Guarda Mamma!

Two posts in two days wow!

Don't get used to it.



Tonight the groceries came. My family here in Italy usually buys their food that they will cook for dinner that night the same day, but for other smaller things, they buy everything in bulk and the groceries are delivered.

Nothing out of the ordinary, really, except that they delivered at 9 pm. And also, I could have sworn we jumped ahead 3 months to Christmas.

"GUARDA MAMMA, TANTI YOGURT! MAMMA, BABBO, JOHNJOHN, GUARDA, SUGO DELLE MELE!"

I had never seen anyone so excited about groceries. Giaccomo is my little "brother", so to speak, the 3 1/2 year old commandant of the house. Today was also his first full day of school. (9:00 to 4:00!), and he had just finished his nightly dinner-time tantrum, was brushing his teeth at the umpteenth appeal from Babbo(daddy), when the bell rang and I hear "LE COSE!"

No one could touch anything in the bags. Giaccomo had to inspect first, show everyone what he took out of the bag, and then put it in its place if he could reach (he knows everything's place better than Babbo.) The eggs came in bubble wrap, and Giaccomo, unaware of the wrapped container's contents, let gravity unravel the eggs and all 36 fell to the floor, sparing maybe 2. Mamma was not amused. Christmas in October ended there, Giaccomo threw a spectacular tantrum, and fell asleep when his head hit the pillow.

I am going to try as hard as I can to get as excited as that about anything today.