Weekend of fun.

So, last week Celia and Dean only had baths on Monday and Friday.  I call that a good week of summer fun.  :)  We were at the pool a lot and when I was little, that counted as a bath.  Have I said that I LOVE our pool here?  It's so nice, kid friendly, and...entertaining.  Apparently on the weekends it's the local hang out for the 20's something crowd.  They all hang out in the baby area (zero depth entry) getting numbers and tans, I'm guessing.  I still find it quite entertaining that they see the look of swim caps paired with Ray Bans as cool.  Swim caps are about the equivalent of wearing a banana clip in your hair.  Or maybe it's the Speedos?

This past weekend our little town had its own Sagra so were able to walk to that.  It was held in our little town square.  We live in Vicenza, but kind of a suburb off of that called Cresole.  This is the area where Celia and Dean often play soccer. 

Dean enjoyed this ride a lot, even though the little girl behind him made him nervous (Dean has a little issue with personal space...which in Europe is non-existent).

This weekend we also found a pizzeria that has a big front lawn with outdoor toys for the kids.  A great idea!  Drew and I got to relax and pretend to be on a date while the kids played.  Being that we haven't had a sitter for about 6 months, it was pretty close to the real thing.

On Sunday we hiked up a (small) mountain and checked out another castle.  I mean, what else do you do on a cool 95 degree day?  Notice the red faces and wet hair on the kids.

As were we walking up, we were passing grapevines.  I mean, how much more authentic can this get?  Oh, I know...having the Italian Grandma pick some fruit from her trees and give it to your bambini as a snack on the way up.  (Happened, really.)

They are pretty excited about their new "treasure chests."

And here we are at the BEST gelato ever!  To cool off, we dined on some cioccolato gelato.  I've taste-tested a lot here and this was by far the best!  As we were eating at this cute gelateria, at 6pm (no dinner yet), on this quaint street, the church bells start chiming.  Really?  Again....so authentic.

View from our gelateria.

See the town name behind me?  Soave.  If you're wondering how to pronounce it, just think of that great 90's hit Rico Suave and you've got it. :)

Spotted this on the way back to the car.  I think it's Celia's dream come true.

They are loving life and each other after some ice cream for dinner. :)