Keeping up with the Cincys

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Kyle Videos

Purdue already makes him smile

I love his laugh

Saturday, September 8, 2012

After Lily's first day of school, the kids and I drove to Northern Indiana to visit some of my sorority sisters. Erin flew in from Colorado for the weekend, so it was a good excuse for us to get together. We would have been outnumbered by kiddos, but Erin left her two in Colorado.

Lunch was a little hectic with the kids and babies. But it was still great to see each other and catch up a little bit. We were supposed to play at a park after lunch, but of course it started raining. Luckily nobody else was in the restaurant, so it was ok that Lily and Ev were playing and being loud toddlers.

From left to right:

Erin with daughter Addy, Me and son Kyle, Ellen, Erin holding my daughter Lily, and Michelle with daughter Ev

Ellen and Lily

Cara with Addy and Erin with Kyle

Kyle is 3 months and Addy is 3.5 months. Both were born this May. Maybe they will be future boyfriend/girlfriend some day!

Lily Started School!

This year Lily is in a preschool for 2 year olds. It's one day a week for 2 hours. It's the first activity she's ever done where I drop her off and she attends without me. The thought of it tugs on my heart a little bit, but it also excites me to get 2 hours with only 1 child!!

Last week there was a "soft start". The kids got to play in the classroom while the parents attended a quick meeting. Here is Lily and Kyle before school in their coordinating Cubs outfits.

Here is Miss Lily at school before I tried to escape. She loves to color and it would have been a very smooth exit, except right after I took this picture another girl started hysterically crying. So that scared Lily and made it a little tough to leave. But I did get out and Lily did great afterwards.

Here is Miss Lily on the real first day!

She wanted pretty pink finger nails to match her pretty pink bows! (on a side note, she immediately took the bows out after I picked her up from school)

Here she is with her blue school bag that she takes every week.

Don't worry if you can't understand what Lily is saying in this video. She is speaking her made up language. She was in a silly mood and didn't want to cooperate with Mommy's nice video.

She had a great first day! No tears when I left and excited to see me when I picked her up. We are so proud of our big girl!

Play Time!

Lily has been on "Bow Strike" since she turned one. So many pretty bows and I can rarely get her to wear any. So that's why the other night was so funny. She not only let me put 1 bow in her hair... she let me put ALL of them in her hair! We played this game again the next night, except she put them all in my hair. Darn, no pictures of that :)

This picture really shows her resemblance to the Cianciarulo side of the family. But for some reason I think she looks like Uncle Mike more than she looks like Daddy.

Bow overload!

Recently, I've shown you pictures of Kyle and Lily in the Bumbo. Well, now our cat, Salsa wanted a turn. In the 2.5 years we've had this thing, I've never seen her do this!

A quick video of Salsa and Lily

Lily in her first nightgown. She loves it because it has the Princesses on it. But she ESPECIALLY loves it because it came with slippers! There have been a few nights where she cried for me to come into her room in the middle of the night because she woke up and one of the slippers was off. Heaven forbid! :)

Tummy time with Salsa and Kyle. I'm so glad the cats don't hate my kids any more. It's so much nicer to have them around the house instead of hiding under my bed.

Another Kyle smile

Labor Day Weekend

Uncle Jason, Aunt Millie, and Cousin Charlotte (aka CeeCee) came to town for Labor Day weekend! It was great to have all the cousins together to play. They live in California so we don't get to see them very often. The last time was for Thanksgiving when CeeCee was 6 weeks old. Now she's about to turn 1!

Lily, Daddy, and CeeCee. CeeCee loved watching and playing with Lily.