Easter Weekend 2007

HAPPY EASTER!

The Capitani family spent Saturday of Easter weekend with an Easter Egg Hunt at the Orbocks: Carmen stayed true to her competitive nature, running back to home base with eggs spilling from her basket; Tatum (a.k.a. "the glutton") was content shoving as much chocolate and candy into her mouth as possible (with a speed that would astonish most).

Carmen and her friend McKinley:




Easter morning, at the house:

Tatum worries she's not going to get enough loot from her eggs...

Later she looks on in a sugar induced semi-coma....

Tatum and Carmen relax on the swings in the back yard.

Christmas 2006

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Sorry about the delay in getting these pictures up.... We had a wonderful Christmas in Athens, with visits from Carrie & Chuck Pope, Robin & Jack (Gramma & Grampa), Sis ("GG", or Great Gramma), and Todd and Sharon.
I believe Santa unloaded half his sackful of toys (mostly dolls, doll clothes, and doll houses) into our stockings and under our tree.
The picture to the left depicts one of the quieter moments of winter, Carmen giving the bewildered Tatum a quick kiss in our backyard...


Tatum had to finish every last morsel of her cereal before she dove into the action, here she shows off her Dora watch and mothering skills...;












Carmen received plenty of dress up clothes, a new raincoat, and a "purple pony," even though Santa messed up on the color. Santa really didn't understand exactly what kind of pony Carmen was vying for, so he did his best...





We did enjoy some time with everyone out at the Bauerle's property one crisp winter day; Great Gramma Sis is still warming up. There would be more pictures of Tatum but she was busy sleeping...

ALL IN ALL IT WAS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Carmen turns 4!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARMEN!
Carmen had ten of her good friends over on Sunday for scary eyeball races, ghost-making, face painting & cake eating fun!
Auntie T was in town for the weekend--a good thing, as her quick mind and crafting skills were needed to help make all those ghosts.











Carmen was about the only one interested in the eyeball games and running races... and she was thrilled when her friend Humberto arrived...




Carmen enjoyed her glow-in-the-dark earrings, and although Tatum was feeling under the weather, she managed to get out a few smiles...












All in all it was a fun afternoon!

Capitani Families take over Italy

This was "home base" in Tuscany, a villa that housed the entire "Capitani" clan of 10 adults and 5 kids under four (Robin, Jack, Todd, Sharon, Kevin, Carol, Carrie, Chuck, Scott, Kelly, Carmen, Jack, Tatum, Gavin & Mia). We ate well, drank well, saw old friends (including the Badalamentis and Angela & Marco) and took in a few sights while visiting neighboring towns, Florence, and the 14th century old castle which was part of our villa's estate. All said it was a trip worthy of celebrating Robin & Jack Capitani's 40th anniversary......





Relaxing at the Badalamentis', as they hosted our crew on more than one occasion...




















There were a lot of smiles.....



and some frowns (Kevin's vacation included a detour to "la dentista" to pull an infected wisdom tooth... molto dolore!

He recovered well, however, thanks to the great doctors, good medicine, and wine.

Of course no one went hungry...



and a very good time was had by all...