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Sat, Oct 31, 2009 10:29 PM
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

We had a fantastic Halloween. Our friends Beth, Cathy and Hannah came over -- we had dinner and trick or treating together, and much fun was had by all.

Arden was, of course, a pirate and Hannah was the lovely Belle. We covered the entire neighborhood, got bags full of candy and yet somehow, each girl only had one piece of candy tonight! Not bad!

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Sun, Oct 25, 2009 9:50 PM
Today kicked off the Halloween festivities for the week -- the Youville Halloween Party. Arden had a great time -- best trip to see Nonna yet. She was very little girl today ... interacting with the other residents, letting Nonna show her off, no hiding behind her moms.

I must say though, the best part of today was how happy Nonna was ... each person that came within 50 feet heard "these are my grandchildre and THIS is my great granddaughter." Utter joy.

Arden trick or treated, watched the magic show, got a balloon sword (naturally) and then we celebrated Nonna's upcoming 92nd birthday with a great cake!

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Sun, Oct 18, 2009 5:25 PM
This post comes to you from a snowy OCTOBER afternoon. We're hopeful that Mother Nature is getting the snow out of her system early this year, and we will have a dry winter. Is that what they call wishful thinking?

We have had a busy couple of months since Arden's birthday. Charlie turned 4, we went to his party at Smolak Farms, we hit up the Topsfield Fair a couple of times, and are, of course, getting ready for Halloween.

Arden continues to thrive in school. She has been starting to write words other than her name...at the top of her list are Mommy and Mama, and this weekend's favorite has been 'arm' -- who knows, maybe I'll get my National Spelling Bee champion after all ;-).

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Sun, Aug 23, 2009 9:25 PM
Arden offically turned 4 this weekend. Her actual birthday was, by request, low key. We offered up a fair, a movie, a trip to a special restaurant but she was more than content to just hang out at home in her jammies, playing with toys and watching movies. It has been awhile since we had done that, and we were happy to oblige.

Let the record show, though, at about 7:45pm when the sun was setting she sobbed that her birthday was ending and that 'we didn't do anything.' Sigh. 412 times of asking and getting "I want to stay home" ... she's so special, our child.

We DID bake brownies together, and she no longer runs away when people sing Happy Birthday. Dare I say, she actually enjoys it now. And she is a pro at blowing out the candles.

Today Bobby and Mandy hosted another birthday party for her. She is so loved, this kid, and we appreciate all that everyone does for her. Oh how her world will be rocked when another child enters the picture, someday in the future.

These days Arden is still a big fan of pirates. Nearly every birthday card she received was a Pirates of the Caribbean card. Like Dora, and well, all of the Ferraris, she is a huge fan of Disney World. She has told us the money she got from her birthday will be saved for the next trip there, and collects coins (and sometimes dollar bills) in a backpack...all with the focus of Disney.

She is in the pre-kindergarten room at school, and now that she has settled in is quite thrilled. If only she could get those boys to understand that girls can play Spiderman too.

Arden is unique and wonderful. We often say shopping for Arden is not like shopping for other 3 or 4 year old girls. And you know what? That's great. We love it. She is an incredibly cool child, and we are so very, very lucky to call her our own.

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Sun, Aug 9, 2009 1:39 PM
Saturday August 8th was the annual Futures at Fenway. Annette got tickets months ago, and we had a great time. I'm not sure anyone really paid attention to the baseball, per se, but the kids enjoyed all the other good things about Fenway, hot dogs, ice cream, peanuts...

Arden's 4th birthday just ahead of us. Her big birthday party is on the 15th. She has requested a Ghost Party. Naturally. We deduce this was inspired by the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney World. Annette discovered, just in time, I might add, the Monster Mini Golf place in Danvers. They have a party room.

This week will be dedicated to the making of the requested cake. A chocolate one, with a 'stinky pirate, nice ghost, and a baseball.' She and I head for the store today to get supplies. We'll do that, Dora will do the baking a decorating. A fair trade, don't you agree?

