Cattolica aquarium

The following morning after our arrival weather is absolutely unsuitable to go on the beach so I ask Momochan if she wants to go to see Cattolica Aquarium as I know she loves fishes so much and she enthusiastic gives her approval :)
Cattolica Aquarium is a big acquarium not so far from where we are, full of pools with every kind of fishes and sharks and there is also (like in Genova Acquarium) a special pool for kids where they can touch fishes, it is ful of little mantas and water is just 30 cm deep so kids can put their hands inside and reach the animals. From the hotel where we are now is 60 km, one hour travel, everything goes ok until we arrive, before I can park the car Momichan throws up !!! GOSH !!! her dresses, car seat and pelouche get all dirty !!! what a mess and poor baby !!! Poor me too, because I do not have a change for her except a nappy, so I clean her the best I can with paper towels, I close the car and we direct 400 meters in the nearby where there are some shops, in one of them selling swimming items and toys, I find a cute Hello Kitty pink t-shirt and a nice pair of pants. Coming back to the car there is an hotel so we get inside and I ask the clerk if I can use the bathroom. Luckily Momichan is little enough to be washed inside the sink and there is paper enough to dry her.

I normally carry a bag with a complete change, nappies and towels, bottle and everything but recently I thought she was big enough to stay half a day without taking all with us also at home we have gone many places without taking a change of dress with us and is not just luck, it was just unlunck today but anyway she has gained a new Hello Kitty shirt and she was very happy.

Entering the acquarium zone is something like a big open space with four main buildings, in the middle of the space there is a coffee place, a restaurant, a small pond and garden where ducks go free around. We saw sharks, turtles, mantas, jelly fish, tropical fishes and much more. Momochan was enthusiastic about that, I guess what she likes most is sea animals, she never say "no" when we propose to go acquarium :)

At noon it would have been time for lunch but we were not much hungry so we went to the coffee shop, I bought a coffee for me and Hello Kitty ice cream for Momo and we went eating outside looking at the ducks: there were many small ones, soft and yellow which Momochan likes a lot. Suddendly started to rain so hard we had to enter the coffee shop and wait until rain stopped 20 minutes later. We already had visited everything so we decided to come "home" and on the way back we stopped to visit Ikea Rimini. Momochan played and amused so much, I discovered some new products (powders for washing dresses which in our town were not yet on sell) which I bought for home and also I got a new pelouche for Momochan to play at the hotel.
We arrived back at the hotel in the evening just in time to eat dinner. Momichan had fallen asleep during the trip and continued sleeping, in the meantime I washed her dresses and car seat, after I tried to wake her up to go downstairs to the hotel restaurant to eat dinner but she wanted to sleep so I left her in her little bed, lighted the baby phone closed the door with key and went down to eat.
She slept all the time until I came upstairs 25 minutes later ^^

seaside :)

When I am at home I am lazy and I quite never wake up early but if I am in hotel on vacation, I get up on time so as to make breakfast and have all morning free so here we are Momichan and I in Milano Marittima city, at 8.30 AM Our hotel is on the sea, we have just to get out the front door and we are on the shore but first we have to go breakfast and eat something to have energies for the morning. The hotel doesn't offer much but we can have milk tea or coffee, eggs, cookies, cornflakes and toast with marmelade. Momochan has milk with a little coffee inside (a spoon) and tastes some toast, I take a cappuccino and toast with marmelade togather with a hard boiled egg. We are now ready to go on the shore and see how it is, Momochan cannot wait, she wants to swim and make sand castles :) On the beach there is also a coffee corner so that eventually I can have my late morning coffee, or I can buy sandwich or candies or ice cream for Momochan. Today it is sunny but is not so warm anyway I put immediately some sun protection cream on Momochan and we are ready to give a look around. While Momochan plays with the sand I give a look at the water and I discover inside the sea there are some jelly fish !!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOSH !!! I will have to be carefoul with Momochan. Water here is low and transparent, ideal for kids, sandy and with no stones or sea weeds but there are quite a lot jelly fish. Anyway I want to sho the jelly fish to Momochan so I take her green basket and catch the jelly ! WOWOWO ! Momochan is happy to see it, I explain to her if she touches it on the top is no danger but if she should touch it under where the long "hair" are, she can get hurt, the jellyfish burns a lot :) Momochan amuses so much in playing wit the sand but doesn't show much interest for water as it is quite cold, in june in Italy water is not very warm.

For midday we have lunch paid in hotel so we take our belongings and come back to eat. Momochan loves to eat in a restaurant :)

As the day is not shiny, the sun goes away pretty soon and clouds come, we have thought we can have a ride with the bicycle around the town so after lunch I provide Momochan with a foulard and I dress her with a comfortable dress, I take some water and juice and we go take the free bicycle of the hotel (all provided with a child seat).

