Rocco's glasses!

I noticed Rocco crossing his left eye a few weeks ago when he was trying to focus on an object. He did a few times each day, so after a week, I called the eye dr. It took a couple weeks to get in, but he went yesterday and the doctor said that his eye muscles aren't focusing correctly. They are constantly flexed and Rocco has to try really hard to see things. So, the cure for that is to wear glasses until about middle school until he grows out of it. He is also farsighted, so he needs the glasses for that, too. But, probably will always need glasses b/c of that. I had no idea that he he was farsighted, and apparently it was pretty bad. I can't see a thing through his glasses. I can almost make out a shape! We bought the non-breakable glasses b/c of his age and the girls. Needless to say, the lenses are already scratched from the girls' teeth. I had to give madison sunglasses b/c she won't leave Rocco alone. He's doing a great job keeping them on. He takes them off a lot, but puts them back on immediately. I keep quizzing him on his letters and holding up small objects far away to make sure he can see. I couldn't believe how fuzzy they were for me so I had a hard time believing he could see anything, but he can! I hope he feels better and sees better now. :)

Rocco's funny answers

I've been teaching Rocco things like our names, his age and where he lives for a couple weeks now. He got our names perfect, struggles with his age and always answers the question 'where do you live' with "I love Mimi and Phoebe". I always say, "I know you love Mimi and Phoebe, but you live in Florida". He says this every time.

Last night, I asked him where he lived and he said the usual. Then, I told him that God loves him and God lives in Heaven, up by the clouds. After he said his bible verses, I asked him where God lived and he said "Florida". lol. I think he's messing with me now.

Mama, I break my bed

I used a large pair of scissors to open a box and I guess Rocco was paying attention. He must have grabbed them and ran off. I didn't notice until I heard Madison scream and looked up to see him holding the scissors. I ran over to grab them and assumed Madison just fell off his bed, which she does often. A little bit later, Rocco came up to me and said "mama, I break my bed". I went to see what he meant. I discovered that he cut his pillow case open and his sheets, lol. I laughed a lot at this point. Then, I noticed Madison had a little stab mark on her arm. He sat in the chair for that one. He's been saying "mama, I break my bed" for days now. It's still so cute. He's sleeping on a pink sheet now. :)

Rocco saying Sam and Erica

Rocco counting to 5 and saying Jabr

Madison and Phoebe fighting over Rocco's louie (danimal).

Anyone see a trend here? My sweet Madison.

Our weekend

I put the girls in phoebe's bed so they could watch the wiggles while I cleaned up. That sat so close together the whole time. And, then Rocco had to get in with them. That's always fun.

I have the nicest neighbor in the world. She's helped me with the kids a few times and always stops by to bring Rocco a cookie or another treat. Rocco runs outside and runs straight to her door. Well, Heather knew I've been home alone all week since Sam is in California, so she called me saturday to see if I wanted to walk over to the Greek food festival with them. What surprised me was that she already spent the morning there and went back specifically to take us. We got there and she and her two friends sat with the girls while I got to play on the playground with Rocco. Then, we got some fries and baklava. Rocco loved the fries, like an insane amount. And, he danced to the greek music. He really loves music and dancing.
Here's a couple attempts at getting a picture of me with the kids. Rocco is dancing in the first picture.

Here's how I find Phoebe sleeping most mornings. She always ends up in this position somehow. I can't imagine how stiff I would be in the morning. I guess it's great being a baby.

Halloween

We had a great Halloween. The first pictures are from a couple weeks ago when we went to a community party. The girls wore tutus and had cat faces. I didn't have their ears yet.

Rocco had his hair painted purple and was so happy to be a ghost.

Here's Rocco eating my birthday strawberries. They were so good!!!!
We decorated our door for the community contest. Rocco loved putting the stickers on.
Here are the girls in their new shirts from Lisa. I love them!
Here's Rocco's first stop on Halloween. He did great! He knew exactly what to do and started saying "Halloween" to people, lol.

Our next stop was the fire station. Rocco loved it. He was a little scared of the trucks because they were testing the lights and ladders. And, when we were done, the car battery died. At least we were at the right place. They helped me and we were on our way.






I love their ears! Phoebe was a little tired, but she never cried. Madison was squealing at everyone. They both had a great time.

Rocco loved the lights a little too much. He was more interested in playing with all the lights than he was getting candy. It was hard getting him to leave the yards that had lights.



Rocco ate way too much candy. He doesn't wait for me to open candy anymore. He just eats through the wrapper. Awesome!

Rocco had so much fun. He ran up and down the street screaming. He said hi to everyone. I can't wait until next year!

Cupcakes & waking up

Rocco always asks me to put one of the girls in his bed with him. I had Phoebe with me, so she got to lay down with him. He rubs his fingers when he lays down, so this time, he start rubbing her fingers. So adorable. :) After a minute or two, he kicked her out, lol.

I brought all three kids in to wake Dada up yesterday morning at 7:30. :) For some reason, they all went straight to him and start playing on him. So, I grabbed the camera. We did this for about 10 minutes, until Rocco pulled him out of bed to line up his cars.

I decided to take the car over to have EMS check the carseats (they were doing a check in a field next to where we live), and we picked up Dada to go with us so he could take a break from studying and see Rocco. Of course, Dada had to sit with Rocco and found cones for them. They were yelling directions to me the whole ride. Later that day, Sam asked me who is the loudest person in the household and of course, he beats Rocco by a landslide.

Back to carseat testing: Good thing we went there, because Rocco's top latch was broken and I don't think I would have discovered that for a long time. Everything else was perfect.

Here's Madison eyeing Phoebe's lid and she tried to take it from her, but Phoebe won that one.

I asked Rocco if he wanted a cupcake and he start screaming cupcake in the store. He was so excited.
He got a chocolate iced one and took a bite of the icing.
Then he picked up mine and tried it.
Then he fed Phoebe some of mine. She was very happy about that.
Here's Rocco trying to give dada a bite of my cupcake. It was raspberry icing on a chocolate cupcake with Bavarian cream in the middle. So good.
And, he's feeding Phoebe again. I guess you can see the theme here. He really likes to feed everyone.
It was Madison's turn. He fed her a little more than she could handle, so most of it fell out of her mouth.

And, he's still feeding them. If you notice, all the cupcakes are smashed up and not really being eaten. Rocco didn't really like them, but he loved feeding everyone.