Dancing at the beach

(sorry no audio on this one)

Summer weekend

We are currently under construction

We started our reno's Monday and in just 3 full days we have (or rather the builder and plumber has) knocked out 2 walls, removed the bathroom entirely including wall tiles and floor tiles, dug a trench in the floor, put up 2 new walls, and managed to create a mountain of debris reminiscent of war torn countries right in front of our house. On the front porch to be exact. Which makes living here quite uninhabitable at the moment. So in the meantime, we are spending our days in Cattolica at the nonnis, eating there, playing there etc. When we come home to our dust bowl in the evening, I have to sweep up all the dust so that I don't inhale it all in my sleep and even try to wash the floor, and clean off the table so that we can have a clean and fast breakfast in the morning. There are some pictures taken, but at the moment I can't be bothered to go down 2 flights to get the camera to then bring it all the way back again. It looks like we will be under this construction until the end of next week (but still don't know if the bathroom would be able to be tiled in that time..)which means that our next few weeks bringing us near our departure date will be filled with dust, dirt and not spending time at home. Everything I didn't want to happen, but now that we are here we are stuck with it.
And we have a surprise visitor this weekend.
Let's hope she likes to help clean.
Pictures to follow.

Dario's 2nd Birthday...already

Yes, what they say is really quite true indeed. That time flies when you have children. And how lucky I am that it does. Having kids teaches you to not take yourself so seriously, to live passionately and intensely like they do, to get dirty, play and most of all laugh. All things we are quite calpable of, but somehow becoming an adult has meant losing some of those childlike, awe stricken qualities. But it doesn't have to. I've always been a kid on the outside almost as much as on the inside, but having Dario here makes me remember how fun it was, and now is my chance to do it again, but better now that I can share it all with someone else.

And some birthday party video:

Another wet and sandy afternoon at the beach

This is one busy boy; digging, throwing sticks and shells, jumping in puddles. What more could a boy ask for?

Our weekend

What we did:

-Thursday night walk around the flower festival, kebab (donair) and ice cream for dinner. Yum!

-Fri long bike ride to beach then early evening aperativo complete with beer and snacks! Early bath and straight to bed for D!

-Saturday picnic at park, ran, played and skipped! (that was me!) D had no nap today either so again in bed by 8

-Sun bike ride to park, then to see horses.

Fun filled weekends are the best!