Caio and Luca

Luca and I have been working on this blog since March 2, 2009. So I was thinking of doing something different. But what different thing am I going to do? We are going to try to get videos up on the blog. So hang in there while we work on the technological difficulties!
--Caio

Riding and Little League

On Sunday I had baseball and riding. Baseball is at 8:30am and riding is at 10:30am. At Little League it was the first time the kids got to pitch and on Saturday I got a new glove, bat and uniform. My team is called the Athletics or the A's. This is me getting ready to catch a ball. My dad says that I would be either a good pitcher or a good short stop.
Here I am riding a bigger horse and her name is Buttercup. It's twice the size of my old pony Jasmine. I was posting while I was trotting in the indoor arena. It is easier to post while trotting because when you post while trotting your ride is much smoother. After I had my lesson Leslie my teacher allowed us to go around the outdoor track.

In the Forest

In the forest it can be nice
but don't forget about the lice
they squiggle and squirm in the leaves
so don't forget to wear long socks and long sleeves
if you please!
--Caio

Bears in the Backyard!

Luca: We saw bears and I want to call the bears Claudia, Alvin, Luca and Caio.
Caio: Today we saw bears in our backyard and Cris and Luca told us that they were there. It's a coincidence because at school we were talking about how we can save local animals today.

First Poem

the sky is blue, the day is bright.
The air is warm and with delight.
and with my homework done in a fright.
With the sun beaming so bright
it blinds me with delight.
-caio

Dim Sum

Caio: This is Jackson, Jack, Luca and I at Dim Sum in Chinatown. It was very fun because afterwards I got to go to Toys R Us. At lunch Luca liked eating shrimp. There was a dessert that tasted really good. I had three. I saw my friend Jason there too. Janice's mother is Chinese so she ordered for us.

Luca: I ate with chopsticks. I saw a Chinese dragon and a Chinese bird with blinking eyes. Shrimp is my favorite and shrimp is good. I had two desserts.

Luca's Fish Have Babies!

Santa brought Luca 2 fish for Christmas and now there are 15 babies! We all agree it's a miracle tank. Suddenly 3 snails have shown up, too. We added a placo (cleaning fish) to help keep the tank healthy and give him extra algae tablets for his dinner. Luca exclaimed one evening "We forgot to give Plaky his allergy waffers!" (Algae wafers) Now every night we give him his waffers.

We were at the pizza parlor last night...

and three teenagers were being scolded (severely) by their father for being late and possibly being up to no good. Caio overheard the heated conversation and said "the boys should just say they were being fashionably late!"

Caio, Luca and Cousins in Aspen for Christmas!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Caio's Joke (Not an original)

A cowboy rides into town on Friday. He leaves three days later, on Friday. How does he do it?

First correct reply wins a hotwheels car, a Thomas train or a Pokemon pack!

Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakel

Luca's FAVORITE lines from the movie he hasn't seen yet...

As he's kissing his mother's hand: "Make way for the love doctor"

and, as he wiggles it: "Shake what your momma gave you"

Thanksgiving Day Parade Preparations

Here are the boys, in the drizzle, watching smurfs being blown up!

Luca's Vocabulary Lesson

Heart Attack: You know, when someone hits you really hard, like on the arm, or stomach. That's a hard attack.

Landscape: That's when someone wants to escape the city. And go to the country.

Oma's Birthday Prank Pictures

For Oma's birthday, we thought we'd delight her with a little surprise. The grandchildren would not pose nicely for one photo. Surprise!

From left to right: Felix, Oma, Luca, Caio and Mia

This is me and Oma with rabbit ears on her.

Luca left his manners at home.

First Day of School

On my first day of school I met lots of new friends and my teachers. School is sort of hard and sort of easy. There are lots of fun toys in my classroom, they are legos, hangman, scrabble, and lots of books.

France with Julia and Nora

my cousin mia

This is my cousin Mia at her birthday party. It is a Super Hero party. My cousin Mia is very funny and her mom and dad are architects. Also it was my cousin Felix's birthday and this is at their 5th birthday. They are twins. Mia is wearing a Wonder Woman costume. Felix was Batman.

Duck bumps?

Luca: Last night I was taking a bath and afterwards I had those things that ducks get. Like, you know, when you are cold, or in the snow, or scared?

Claudia: You mean goose bumps?

Mars in the Basement

Caio: This is me and my brother Luca standing behind the model of Mars. It has Lego vehicles. The actual Mars is made out of a bunch of papier mache. My grandma and I made Mars. We painted it because we wanted it to really look like Mars. Mars is red. There is a little driller, a big ship, and a Lego MT-61 Crystal Reaper.PS Luca didn't really help. PPS I am in my pajamas.

Pokemon Box

Caio: This is my Pokemon box that I got at Target on Saturday. The special Pokemon's name is Heatran. He is a fire type Pokemon and he has 120 Life Points HP. His Poke Body power is heat metal and his Poke Power is heat wave. I got 41 cards in one tin which is 4 packs of 10 cards. I knew that it was 41 cards because each pack has ten and I added 10 four times and then I added the extra top card to get 41!

Another Three Jokes

Caio: If you are short what do you wear?

Shorts!

Luca: Why did the water cross the road?

Because he bumped into a tree and thought it was a monster.

Caio: Where does a snowman keep his money?

In a snowbank!!

New Joke!

Caio: Who do you call when you have a rash on your legs?

The LEGO-knights!

Get it?

Watching Coraline, Part 2

Caio:  Coraline was very bored of her life.  The doll ended up in a different place when she put it down.  It ended up behind a big block, behind that was a little door.  Coraline asked her mother to rip open the wallpaper that covered the door.  When she ripped it open and unlocked it, all that was there was bricks.  But the second time she looked there at night there was a big, long, blue tube.  When she opened the door at the other side of the big tube she had opened an unusual door.  There was a different mother cooking a chicken dinner.  The other mother asked Coraline to get the other dad for dinner.  She said he was playing the piano.

Come back soon for Part 3...

Star Wars Republic Dropship with AT-OT Walker

Caio:  My friend Cameron told me about the Star Wars Republic Dropship with AT-OT Walker by Lego.  The new gunship can pick up the Walker while flying.  It can drop it on the ground then it can start climbing the wall like in the movie.  Cameron and I thought it was really cool because it could go on the ship and pick it up with two little suction cup thingies.

I think that the AT-OT Walker should have a Lego motor in it so it could walk by itself.  There should be 8 wheel turners, one for each leg.    

Watching Coraline

Caio: On a snow day, my mommy and my friends and me went to watch Coraline in 3D. The 3D part was really cool. I liked how everything just popped out of the screen.

First, this person took a doll with button eyes and took off the buttons. Then, she ripped open the mouth and then she took the whole thing apart. She got a different stuffing (like sand) and put it in the doll. And then she opened a drawer and picked two black buttons and sewed them on the eyes. And then she sewed blue hair like Coraline. And then she put it out the window and it just flew by itself. And then when Coraline got to the new house they were moving into she saw the doll in a bag, with a note, on the table.

Come back tomorrow for more scary stories of Coraline...