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Sat, Jul 25, 2009 10:51 AM
We spent a blissful 2 weeks at Arlington Lake with Grandma Mary and Nonno. Arden spent two weeks in her swimsuit on her own private beach, finding pirate treasure while kayaking with Uncle Bobby, making Hippo food with Mandy, floating on a raft with Mommy and overall loving being the center of attention (as if that's not normally the case). We roasted marshmallows on the gas stove to avoid mosquitoes, spent lots of time with friends and family, played a lot of indoor and outdoor games. A wonderful time was had by all, so thanks to Mary and Bob!!!!

Check out the pictures!!

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Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:21 PM
We've just returned from Disney World. Dora had a conference so Arden and I tagged along for some Disney fun. Thanks to the crazy specials Disney is running we managed to stay a week at no extra cost!

Arden continues to be an adrenaline junkie as well as a pirate junkie. We went on Pirates of the Caribbean 12 times. Yep. 12. This time she was also tall enough to go on Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain, as well as Soarin' and Test Track over at Epcot. She loved Thunder and Splash, though, like Dora, hated the fact that she got wet. You know, on the water ride.

Soarin' was a HUGE hit with her and Test Track, which freaked me out, had her screaming for more.

Of all the characters, Mulan was the one she wanted to meet. We called and found out she was at Epcot at a certain time. All through lunch it was "is it 3 yet? is it 3?" We finally headed for China, where we were told we would find Mulan and the child, who was dressed in her special Mulan hairdo and clothes, buried her head in my shoulder and claimed she was 'too tired and needed to go to her stroller to rest'. Yes folks, she was utterly, 100% starstruck. Mulan tried to coax her out of her shell but to no avail. Luckily thanks to a great photographer and a sneaky Mulan, we managed to get a couple of pictures without Arden being any the wiser.

We had a great trip and Arden is already asking to back to Disney...tomorrow. I told her we couldn't go back since we spent all our money at Disney and she told me to go to work and work harder to make more money for Disney. I'd say Disney runs through her, wouldn't you?

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Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:36 PM
Today brought us the first really nice day of the year. Actually, we surpassed really nice and went straight for HOT.

We met up with Charlie and his parents for lunch at Cracker Barrel, then headed to a local park. They spent the first hour playing with their new bubble machines...frankly it was just too hot to do much beyond that. As it cooled they ran each other ragged. Then it was home for ice cream cones.

Overall, a very nice summer day...in April!

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Thu, Apr 23, 2009 8:47 PM
Another Easter come and gone...Grandma Mary and Nonno couldn't stay away and came for several days.

Tis the beginning of a busy several weeks...Grandma Joanne and Pops will be coming in 3 weeks, and not long after that we're heading to Disney yet again. Dora is going down for a conference and we decided to tag along. Turns out it's during the buy 4 get 3 days free time, so the long weekend turned into "hey, we might as well stay the week!" Logical, no?

Dora will be busy in meetings during the day, so Arden and I will be left to our own devices, and we'll have 3 or 4 days where Dora will be able to hang out with us.

In great news, we went to the pediatrician this week and Arden is now over 41 inches without shoes, meaning she is now free to ride Thunder Mountain. She's thrilled, as it didn't go over well last time that she had to miss out.

Arden at 3.5 is interesting. She's hilarious, smart and can argue with the best of them. I wonder where she gets that ability...

Grandma and Nonno bought her a big girl trike while they were visiting, and she can fly on that thing. We take it over to the reservoir near our house and she goes for a mile at a time. If nothing else, she'll whip both me and the dog into shape!

We're looking forward to the first really nice, warm weekend of the year. I imagine the bike will get lots of use this weekend.

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Thu, Apr 23, 2009 8:14 PM
Conversations with Arden

(setting the scene: i noticed that a certain someone had colored on the wall in her room. she was told that she'd be cleaning it off the next night)

As she's cleaning the wall:

"I'm sorry I colored on the wall, Mom....but you didn't give me any paper."

13 should be fun.

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