Addie's 1st Haircut

We'll bang cut actually. I'd be crazy to cut her hair! Her bangs however; were a different story. They were getting to the point where you couldn't see her eyes so at 11 months and a few weeks old she got her first trim. Peyton was like 8 months old! Now we all know how that girl can grow hair LOL. Addison's is curly though so it is a lot different.

I feel so stupid, I forgot to take a "before" shot but here she is during...






We opted for the stylish side swept look


All done! PS. That's a scratch on her nose not a booger.


She was such a good girl and made everyone proud!

Happy 4th of July (in September)

This was a very different July 4th for the Corsetti family as Jason was in PA and the girls and I were in CA. Not sure what to do my cousin Stephanie called and asked if we wanted to go to Sea World, so we did. It was as crowded as you would expect but not too bad, no where near as crowded as Disneyland gets on a typical Friday night with everyone and their Granny living in the US owning a pass! But I digress. We had a very nice day. Jordan was able to take Peyton on some rides and activities while Stephanie and I hung out with Addison. We even caught up with some friends (the Carmonas & Silvas) during the fireworks! It's a small world after all...wait, that's the other park LOL.

Watching the Clyde and Seamore show


Here we are hanging out with Stephanie's buddies...the flamingos




Addison loved putting her hands on the ice. I think she's going to be just fine this winter!






Peyton and Jordan




This is the little toddler area. I put Addie down to see what she would do and she LOVED it! I had to crawl in after her to get her out.


Here is Stephanie, Jordan, and Peyton having a blast!


All in all it was a very nice day. The girls missed their Daddy but had fun with our family. I even touched a Manta Ray which I have always been to chicken to touch. But I had to put on a brave face for Peyton to show her it was OK. She didn't buy it and wouldn't try...maybe next time.

Go baby go!

Peyton's Birthday (yep, from way back in May)

Peyton's birthday was a Mad Scientist theme! Since her and our good friends' son Alex are in the same class and their birthdays are 2 days apart we decided to do a double birthday party. The Ariri family was gracious enough to have it at their home and it was a blast to plan.

The invitations were created by my computer savvy husband. We created an "I.D. badge" for each child and asked them to bring it with them as it was their "key card" to get into the lab. We rolled them up and put them into test tubes
along with a fizzy experiment they could do at home. We encouraged them to come with their craziest Mad Scientist look too!







Upon arriving to the "Lab" the professors were given a "retinal scan" and their "I.D.badge/keycard" scanned for entry. (we used glow sticks to wave across their eyes and pretended to slide their card on the side of a laptop). We set up the laptop to a text to speech site and had it say "Welcome to AP Labs Professor (child's name)" as each kids I.D. was "approved".



We had "lab aprons" for them to decorate upon arrival and made boxed lunches for the kids to eat in the "cafeteria". The cake was a Mad Scientist of course compliments of our friend Rose, and we had awesome green and purple swirled cupcakes topped with sanding sugar! To top the party off we had two "Mad Scientist" come to do a show for everyone. At the end of the show each child got to make slime to take home.
There were LOTS of friends and family there and even though it was blazing hot (thank God for the snow cone machine Mr. Frontino brought) everyone had a great time.







Peyton and Alex got so many presents it was crazy. We want to thank everyone for their generosity. She still has some that we are saving for a rainy day...which happens here A LOT by the way.



THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

The final DOT.

After another Saturday spent in the DOT it is official (sniff sniff) we have our PA drivers lic. It was raining, it was crowded, and it was another long wait. Ah, but this time we were smarter. Although it appeared to be a long wait and our tickets even said it would be Jason and I thought by some miracle maybe they move faster than they do in CA and wouldn't dare leave our seats the week before. This time was different, we learned from our mistake and Jason went inside to pull our numbers and scoped out the waiting room while I stayed in the dry car with the girls. He came back to the car and confirmed just what I thought, another long day waiting at the DOT. We ended up driving across the shopping center to pick up lunch and eat in the car. A long while later we went in and took care of business. We tried to keep our CA lic. telling them that we own a home out there and reside there part time (LOL) and the guy said no deal. You can not hold dual lic. in separate states. So much for that.

Now to register the car!

The DOT drama continues!

It's Saturday early afternoon and the Corsetti family piles in the car for a fun and exciting adventure to the DOT, DMV for those of you back home. Just like any DMV in Cali the place is disgustingly crowded with a wait time of forever. We grab our numbers, 153 and 154; and we take a seat. We hear a voice calling number 103...uh, hold the phone...did you just hear them call 1...0...3, we have 50 people to go before us! Thankfully people are impatient and leave so realistically we only have about 35 people in front of us. Over two hours later it is our turn and all is forgiven as we reach the counter. Oops, spoke too soon...
As we happily hand over all of our forms and announce our request for a PA drivers lic. we are told the system is down. Say what??? That's right the system is down, apparently it happens. They can enter some of our paperwork but we will have to come back and repeat the whole waiting process over again. Are you kidding me! Uh, nope; they are not. We did what we could then left the stupid DOT and headed over to Cici's for lunch. The only good part about that whole trip was that we did not hit traffic coming home because it was so late in the day.

