Took the kids ice skating and against all sensible reason, I brought my camera and snapped some photos of the kids. Believe me, this was not an easy feat. Too many moving variables...and one very hard cold surface!! Enjoy!

So here's a photo of this year's gingerbread house. A bit different than last year's house, the kids used a little more artistic license this time to make it a Corso original. Hey, they were proud. Still the best $15 I spent!!

BIRTHDAY WEEKEND!

So the twins turned 10 December 14th so this weekend we decided to 1) have separate parties and 2) have them at the house, a movie theme.

AJ's party Friday night, Marissa's party Saturday night.

We projected a movie on a sheet down in the basement. We gave the kids pizza and cupcakes first and then they went downstairs for the movie. AJ and Marissa each invited about 15 friends over, and they were told to wear jammies and bring blankets and pillows.

Here are the boys during the few resting moments...most of the other times they were wrestling.

Then Saturday night was the girls' turn. I broke out the camera and snapped a few photos.Blowing off some steam before cupcakes...

Marissa gets two thumbs up!

Then all was quiet in the Corso house again.

But wait! There's more!!

Sunday we had some family over for dinner and...you guessed it...more cake!HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AJ & MARISSA!! We Love You!!

VISIT TO NYC
So during the first weekend of December we decided to go into the city and check out the tree and such. Very cold day, but we got a lot done in the day. Here are some highlights:

Started at the Museum of Natural History...

The Origami Christmas Tree. Very cool!

Yay! NYC pretzels!!

Our Halloween cookies

Arrgh!

A Graveyard Fairy...guess the Disney Princess days are over!

Our nite at Broadway on the Beach

Hanging out on the beach before breakfast...the condo's behind them...our room's the sixth from the top on the left facing the beach.

Our view from the deck

Enjoying the view from the deck after lunch

We're dining at the Giant Crab!

Chaperoning the 8th grade class trip

The Corso pool is officially open!!!

Cold, but open!

Kids' state flag projects

Now contrary to popular belief, just because they have an art teacher mommy, that doesn't mean that they didn't do any of the work. They did 99% of it. Mommy showed them some mad skills with the scanner, printer and the lightbox to trace. Plus she keeps a nice variety of coloring utensils in the basement as well. Cheating? I call it using the resources handy.

By the way, Marissa's state was Nebraska (they invented Kool-Aid there) and A.J.'s state is Vermont.

Marissa playing softball

So here's Marissa at this weekend's tournament in Rockaway. Unfortunately, the girls lost all three games they played between last night and today. Marissa got quite a few base hits and fielded decently. They have another game tomorrow morning. Wish them well.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

It was much cuter when they were 2! Now it's just creepy!

Busy, Busy, Busy!!!

The kids at work on their school projects.

They're getting so computer savvy...not enough to write my lesson plans yet...slackers!

Meet "Bob"

Cute, but a little creepy...

The Cabin- this was our home from Thursday until Sunday! A really nice time. Marissa caught a ton of fish (A.J. caught none...whah!!). Says it's "Just not his thing." He was much better at cutting and gathering firewood with Mike and Daddy.

So baseball and softball season are in full swing (no pun intended). Figured I should post some of the photos onto the blog. Sorry these are just of AJ's team. I was asked to post photos for the teams Web site. A fellow parent lent me her really nice camera to take some shots. Marissa's photos will soon follow... AJ's game face.
One of AJ's town twins (AJ's on the left).

Took some photos last week from Easter. Had a bit of a photo shoot with the kids. Enjoy!

So it's that time of year again. This time, I was very indecisive when selecting the egg decorating kit, so I bought three.

One set had the traditional cups with the colored Alka-Seltzers with the vinegar and all. Oldie, but still loads of fun! Kids still like that the best.

I also purchased a sports-theme kit that had these covers that shrink up when heated. Unfortunately, none of the eggs (except this one) fit around. I'm buying the medium eggs next year! The stickers were pretty cool though.

But then, we got all fancy! I bought this kit that came with little rollers. Always looks easier and better on the box! But the kids enjoyed it.
Overall a productive, and very fun evening!

Happy Easter, Everyone!!