Festival Italiano

Fall is the season for festivals I guess.  Just in our area there are probably 50 festivals/craft fairs/Harvest Fests that are going on now though the next month or so and I took the kids to the Festival Italiano today.  It was pretty cool, would have been cooler if we had money to spend, the only thing we bought was a small small cup of gelato and it was $4.00.  However, there was some cool free stuff like children's Italian story time, Italian chef demonstrations, and the Balistreri Vineyards children's grape stomp where kids stomp the grapes that make "Little Feet Merlot."  I totally talked up how cool it would be for Mikelle to step on grapes so she'd be excited.  We barely missed the first stomp by 15 minutes and had to wait 2 long extremely hot in the sun hours for the next one to start but that was fine because it gave us time to walk up and down the festival and get some gelato.  So, here are the kiddos stepping on the grapes.  If we drank wine, I totally would have bought a bottle of the "Little Feet Merlot" that would be ready next year of the juice from the grapes that the kids stomped on today.

Waiting to stomp

The grapes

STOMPING!

Jonah lasted about 10 seconds, Mikelle about 30.

Sunglasses and misc.

After bath time

Ready for the day

Finished!

Mikelle working on it

Jonah's sunglasses

Getting into trouble

After a bath

Giving Jonah a hug

Jonah, Mikelle, and Addie (Mikelle's friend)

Mikelle was obsessed with sunglasses for a week or so, it got really bad for a few days.  She wore them all the time, even in the bath tub.  I  had to beg her to take them off so I could wash her hair, then they had to be right back on again, she even fell asleep with them on, and then I would take them off.  I bought some new ones for her and Jonah that don't have the strap that goes around their heads, and now, she kind of lost interest.  I also, have the finished picture of the dresser.  

I got a nanny job.  I watch Addie (Mikelle's friend in the picture) full time starting next week.  She is such a good little girl and her and Mikelle are best friends now and get along so well.  In fact, everyday that Addie hasn't come over, Mikelle asks "where is Addie?"  So, it will be a good way to have a little income.  Matt also got a job that is every Friday for one hour helping an older guy in our ward with his computer.  Thats all thats new.

Downtown Denver

We spent Labor Day in Downtown Denver.  We thought it would be fun for the kids to ride the light rail, so we rode the "really really fast train" as Mikelle calls it, and went to the 16th street Mall.  We ate dinner at Rockbottom and played games at the ESPN Zone.  It was pretty fun.  It was also nice to have a long weekend with Matt home.  

Mikelle does a new thing now.  If Matt is bugging her (or telling her to stop bugging Jonah in other words) she says "Daddy, go back to school", and if I am 'bugging' her, she says "mommy, go away, go feed Jonah."  I have mixed feelings of whether or not to laugh, or to tell her to be nice.

I have finally finished the dresser I have been trying to paint for a month now, and bought some cool handles for it.  When I get the mirror painted now, I will post a picture of it; but it looks awesome.  

 Jonah can ride Mikelle's power wheel now by himself, so I put on a video of that, and of Jonah walking because most people haven't seen that yet.