Junior Jazzers, Hair Nets and Storage Bins

We're not talking basketball here, though that would be fun too. We put on some good ol' jazz music and the kids got musical! I highly recommend it! Drums, piano, recorder, pots, guitars, pans, wooden spoons, whatever you've got, pull it out! Arianna would have played all day! Massimo just couldn't get enough of the drums, and Enzo really took his music seriously!
I would also recommend a trip to the Sweet's Candy Factory for a little tour if you haven't been yet. Mostly because the tour comes with this fashionable blue hair net (and LOTS of candy samples)! Be forewarned that you can take NOTHING in with you(except an epi-pen and Benadryl, just in case you have a reaction to the nut dust in the air). Not a toy for you little ones, not a stroller (though you can use some of their's), not a healthy baby snack to keep little ones entertained, nothing. That is part of their scheme, I think. They want us all to become addicted to candy, candy, candy and they know that the earlier they can get people hooked, the longer they will be begging their parents for SUGAR! Thus you see that Massimo got his first taste of candy (unless Grandma slipped him some when I wasn't looking...possible, but unlikely). It was the only way to keep him calm and content through the 30 minute tour. Every time we passed a candy machine they offered a sample of what was being made, YUM! It was a fun time, really.

And if you're children are looking for some excitement, get organizing! I think my kids would rather I buy endless storage bins than any single toy. They ALL had fun climbing in and out of these things and dragging each other around the house in them too. Ahhh, to be a kid again! Marco wanted a ride too, I just didn't buy a storage bin big enough...next time, next time.