Guess where you'll find us this Saturday?

O...M...G!

OK I am having a moment, crazy moment, irritated moment, confused moment, frustrated moment, humorous moment, what in the world moment; and I have to get it out. But since I live way far away from everyone and it is 10am here which means it is 7am back home I can't call anyone either! So here goes...

I just got off the phone with the PennDot (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation) who connected me to the Drivers License Center to find out how to transfer over my CA. lic to PA. I must visit a PennDot Photo and Exam Center within 60 days with the following:
Current License (which I must surrender...so sad)
Social Security Card
Proof of ID (US issued birth cert. with raised seal, cert. of US citizenship, cert. of Naturalization , or valid past port. If the name is different on any of the documents then you must provide one of the following as well: marriage cert., divorce decree, or court order.)
2 Proofs of residency (acceptable forms are utility bill, lease agreement, tax records, W2, mortgage doc., or CURRENT WEAPONS PERMIT)
Check or Money Order for $28

Sounds pretty simple right? Not for me! Since there are no utilities in my name, I have no tax records for the state, no mortgage doc. we'll- not for PA anyway, I do not own a weapon (are you kidding me with this one!), and the last time I checked "Mommies" aren't issued W2's.

That KILLS me...I can show them proof of a weapons permit (holy crap where am I living) but a regular ole' credit card bill won't do! So I have to travel back to the 50's and have my HUSBAND take me to the DLC (drivers lic. center) so he can tell them I live here too.

To get information on how to register the van I had to speak with a completely different office. Guess what...yep, I have to have my PA lic. before I can do anything with the van LOL.

Does it strike anyone else odd that they have different centers for license and registration? That means TWO trips of loading and unloading the girls in the van to stand in lines at places that are "boring" cause there's "nothing to do here". We'll at least it's not raining today (YET).

Pittsburgh We HAVE Arrived!

We made it safely and the Corsetti family is reunited once again! Too bad we can't say as much for our belongings. The moving company (who I may name publicly later if they don't make things right) LOST the hardware to Addison's crib along with many other losses and damages, but for now our poor baby sleeps in a play pen. The van (transported by another company) also delivered the car with some damages. We'll at least the family is intact right?!?!?

I cried pretty much the whole way here (and few other times since then). The girls did fabulous on the flights! Once we landed in PA I began to cry again and Peyton asked me why I was crying. I told her I wanted to go home. Her wise little 7 year old response to me was...This is your new home. Could somebody tell me when this child became so wise?

We have settled in nicely, as far as unpacking and all. We are still on the hunt for people to talk to on a daily basis LOL. Peyton has met 3 girls, one down the street, and two at church; who will be in her 2nd grade class with her. She is very excited to be meeting friends and can't wait to meet the rest. Unfortunately it rains A LOT here so she has only seen the little girl down the street once. So far we have done a lot of shopping and unpacking, and shopping. Everything that is going to get unpacked is unpacked and we can start moving forward. Here you can see our lovely view through the pile of boxes.



And this is a little love note was packed in one of my boxes...



We have explored a little and gotten lost a lot. There are many streets with no signs and even though each street has a name it is also called some color belt i.e "green belt" and there will be a sign with a green circle letting you know that. It makes no sense to me and Jason has not found anyone who knows why it is that way either. Getting lost is an easy thing to do around here. I don't mind it too much, after all that is how you discover your surroundings. EXCEPT when it starts pouring rain, thunder, and lightning...then it sucks to be lost.

Have you heard the phrase "Steeler Country"? It SOOO is! Everywhere you look! Even in the schools LOL. They have flags and banners everywhere you look. There is even a Steelers gift shop in the Grocery Store!!! Crazy. We just couldn't resist...we bought Addison a little stuffed football that chants and cheers Ha ha ha.

That's it for now. I have pics of Addison's first haircut and birthday to post later.

Our love to everyone.

So here's the scoop!

Life has been crazy busy, crazy scary, crazy good. Some of you may be reading this and learning it for the first time others of you already know... The Corsetti Family is moving alllll the waaaaay across these here United States to Pennsylvania! Yep, Jason got a job, a good job, a job that he is happy with. It is right up his ally and what he does best and so far he seems to be enjoying it. He started back in mid May and the girls and I stayed out here for Peyton to finish school. Now that she is out we have been packing like crazy with the help of family and friends. Wow, did anyone know how much (beep) I had? I tried to let some of it go and I did actually but there still so much more! Anyway, the movers come on Sunday June 28th to take everything to PA. We are renting a home for a while and have already picked a school for Peyton. Things are moving along. The girls and I will be here in CA until the end of July visiting family and friends then Jason will come down for a few days to say our "goodbyes" or "see you laters" for those who do not want to here the bad word, and we will head "home" to PA on July 26th.

