Lauren's Wedding Shower

On Saturday, Stephanie, Mary, Joanie & I threw a fabulous wedding shower for Lauren.  It was outside by Mary's awesome pool, and everyone had a great time!  The invitations had a "time" theme with everyone receiving a specific hour & their present matched that time.  I had 7am, so she received a coffee maker + frother + to go coffee cups + coffee!  Our food was in line with the "time" theme.  We had breakfast, lunch & dinner.  Breakfast was small wontons with egg filling & fruit kabob & mimosa's, lunch was two types of salad (quinoi with veggies+ green salad) & long island iced tea, and dinner was pasta & breadstick and sangria.  Our dessert was a total hit too - yummy pastries from Russo's Gourmet Express and mudslides.  As you can see, each meal had a drink attached as well so we had a bit of a buzz by the end of the night.

Lauren got many great gifts, and we all enjoyed ourselves.  We are so excited for November 12th!!

I was busy being a hostess & serving, so I did not take too many pictures.  Sisters & aunts, please send me your pictures for the blog!  Lauren is opening some gifts - I think this was the breakfast time.... 

 Cute girls!

 Grandma & the youngest grandchild, Lizzie.

 More pretty girls!

Fun shower games - Rosie's dress fell down and Caty won the contest!  They were all very cute & fun dresses!

The other fun game was similar to the Newlywed Game - Debbie taped Jesse answering 20 questions & Lauren had to see if she answered them the same way.  Needless to say, she got 6 out of 20 correct.  It was fun, and Jesse had so many sweet things to say about Lauren.

Now, we need to find some wedding shoes for Rosie, Anna & Jo and a dress for me!

Last day of daycare for Josephine

I know there are a million more blogs to post since March, but I have to start somewhere (& this is not in order at all but that's life for the Carollo's!) 

Jo's last day at St. John's Mercy daycare was Friday, and I snapped some pictures to remember this awesome place.  She started in the Apple Room with Margaret & Becky (the BEST baby teachers & I hope to continue exchanging Christmas cards with them for a long time).  They truly loved Jo & took such good care of her.

The next room was the Blueberry Room, and then the Plum Room & then finally the Watermelon Room.  The Plum room had another three awesome teachers - Ms. Vicki & Ms. Kathy & Ms. Ellen.  They taught her so much, and even though they were only 3 & 4 years old, they learned more than I could imagine!  I will talk more about Ms. Ellen below - she is seriously my favorite teacher of all time.  So sweet & & kind!

Her last room was Watermelon room - just a few weeks until she was off to St. MM (preK4).

Bryce & Jo - Bryce asked Jo to marry him every day, and he is so cute (& so much bigger than Jo)!  He cried for a few nights before Jo's last day (per his mom) & said "what am I going to do without Jo?  can we buy another Jo for me?"  Isn't that so cute??

Her favorite pals:  Dillon, Arti, Addison & Bryce

 Ms. Ellen with her girls!  She did their hair on her two days there & they loved it!  She would use beautiful ribbon & bows & called it her boutique.  Ms. Ellen loved Jo, and she always told me that everyone loved Jo in the class. She was friends with everyone and truly cared for her friends.  She was the first to check on kids who were hurt, and she never complained! I remember that we would forget her swimsuit from time to time for waterplay, but Ms. Ellen said she never got upset - she just would run around in her extra clothes.

The boys in her class - notice Jo & Bryce holdings hands!

We will miss this place, but Jo is growing up & ready to move to her next school.  Rosie & Anna have remained friends with their preschool friends, and we plan on doing the same for Josephine.  We were lucky to find this loving environment for Jo to grow up in during our workday. Thank you to these great teachers!