What:..... A 2 Year Old Does That?

My innocent and precious little Hana is not as innocent as people think. Yes, she does capture your heart with her petite size and her big smile. The whole time she's thinking on how to manipulate the situation. Yes, my two year old tries everything she can do to gain control of the situation and have people do what she wants. Especially her big brother Ricky.
She is asked to pick her belongings up and the next think I know Ricky is picking them up for her. What just happened? What powers does she have over him? It's very frustrating. There are lessons to be learned, and they are definitely NOT get someone else to do my job for me.
Last night I realized she expects it. I was putting them to bed and Hana left her frog pillow in the living room. She asked me to go get it I told her "no" and if you want it you need to get it. She than replied "no, Ricky go get it?" In which I said No and had to hold Ricky back at the same time. She puckered her lips out and hid her face.
Hana has to learn that in life there are not people that do stuff for you. If you want something you need to do it yourself.
Can't blame her for trying though.

Joy of Time Out

When you think of putting your child in time out you have visions of them going to the spot and staying their quietly for the specified length of time and than you talk about what she/he did wrong. That's how it's portrayed on T.V. right?
Than reality sets in and you realize that's not how life really is.
We just had a time out incident that I would say was pretty interesting and gave me some insight to my lil sweet baby boy and what I have to look forward to as he gets older.
He got time out from big Ricky for one reason or another. Our time out is in the dining room and time is for how old you are. So in Ricky's case 5 minutes. Well the whole time he was screaming on how he wanted his gummies (vitamins). After enough time goes by big Ricky asks him " are you ready to be a gentleman" in which lil Ricky responds "are you ready to give me gummies" with out skipping a beat. Wow I was taken back by this quick and smart response. It took all I had not to laugh.
Let's just say he stayed in about 1-2 minutes longer.
I look down the tunnel of the future and realize no matter how hard I think it is now, it's only going to get harder. At this age I could still control them but as they get older I can't.
For those of you who wonder if Ricky ever got his gummies. The answer is yes only after he earned them back by cleaning his room.
I do have to say since I'm extremely slow on come backs lil Ricky definitely didn't get his quick comebacks from my side of the family. I have to say it's all Pagnozzi.

Girls Day!!

On Saturday January 9, 2009 some friends and I took the girls to get their hair done. This is the first time I have actually done anything girl related because I usually have lil Ricky with me.
It was so much fun. There were 6 lil girls and they loved getting their hair done. If you know my Hana you know she hates putting her hair up. Much less keeping anything in it. I was a little hesitant. She loved it and kept it in as long as she could. Through some of the process you could tell it hurt her a little but she didn't fuss. They even put glitter in it.
I'm looking forward to doing more girl activities with my little princess.

HELLO "2010"

Yet we welcome another year, another decade. Amazing. I can't believe how fast time flies. I think I see it more now because of how big my precious kids are getting.
The year 2009 was a roller coaster but with many great things. Hana turned 2, Ricky turned 5, big Ricky officially became "over the hill" at the age of 40. We had an amazing party for him. We celebrated our 6 year anniversary. We were able to take a vacation. Just the two of us to Isla Mujeres. Our new favorite place. H & R Furniture is doing good. Started a partnership in another business with an amazing couple and friends. It's slowly but surely getting off the ground. No real complaints for 2009.
We welcomed 2010 by going to the Bell Tower on 34th with Mike and Liz. This was all possible due to amazing friends. Hana and Ricky had a sleepover with Hannah and Noaha so they were in heaven. Ricky and I had a super fun night. Due to my amazing negotiating skills we were able to get our drinks comped all night. The funny thing is I wasn't even trying. Even though I wasn't drinking Ricky did a great job with crown and cokes all night.
Looking forward to what 2010 has in store for the Pagnozzi family!

Christmas 2009

We had a great Christmas. Even though everyone received more than enough gifts, ok maybe just the kids. I don't want to forget that the greatest gift of all is "Jesus". With everything going on during the Christmas time sometimes this gets over looked. But Jesus is what is most important and why we celebrate CHRISTmas. He is the greatest gift of all. Happy Birthday Jesus!!.
Leading up to Christmas there was lots of cleaning and preparation. My parents were coming to spend Christmas with us. YAY! The kids love seeing them. Christmas eve we uphold the Czech tradition of fried catfish (it's suppose to be carp but very hard to get here), potato salad and pea soup. All which were yummy. Lil Ricky lead us in prayer which was precious. Aunt Vlady and Uncle Marco were also here to celebrate Christmas eve with us. After we ate everyone opened gifts with the exception of "Santa Gifts". The kids already received so much. They each received the sought after Zhu Zhu hamster this year. It's funny because even though Ricky put it on Santa's list the Zhu Zhu excitement is over. Ricky received plenty of movies which is always a hit. Hana anything princess and she's in heaven.
After they opened a few gifts we headed of to church. It was a full orchestra and choir. The message was great and Lyle Lovett even sang. Yes he goes to my church. I have seen him a couple of times. Since it is a church setting no one bombards him, we just all look. Ok I do.
We came home the kids played with their toys than we left cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer and the kids went off to bed.
As I went up to the attic where I stashed all of Santas gifts for the kids. Well I really didn't realize how much I put up there because I did get into a lil hot water. I didn't realize how many good deals I was getting. But if you buy over time it just adds up. What can I say? Other than my kids thought they were extremely good in 2009.
The kids were so excited Christmas morning. Hana received more princess stuff including a Bell and Cinderella dress. She has been Bell everyday since Christmas. Ricky from his movies to pixos was besides him self. Till he opened Santas gift - a Wii. He was so excited. To let you in on a lil secret so was I!!!! Woo Hoo!!! Lil Ricky has had lots of fun playing it. Big Ricky and I also received the Wii active in the hopes of getting into shape. Lil Ricky says "Mom aren't you glad that Santa brought the Wii so you don't have to buy it." All I have to say is that Santa owes me $200.
I love the mind of toddlers and just experiencing things through their eyes. They are too innocent and precious. Also keeps the child in you.
The rest of the day they just played with their toys. Later that evening we went and saw Princess and the Frog. Cute movie and a great story line.
Christmas 2009 was great. I am truly blessed to have such a great family.

Windwood Winter Wonderland

The kids school, Windwood every year puts on a Winter wonderland festival for the kids. They have hay rides, animals, food, crafts and most importantly snow!! Lil Ricky loves, loves, loves snow. They had such a great time. Hana making snow angels and trying to keep up with Ricky. Lil Ricky was all about making and throwing snow balls. They had so much fun. Maybe one day we'll take them skiing so he could really get the snow experience.

Lil Ricky's Conversation of the Year!!

If you have kids than you know that the early years are so much fun. The things that come out of their mouth are so innocent and very interesting on how they view things. Little Ricky has made us laugh so much through out the year and has shown us life in a different view. One of the best conversations just happened recently. Big Ricky was taking him to school and they were talking about death. I know, I know but lately Lil Ricky has been asking a lot of questions about God, Heaven and Death. I'm assuming it's just the age. So they were driving in a dreary day and lil Ricky starts talking about when you die you will go to a place where it's always sunny, it never rains, everyone is always happy, everyone has enough to eat and so on. Big Ricky asked him "Ricky where is this place your talking about" Lil Ricky says "Mexico".
I just love the mind of a 5 year old!