I may or may not post due to no computer for the next month but never fear, once we are in PA I will be giving a play by play of our new adventure for you all.

In the mean time here are some random pics I'd like to share with you. Some of the girls and some of my cakes that I have been working on. If you remember I started a course 1 cake class a few months back and when we finished I asked to skip to course 4 fondant. We'll here is what I have done in that class. OH...and Addie has two bottom teeth!

I painted faces for a friend's daughter's 2nd birthday. Here is Peyton's kitty cat.

Here are some shots of Peyton from her schools spirit week in May.






Rock climbing at Discovery Science Center


Peyton at the talent show, I had NO idea what the girl was going to pull out of her hat!


Addison just being Addison...






Corsetti Girls




Yum Yum for your tum tum...

Here is my pink high heel zebra cake. I donated it as a raffle prize for Family Night. Due to lack of time I was not able to put a border on it the night I made it, so Rose graciously picked it up from the school and but a hot pink fringe border on the bottom with a grass tip. Makes a big difference (thanks Rose).




This is my first fondant cake


I made this one for Stephanie's birthday...she's crazy about flamingos


Rose and I made this one together for the teacher's end of the year luncheon


This one was for Drew's 2nd birthday. I used fondant for the eyes, nose, and mouth, and buttercream for the face for a little different look.


I was dying to use whip cream frosting. I had been working hard on learning how to make pretty cakes and I wanted to make one that taste good too LOL. I do not like the taste of buttercream or fondant so I never eat the cakes I make in class...which is a good thing! This one however...we ate all up!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG GIRL

In 33 minutes it will be May 2nd and Peyton's 7th birthday. She has requested that I wake her up in the morning by saying Happy Birthday...and Daddy too. She also wants to wake up to a bedroom filled with balloons! I'd better get started on blowing those up! I'll post more later...bye for now.

Bacon and Eggs

Check how how cute these are!
The "bacon" is preztle sticks.
The "eggs" are a melted white chocolate chip with a yellow M&M in the middle.

Off to Grandma's House We Go...

We recently took a trip up north to visit Jason's Grandmother which would be the girls Great Grandma, Cousins, second Cousins, and Auntie Carol and Auntie Diane (Jason's Sisters). It was a short tip but such a nice one. The weather was crisp and the scenery was beautiful...although the drive was l-o-n-g the girls did pretty well.

On our first day we had a lovely dinner that Cissy made and served in her beautiful SLAH pieces. For those of you who know me or have been to one of my parties you know how much I love my SLAH (Southern Living At Home)...and Cissy sells it! I was like a kid in a candy store. Peyton hit if off with her cousin Lauren as if they played together everyday. Great was there and poor sweetie broke her tooth on Cissy's steak...LOL. Actually, we were told it has happened before and it was not because of the meat but I did get a kick out of how she kept saying she broke it on Cissy's steak. We thoroughly enjoyed listening to her stories and watching her face light up when she saw the girls. Curt came home early from his trip to have dinner with us and thank goodness he did because Addie took quite a liking to him as he did her too.

Our second say we spent some time with Great chatting and enjoying the company of each other. That evening we met up with Jason's sisters for dinner. Friday night driving into Sacramento is just like Friday night driving to OC or LA...YUCK! But the trip certainly was worth it once we got to see Carol and Diane. We shared laughs over dinner then shared desert. Oh how Peyton loves to play with her Auntie Carol! It was a wonderful evening and we are glad we made it.

On our third and final day we stopped by to spend a few minutes with Great to say goodbye. She commented on how long it would be and she wondered how big the girls would be the next time she see them...I just pray it is not too long. Afterwards we headed out to breakfast and then cousin Steven's. He gave us a tour of his lovely home and when we got to the upstairs Peyton spotted Emily's toy room and that was the last we saw of her until it was time to go home...tee hee. Shelly was able to stop by for a few minutes to say hello, that was nice. It was a nice afternoon. We are gad we made the trip out there. As we were piling into the van to head out Peyton bent over to look at the rocks around the tree in Steve and Shelly's front yard. I quickly told her she could not take one of the rocks because they belong to them (Peyton loves to pick up rocks, sticks, and leaves). She frowned a bit then blushed as she realized what had just happened and put the rock back down. Shelly told her to hold on a moment as she ran into the house and came back with a tin filled with beautiful rocks for Peyton to take home. Needless to say Peyton was on cloud nine...thank you Shelly!

We made it home safe, sound, and pooped.

Generations...Great, Nana, Peyton, & Addison


Curt and Addison dancing to Frank Sinatra


Jason, Addison, Carol, Peyton, & Diane


Addison hanging out by Steve and Shelly's pool