) This is one of the cute fellas close up...

This is a new meaning of hitching a ride...

And I am not too sure if these 2 really 'like' one another, or if this is equivalent to a snail fight...

So, that is why we did a snail craft...in honor of our snail friends...

Ciao a tutti!

It WORKS...

It REALLY works!!! We got mail! Thanks Mom! So for all of you out there who are dying to mail something to Italy...and I know you are out there...here is our address:

Rosanne Kruse

Via Eugenio Curiel, No. 5

01014 Montalto di Castro (VT)

Italy

In an envelope, you can send cards, stickers, coloring pages for the kids, pictures, etc...I am sure you can be creative about what one can put in an envelope (don't go over the weight requirements)...my vote is for some google eyes for our crafts...look at these poor snails we made...aren't they just begging for some google eyes? I am wondering how I left the country without them...I brought the construction paper, glue, sissors, markers...but no google eyes...what WAS I thinking!

Okay, back to the subject...mail...it takes a priority mail sticker thingy that you get at the post office...the cards that we recieved had costed 98 cents and took only 2 1/2 days to get here...kind of crazy!

Speaking of mail...those of you who are in my 4th grade Sunday School class...I just mailed you something special! Now I 'think' I got the right stamps, so if you do recieve something from me in the mail...PLEASE let me know! That way I know if I got the correct stamps and can do it again! Here is a pic of the mailboxes here...mailmen deliver the mail but do not pick it up...that's okay because these things are everywhere...

Well, now that I had a shameless plug/plead for mail from home...I do hope that you have a wonderful day!

Ciao a tutti!