Viva Italia!

Here are some shots of my adorable boys taking turns holding up the Tower of Pisa. They get those bulging muscles from their dad. We spent August 21st through the 24th in Italy. Enjoying the Italian life--driving fast, drifting over all the lines on the road, sandles and t-shirts and swimsuits and sweat. The kids weren't overly impressed with the incredible architecture. They just wanted to get to the cabin we would stay in at the Italian army base, Camp Darby. Garrett laughed at these "Leaning Tower of Pisa" pictures I took because, as you'll notice, I took the picture so that they are the only things that are straight and everything else is crooked.

The boys got to swim in the Mediterranean Sea. They made a human blockade to protect an Arc Trooper Hut with Yoda in it--their version of a sand castle. Garrett and I were amazed that here we were in Italy and our kids were seeing things we had never seen before--Pisa, swimming in the Mediterranean, vineyards and so much more and our boys kept asking if we could just go back to the pool on the base and swim. Someday they'll think this was pretty cool, but for now, they just want to chill at home with their legos! Sorry kids, we're going to make you enjoy this European experience. On Friday we went to Cinque Terre, a group of 5 Italian towns on the coast that you can only get to by train or by boat. Each of the towns are connected by hiking trails so we hiked between two and then rode the trains to the others. I forgot the boys' swimsuits, so they wore their undies to swim in, except for Joe who had an earlier catastrophe and lost his undies all together. Incidentally, if you're traveling near the Mediterranean and find a pair of boy size 5 spiderman briefs, Joe wants them back. Joe went au natural and fit in with the European kids better than the rest of us, since most kids his age don't wear swimsuits. We really did stand out, being about 15 shades lighter than anyone else. Even the really old people are super duper tanned and lay out on the beach like they're evenly basting a turkey--10 minutes one position, 10 minutes another position etc. etc. The Italian men are super hot with a roll of money sticking out one side of their speedos and a pack of cigarettes sticking out the other side--clearly too many things sticking out!