Future Amerian Idol

Roman has recently discovered his singing voice but he only knows one song.."Jesus Loves Me". He has always wanted me to sing it to him at night before bed which tells you that he is either desperate to prolong the bedtime routine or does not have an ear for good music...because my voice is well, its just not that pleasant (perhaps the understatement of the year)...but anyway he seems to enjoy performing for the camera so here you go...and it does melt my heart to hear him sing.

Car Show 2009

Daddys dream vehicle... the Dodge Challenger...aka "The General Lee"

Climbing around in all the vehicles was a blast!

Life is better in a JEEP!!

The Germani "Dream" machine

"German engineering at its finest" Max the Lovebug made an appearance...

Trucks beds are great for movin' and groovin'

Cool robot...which made cracks about Daddys missing hair

Grannie car...doesnt it suit me? I could dig one of these for sure...

This was Romans first car show and he loved every minute of it...and slept quite soundly that night so it was so worth it!

St. Sugar day (aka- Valentines Day)

I have to say that I feel hugely like slack butt mommy after todays Valentines party at preschool. The "party" mom went above and beyond sanity with everything she planned and schemed...honestly....it stressed ME out and I was completely uninvolved except for the measely cheese and crackers displayed on a "non themed yellow platter" that I brought. First, she had this craft that involved hundreds of cut up tissue paper squares, cut out hearts and cut out contact paper for each child (17 total).

Then she baked huge heart cookies (again-one per child) and provided all the decorations and carry home boxes. I asked her if she had a lot of the heart shaped baking tins and she said she only had two. So I can only imagine how long that took!

Then all the valentines that her son gave out were handmade heartshaped rice crispy treats dipped in chocolate. Clearly this woman needs help because I then found out that she has two older daughters who also needed valentines for all their classmates and who knows what else.

She appeared a little stressed out and I just kept thinking why do people feel the need to do WAY more than is necessary? I certainly dont mean to put her down at all because it was quite impressive but I certainly won't be volunteering to be the next "party" mom and have to follow this production!!! I have a strict rule against doing things that cause me to have to wake up at 4:00 am (which is when I overheard that this poor mother woke up)...sleep is sacred in the Germani household.

Anyway, Happy Valentines Day to all those out there that we love and are near and dear in our hearts....XOXOXO heres hoping you enjoyed a stress free one...

Here are some more pictures of the Valentine Party

and a video........

Prayer

Rocco's prayer at dinner

Dear God,
Thank you for this food, but I dont why we are having chili mac again, its not really what I wanted, keep Mommy safe, Daddy safe, Roman safe and watch over Gramma and Grampa Davis the next time they come to visit us and Grannie and Lennie too!
Amen

Snow Day!

We finally got more than just a dusting of snow...so here are a few pics of the boys enjoying it.
The glorious anticipation.....

Blissful happiness while making a snow angel...

I think they were closing their eyes so as to keep the snowflakes out?..

Roman...

Playing in Megans backyard....

Reflections of 2008

2008 in Review
It was a busy year, I didnt quite realize it until I went back and looked at all our pictures. Here are a few highlights...
January- Daddy and Rocco took in the annual car show in Washington DC where Rocco got to climb in cars and hug a bunny.

February- We watched a lunar eclipse. (this obviously wasnt an eventful month but still an eclipse is always cool)

March- We participated in the first neighborhood Easter Egg hunt and colored our own eggs.


April- Aunt Doris came for a visit. The boys loved having her here all the way from Florida. Mommy and Daddy also got to get away for a weekend since Mommy was in Cousin Davids wedding in Lancaster.


May- We made a trip out to Great Country Farms for the strawberry festival, of course by the time we got there they had already run out of strawberrys but it was still fun.

June- We went on our first camping trip as a family. We didnt get much sleep but we had tons of fun. Rocco also turned 4 this month.



July- Christy had her 15 year High School reunion conveniently in Myrtle Beach, it was a blast to be at the beach and to catch up with old friends.


August- Gramma and Grampa Davis came over from Africa to visit and got caught on camera under the table (dog house-according to Rocco)

Sept-Rocco started pre-school. We also traveled to Syracuse for Aunt Aubreys wedding.




October- We had a surprise visit from a fairy princess for halloween....

November- Thanksgiving in North Carolina with Christy's brother and family along with Mom and Dad Davis aka "yama and yampa" by Roman
December- Christmas spent at our house with "Yama and Yampa" Davis. We also celebrated Romans 2nd Birthday and we were blessed to have Yannie (Grannie Germani-Simonds) and Yamma and Yampa here for the big event.



Have a wonderful 2009! God bless.

The 2009 Germani Resolutions....sort of..

1. Since we have been so patient in waiting for "next year" to arrive for our gamecocks and it has yet to come(mostly our loyalty has been grossly abused by embarressing losses) we are going to spend our time doing something more productive instead of watching them goof off on the field and try and call it football...
2. We will find a new team to cheer for since our hearts have been broken into smitherings by the said gamecocks...teams we are looking into include (but are not limited to)Gators (my cousin went there-that counts right?), Southern Cal(only because they win a lot-we have no ties there-only a shameless desire for a team that wont embarress us), Bama (I have cousins that live in the state), Penn State (I also have some ties to PA actually)and if you have any suggestions please respond to my blog..keep in mind that Tennessee, Clemson, or Georgia WILL NEVER be on this list regardless of what you say.
3. The Germani family aspires to count our blessings this year and to remember that football, while fun (unless you are gamecock fan--then its pure torture)..is only a game and the things that truelly matter are of eternal value. Here's to putting life in perpective...and I must say, gamecock fans do it better than most..