Halloween Superheroes!

We had a great time celebrating Halloween with THREE different Trick-or-Treat sessions.  Friday the kids went to daddy's work, Saturday we got MORE candy at all the retail stores up here on the Ridge, then of course, Sunday we finished up Trick-or-Treating in the neighborhood.  The sugar high is going to last for awhile...

Nathan XTREME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Olivia starts Kindergarten!

Olivia started Kindergarten this year!  Can you believe our little girl is going to school?  She picked out her own outfit and wouldn't let me exchange her HUMONGOUS backpack.  The thing is bigger than she is!  It was hilarious to watch her try to shove it into her little cubby...

HELLO HOUSE! HELLOOOOOOO UNPACKING!!!!!!!

We closed on our new house July13, and moved in on the 14TH.  We've been soooo busy, hopefully we'll be unpacked soon!  The kids love their new house and Olivia has informed us that she never wants to move EVER AGAIN.  Hopefully, I'll have more time to get more posts on this blog....

GOOD-BYE HOUSE!!! You've been a great house. We'll miss you!

Some Videos to Share!

We are having so much fun with the kids.  They are constantly cracking us up with their antics.  We can see Olivia on a stage somewhere, and Nathan is having so much fun trying to do EVERYTHING his older sister does.  Here are some special moments of our lives from the last month...

Singing Miley Cyrus' "The Climb"


Olivia is a HUGE Avatar fan.  Here, she's speaking "Nav'i"



Olivia sings "Hot and Cold" (Chipmunk Version)

CATCH UP!!!

OK, so I guess it's time to update my poor neglected blog...Let's do a quick recap of what has happened in the Ciabattari household since November 2009! 

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  Nathan turned one!  He had his B-day party in Spokane over Thanksgiving weekend.
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  We decided to put our house on the market.  (It was quite a project de-cluttering)
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  Olivia turned FIVE and chose "Avatar" as the theme for her party at the Seattle Children's Museum.
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  We surprised the kids and our niece Emily with a trip to Disneyland.
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  The kids continue to entertain and annoy each other. (Sometimes at the same time!)
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  Mary turned 34.
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  Andre turned 39!
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  The kids are growing up fast!!

What?  You want pictures too???  OK... here they are:

Nathan's first birthday! He had fun with the cake!

We got some good pictures in December!

The House Project!  We NEVER want to do this again!

Before.... 

After! 

 Wow!  We got a long way to go!

 A few sleepless nights later.

 New paint, and moving just about everything we owned into a storage unit...

 ...results in a pretty spacious looking living room!

Happy 60th dad!!

Happy Birthday to our FIVE YEAR OLD!!

Zip a dee do da!  Nathan happily runs along Main Street Disney!                                                                         Cousins love being "goofy".                                 Princess Dinner!!

We celebrated TET 2010 at Mary's cousin's house.  Time to start another year!OOhhh, blackmail picture of Nathan and Morrigan!

Ready for the Daddy Daughter Dance!Olivia wanted nothing to do with the Easter Bunny, but Nathan walked right up to him.

Happy 39th Birthday Andre!!Olivia performs at her Mother Daughter Tea!