The Sutera Family

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Walking to the Pentagon

We were on our way to the Pentagon and Bridget was tired and wanted a ride.

Carmine and Braxton wanted a ride to.

Carmine at the Pentagon.

All of us walking to the Pentagon.

At the White House

Anthony and I got a babysitter one night to go out with our friends alone. We all went out to dinner and walked to the White House.

The pictures of the White House didn't turn out that well, but you get the idea. Did you you know that this is the back of the House? I always thought it was the front because it is so much bigger then the other side.

Nate, Anthony,Matt,Nick and Maki in front of the White House.

Me,Keira,Bridget and Gian at the White House. We had a lot of fun there, we all played some game in front of the White House that they made up . I am sure Obama was watching and he was jealous he couldn't play with us. Maybe next time Obama!

All Done!!!

A couple of weeks ago we turned Braxton's bed into a toddler bed. At first he would get out and play and one night fell asleep on the floor. He is now used to his bed and no longer falls asleep on the floor, and he has only fallen out 1 time.

So, we put him in a big boy bed and now it's time to get ride of the BINKY! Some one gave me this idea, and it totally worked! One night we were getting the boys ready for bed and Braxton asked for his binky so I went in the kitchen to get it and cut off the tip. I gave it to Brax and he grabed it and started to run off. He stopped dead in his tracks and looked at it and said "Mommy, Uh Oh, it's broken " So he ran back to me to show me and I told him "Oh No, a mouse got it!" He bit off the top" and Brax said "Oh a mouse?" So then I told him he better go and throw it in the garbage, and he did. He went to bed without it just fine and the next night he said "the mouse got the binky, hu mommy?"And that was it! It worked we are now binky free! Next up POTTY TRAINING! (I'm not excited)

Sneaky Braxton

A couple of weeks ago Braxton was driving me crazy!!! He would get into the pantry every day, ALL DAY, and get himself food. Every time I would catch him I would put him in timeout, spank or flick him. (I swear I don't beat my kids!) No matter what I did I would punish him and talk to him, tell him not to do it and he says "OK, I wont". 5 seconds later he is in the pantry again! Damn kid! I now just have to laugh at it, he is a very persistent little boy and will do what is necessary to get what he wants.

Here he is watching T.V., just relaxing and eating his pretzels he got all by himself.

BUSTED! And then he gives them back. I will say it only happened that week and he does not do it anymore. (for now.)

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

A special message for our buddy Denise!

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Water Fun

We went to Richmond to be with Anthony's parents for Mothers Day weekend. The weather was so nice so the boys wanted to play in the water. They did have their clothes on but got all wet, so that is why they are naked.

I think every kid has to have a picture like this.

The boys just enjoying lunch outside.

Yeah! Swimsuites!

The next day was just as warm so the boys got to play in the water for the second time. (We decided to put their swimsuits on this time.)

The water was so cold from the hose, but that didn't stop them from having fun.

Shot Gun

Anthony's Dad got this shot gun for Carmine. (I am going to keep it at Grandpas house for now, wink wink) Anthony was trying to show Carmine how to use it....

..But he got board with it and went back to blowing bubbles with Braxton.

Photo shoot with Carmine

Carmine being his goofy self.

Prego Dog

My Mother-In-Law's dog Dakota was pregnant while we were in Richmod over Mothers Day weekend. Her tummy was HUGE!

She looks so miserable!

I told Carmine that the dog has babies in her tummy and her said "she does, eww stinky!" He's funny. Anyways she ended up having 8 puppy's on Tuesday, they are so cute.

Drama Queen

Ok, so before I start I will address the color of the water. No it's not dirty, it's these crayola color tablets that color the water and red is the color the boys wanted.

Carmine got an owie on his toe from his bike the other day and was freaking out about it (you would have thought his foot got cut off) anyways so it was time for a bath one day and he did not want to get in because it would hurt his owie. I made him get in anyways and he put one foot in the tub and started to lower himself in the tub with one foot hanging over the tub. I was laughing so hard, where do kids learn this stuff?

This is the owie (if you can see it) that has been such a big ordeal in the Sutera household. It is finally healed, yet he still wants a band aid on it.

On to a different subject! This is the townhouse that we put on offer on over 2 months ago and have been waiting to hear back if we got it or not. (it's a short sell) We should be hearing something this week or next week if we got it or not, so keep your fingers crossed!!!!

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Big Boy

This morning the boys were fighting over the 1 bike that we have for the both of them. Anthony witnessed this and decided to go out and buy Carmine his very first big boy bike!

The bike was too hard to ride in the house on the carpet and it has been raining for 4 days straight... (and will continue for another 4 days, yuck!)

So I took them out in the hall way to ride their bikes up and down the hall ways.

And they're off!!!!

Left Out

Braxton felt bad that he didn't get a bike. He thought Carmines big bike was way cooler than his little trike.

We thought we would give him a feel for the bike.

He loved that helmet and didn't want to take it off. (I guess that is a good thing) Daddy told him as soon as he learns to petal on his bike that he will get him his very own big bike!