An evening at the parks

Well, it's been a few days since Amadeo's surgery and he needs to get out of the house.............to say nothing that his Mom needs ot get out too!!!!  It's a beautiful summer evening and we head to the park.  The kids love going to the area parks and there are so many to chose from...........it's great to have so many coices!  Anyway the first park we go to is the one by their house.............noone there so they have it all.  After a short time a couple boys come to play also but they don't come to where we are.  Matia is our little swinger..........she absolutely LOVES to swing!!  Amadeo likes it very well too so we go to the swings first.  They go wayyyyyy up and just love it.  They have a tire swing and we go there next..........I push them really fast and they ride together .  What a joy to see them both so happy!!
Decide to go to the Central school playground next and they are quite familiar with this place..especailly Amadeo since that is where he goes to school.  First thing...........the big swing then off to the balance beam....climbing apparatices and such andthen the slide..............another fun time!!  Here a some pics of their fun times and their smiles to with it!!

Good fun and memories..............until next time..................

Animal Land

It is  a rather nice Saturday morning and not much to do so we give Angie and family a call to see if they want to go to Animal Land.  They are all up for it!!  We missed going last year so this should be fun.  Brett, Angela, Amadeo, Matia, Tina and I head out for the park.  It is rather hot so they bring water along. 

We get there and look at all of the animals inside the building.............lots of crawly things!  A huge snake too.  Kids love looking at them. 

Well, outside is next...........bought a tub of foods to feed the animals with.  The first things Amadeo spots is the kangaroo and he loves it!!!  He wants to go in the cage with him.  But he does remind us about his large tail and how strong it is.

 Amadeo loves all kinds of animals and so he is in paradise..............Look at all of them!!  Matia likes to feed them from a distance and look but not too keen on touching or feeding from the hand.  She is a little girl afterall................Just Love her!! 
Walking along we see lots of fun things...........like raccoons, a pot belly pig and porcupine..........and of course, the BIG Lion.

Feeding the animals was fun for the kids and Tina.........Matia kept asking......."why do the animals poop so much?? and EVERYWHERE???"   She did not like to step in that stuff..........  Actually none of did. 

It was a very nice relaxing morning and one we will have to do again soon.  Love spending time with family!!!

and a couple more pics..........
Brett said.............they have quite a gimmik here..........we pay to get in then we pay to feed their animals!????  kinda funny huh?
Oh well, it was fun.............

Amadeo had his tonsils and adenoids out

Well, the time is here............today Amadeo has his tonsils out.  It's August 2, 2011 and he has had too many days of feeling tired, down and sick.

We meet at the hospital at 6:30 and off go the clothes and on goes the gown.  Cartoons are on the tv and we are just waiting.  Doesn't take long and they are here to get our litle man.  I always choke up at these kind of things so I just give a little kiss and wave goodbye.  The doc said that it would be around 45 minutes and by golly in 45 minutes the doc was back and said everything went well.  He will be in recovery for about an hour.
Finally up at his room and he is still groggy from the meds.  Just wants to cuddle and get comfotable so that is what we do.  I just love this little guy and when he wants to cuddle by all means let's do it!  The nurse came in with ice chips and he takes it like a trooper.  Next the nurse tells us that the meds Amadeo will have to take for the next 10 days or so, at intervals of 4 hours, tastes terrible!!  Oh great, now what??   Well, it's time for his first dose and daddy gives it to him and he takes it great!!  Hurrah!!  at least mom won't have to worry about giving him that.  He also has to take amoxicillian to prevent infection.
Amadeo did a really good job of being a good patient.  Lots of visitors so the time goes by fast.  Mom spent the night with him and Auntie Patsy took them all home the next day.  Little sis, Matia spent the past couple days with Auntie Tina so she had a good time too.