Alessandra's Birthday PARTAY

Here are pictures from the party we had for Alessandra.....enjoy (there is also a picture of a banner we made, but for some reason blogger is not letting me upload any more pictures....sorry.)

Romantic Dinner for Two

Christine and Chloe

Max, Alessandra, Ava

Uncle ABEL!!!

Uncle Silvio and Bizy

Gidget and Tuttie

This is NOT the face of a guilty man who fed this Baby a cupcake

Oops, the Love Birds caught Again eating Cotton Candy

Leslie and Max

"Can I Eat this Yet?"

Friends

October 12, 2010

3 years ago on October 12th my Princess was born. Alessandra is perfectly princess in every way, and we love it. Here is how we celebrated her day.

Good Morning Bedhead
Balloon, Flowers, and M&M's from Daddy

Class Birthday Snack and Being Crowned Birthday Queen

The Birthday Queen Herself

"I"m Three"

Presents!

Birthday Lunch at Chilis

Uncle Silvio Brought the Best Balloons Ever

Super Birthday Weekend for Jessica

We started off our super birthday weekend spectacular Friday with a drive down to Bradenton, Florida. We walked around the town center at Lakewood Ranches, had dinner and called it a night. Saturday morning we went to Siesta Key... the best sand beach that I have ever been to. At first we had a hard time getting Alessandra to put her feet in the sand and to get into the water but after a little bit of coaxing she was loving it. When it was time to go, she didn't want to leave.

She kept wanting to lay in the water

One happy girl

There were a lot of people at the beach because of spring break but the beach was so spacious it really wasn't a big deal because we had plenty of room.


Checking out the waves

Burying her shoes

The sand at Siesta Key was pure white


Saturday evening we went to St Armand's circle and walked around the shopping areas and ate at an Italian restaurant: Le Colonne. The food was good and the pasta was homemade but the bread wasn't that impressive. I had Gnocchi and Jess had mushroom and veal stuff Ravioli. I give it a 7 out of 10. There was another Italian restaurant that I would like to try the next time we go there. I gave Alessandra some San Pellegrino (fizzy) water to see if she liked it not thinking she wouldn't but she kept wanting more... it was a funny sight to see.

Birthday Girl


Goooood

While we were in Sarasota we went to the Ringling Brothers Circus Musuem and it was amazing to see how much work would go into those huge circus productions.
John Ringling's Ca' d'Zan and the The Mansion was amazing and was built in the Venetian style that you see in some parts of Venice, Italy. It was finished in the 20s and has been maintained/restored quite beautifully. "Ca' d'Zan" means house of John in Venetian dialect.

Ca' d'Zan terrace overlooking the water

The John and Mable Ringling Art Musuem had original Baroque works of Peter Paul Rubens and casts of famous Italian sculptures.

We checked out a different beach on next day ... Lido Key which is just a few miles north but the sand was nothing like Siesta Key. It had more shells but the beach was a lot smaller, making it seem more crowded.


A little while before we ended our trip to head back home

It was a great trip.

BIRTHDAY DINNER
Dinner at Manny's Chophouse with Silvio and Leslie just a couple of hours ago

Jess and Edward

Birthday time!

Beauty and the Gio

Sil and Leslie

Alessandra's Birthday Party

It has been a while, but finally here are pictures of Alessandra's Party. We were fortunate enough to have the Greers here at the same time. It was Nicks actual Birthday so we had to get him a cake too. Sorry Nick for stealing your shine! Anyways, it was a hit with Gio's chicken, to the pinata, cake eating and presents!