Whats been going on in Italy...

Almost every morning Lola and I go to town and go to the park... the view isn't too bad.

Lola loves to do a lot of this... which I'm completely fine with!

The other day I MADE paint and that was a hit! all it is is flour, water, salt, and food coloring... u should try it! we had leftovers and just put it in the fridge and used it again a few days later! 

she's pretty talented.

Ross has had school but really didn't like it because Italy school really isn't fun like his way cool school in College Station. So this week he is in Soccer camp and tomorrow he has a game. We went and watched him the other day and he is the cutest and the smallest! and boy does he hustle up and down the field! i didnt get a picture....oh well.. Ill get one at his game!

Heres me and the kids at Lignano. We go there to eat about once a week so they can see their cousin, Elia.

They both have funny/cute personalities.

Last week on my day off I went to cortona with my friends Chelsea and Matt.

I love Cortona. It is such a cute town. My absolute favorite restaurant is there. I went two days in a row.. I cant remember what it is called and I didn't take a picture of it... I'll do a whole blog entry on that place! Anyway.. you get Cha Cha  (thats not how its spelled)  which is the freshest best bread ever. And the meat plate... it has all these different kinds of meat and you kind of make yourself sandwiches with the cha cha. and...bruschetta cha cha... I could live on that. 

So after we ate.. we went on a "trek" along the road... it was freakin' long and hard... but the view was nice.

We walked to this Monastery called La Celle. It was so quiet and nice there.. and there were maybe 5 other people there. I sat on a bench and fell asleep while Chelsea and Matt got out their sketch books.. (they are artists) (Chelsea also makes childrens books that are soo amazing here is her blog: sketchy-notions.blogspot.com)

I went to a disco with some friends... and this is the only picture I got from the night...

it was at a bed and breakfast that turns into a club at night on certain fridays. It was really nice and they played a lot of zumba songs. 

 The market in Castiglion Fiorentino is open Friday mornings. Amanda always gets her parmegiano here...

I will definitely be bringing some back.. we eat it on EVERYTHING.. and I'm getting hooked.

I love running into all the students from last year. 

This is Genevra... some guy i dont know.... Antonio... and Gabrielle. 

One afternoon me and Lana went to Castiglion De Lago.. it was really nice. we got a bottle of wine and sat in the sand. and then went to a really good restaurant.

heres a creepy picture of lola posing with weird animals.

speaking of animals...

 this is a pregnant toad.

so ross likes to pee outside... well lola likes to go number 2 outside.  

I'll leave you with this picture:

i love my job. SLOW DOWN summer.