THE PAGNOZZI FAMILY

Sunday, October 21, 2012

CUB SCOUTS

This year little Ricky joined cub scouts. Big Ricky volunteered to be the assistant den leader. They have been in it since September and are loving it. The beginning is a little over whelming with being hit with a ton of meetings all at once. Especially for big Ricky because he is assistant den leader. Ricky is taking his role seriously and is learning all his pledges and can recite them with great confidence. He is very excited and proud to wear his uniform.
A few of the neat things they have done are: they built a sail boat and had to race it in water, by blowing it. Ricky's 1st try didn't go so well. Poor guy was so nervous and tried to go super fast. The second time he won. He calmed down and didn't blow as hard. A lot of the boats were falling and I must say there was a little cheating going on.
The boys just had their 1st cub scout camping trip in Conroe at Camp Strake. Saturday to Sunday. They had a blast! Food was provided and they ate quite well I must say. They did archery, built a rocket and shot BB guns. Now little Ricky really wants a BB gun. Dad promised him if he gets good grades he will get him one. Oh boy!! In November they go on a 2 day one. Little Ricky is already counting the days.
Hana and I had a little girl time. I took her out to dinner. She could pick anywhere she wanted to go ( as long as it was not fast food). She picked a chinese buffet. I tried so hard to talk her out of it, but no, and to top it off she only had 2 pieces of chicken, spring roll and a few bites of noodles, grrrr. After that I took her to Chuckee Cheese. She had a fun night. Than we got to snuggle in bed an watch her favorite show, Sponge Bob.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THE 2012/2013 SCHOOL YEAR

After an amazing summer it was time to go back to school!!
Ricky is entering the 2nd grade. He has Ms. Scotts for his teacher. Ricky weighs 64lb and is _____ tall.
He had a great 1st day of school and loves his teacher.
Hana, my little baby girl entered kindergarten this year. I can't believe it. She was just a little baby girl. She has co teachers Ms. Sealy and Ms. Bratner. Hana loves them and they seem really sweet and warm. Her first day So her desk and sat down and started coloring. Not really paying much attention to me. She was even chosen to be queen for the day.
The second day we had a little set back. I think the morning got a little confusing for her and she cried when she was walked to her room. It broke my heart leaving her there crying as I had to walk away. The teacher was not in the room yet, but I know she is a big girl and I had to leave. When I picked her up she had a great day. Hana weighs 42.5lb and she is _______ tall.

Excited to be going to school.

His "looking cool" pose.

Hana is ready to get the day started

Ms. Sealy

Ms. Scotts and Ricky showing us #2 for second grade!!

Monday, August 20, 2012

SUMMER 2012 VACATION

We were able to take a vacation this year!! Yay!!! I was so excited!! We decided to visit family in Louisiana and visit Destin. I have heard such great things about Destin so I had to check it out. Ricky has family in Louisiana he has not seen for over 20 years!! Thanks to facebook we were able to get reconnected. We spent 3 night in LA with Ricky's brother Barry and sister-in-law Darla. They were incredible hosts. On Sat we went to New Orleans. I have never been and really wanted to see it. I love the city and am looking forward to going back and exploring some more of it. Including the night life and plantations. So much history. Sunday we went on a swamp tour in Slidell. It was very informative and fun. What a neat experience seeing the alligators close up. Our tour guide, Melvin was a hoot. We still imitate/talk about him to this day. We really enjoyed meeting the family and just fell in love with them.
Monday - Fri afternoon was spent in Destin Fl. It is only a 4 hour drive from Slidell. How awesome is that! We truly enjoyed Destin. I was not disappointed. The water was gorgeous!!! We had a little surf couple of those days, but my favorite were the days of no surf. We snorkeled, boogie board, ate on the boardwalk, went on a sunset cruise and watched dolphins play in the wild and swam some more. Such a beautiful place. I would love to retire there or get a little condo now!!
Fri - Sun was spent at Barry and Darla's campsite in Louisiana. They gave this little place in the middle of no where, right on the river. So peaceful. Ricky even got to fish. According to Darla he caught the biggest fish that has been caught of the dock.
We had an incredible 9 days of vacation!!
(warning lots of pictures)