The place is not bad, it is full of "pini marittimi" the classic tree of Liguria, which make a nice smell in the air. The small town is very cute, there is a big park with a wood inside and spaces for run, train and go with the bicycle, the small harbour with the tipical building and a small open market selling everything.While we are around weather changes and dark clouds start to appear so I decide is better for us to come back hotel and eventually watch Peppa Pig on tv and Momochan can rest a little.

Luckily I have brought some coloured pencils, albums, some books (and my pc) so she can play. Around 20.00 PM we get down at the restaurant for dinner, for Momochan I have ordered "cotoletta" and potatoes and she eats it all happily. Once back in the room she is tired enough, I prepare her for the night, put on her pijama and let her sleep in the big bed (although we have a child bed provided from the hotel), we have also taken from home her gray cat, milk bottle, dummy and a soft blanket.
As a first day it has been full of many activities and Momochan jumps and laughs on the big bed but soon fall asleep while I write about the past day on the blog :)

 

here we are !

Six o clock we arrive seaside, Milano Marittima is called and the first foto we take is the street in which there are all the hotels and is decorated by special trees calles -pini marittimi - which give a special seaside smell around ^^

Streets here do not have a name but just numbers, our hotel is located in the 16 th street.

Here we are, Momichan is in the hall of the hotel jumping here and there, I hardly can contain her, she wants to see everything and does not want to loose time while I have to ask about the timetables for lunches and news about safety box in the rooms, bicycles, shore and everything, also wee have to take up all our luggage before going dinner.

Dinner has been nice, we also had strawberry and choko ice cream and Momi has liked them so much, we have eaten fish and a roasted pork with cruncy carrots. Momi has a highchair and is good enough to use a normal glass without letting it fall on the floor, she is curious and eats quite a lot.First thing we do after dinner is get out and look around, there is a carousel and Momichan wants to go.

After the carousel we decide to go to the nearby shore to see the sea, lights, stars, hotels, sea, is nice here. Tomorrow we will be there playing, swimming sunbathing and Momichan will be the happiest ever, she has wanted coming seaside since so much time ! Is quite late now, eleven o clock so we come back to our room to have a shower anf milk and fresh pijama. Our room is at the second floor and we have a small balcony from wich we can see the seaside, Momi loves it so much and leaving the window open fresh air is comung inside and we can relax.
I have put herr pelouches on her bed and prepared milk for the night, in a few moments she will sleep and tomorrow afterr breackfast a new adventure will start. Have nice dreams Momichan, we will have the wonderful seaside week ever ^^

Seaside ^^

In this moment Momichan and I are leaving for the seaside, Milano Marittima ^^
Sampei has given us the family car for the travel, I guess we will arrive in 4 hours more or less and we will stop here and there to have a walk and a coffee for me, juice for Momi, and toilet ^^

I am really excited because this is the first holiday ever I am taking with my baby alone, I will have to drive for 350 km more or less and everything we will experience we will be only the two of us, my baby and I like when I was waiting for her and we were one ^^
Sampei has to work so we go for a week on the Adriatic sea. It is a special hotel only for people who have kids and we have profitated of a super special all inclusive offer for mum and a small baby that will permit us to take sun and bath in the sea, have lunches and dinner with beverages included, special menus for babys with dishes and glasses, forks and spoons for kids (made in plastic) a rich breackfast buffet in the morning, (for Momichan it will be a new experience breackfast in the morning because at home we never do but now she is getting bigger and anyway I will have to organize for her in september when she will attend higher lever kindergarden), the possibility to use free bicycles with kid seat and helmet, books for kid to read before going bed and a special night buffet with hot milk, bisquits, camomilla, in the bedroom there will be facilities for Momichan like at home, special bed, a special heater for her bottles, soft towels for the shower and many other things.

The Hotel is called Mirage and is directly on the beach, there is also animation for kids so is perfect if we stay togather or if I need to relax a couple of hours there is somebody who cares for Momichan and she will have possibility to dance, play and do everything she wants ^^

I guess we will go to visit at least one of the parks in the nearby, Momichan loves fishes so I will take her either to OLTREMARE or to ACQUARIO DI CATTOLICA or to the DELFINARIO DI RIMINI where she will see fishes, sharks and dolphins ^^

Seems really a dream .... but anyhow I will take my pc and camera with me and will post foto of us.

Raining day ....

(house seen from the sky)

Hallo everybody ^^

In this moment is raining hard here in Milan, I have awakened up early to go and clean the car inside to be ready to leave, I have finished loading bags, strolley and items inside including water bottles and juices for Momichan.
I have bought a pair of albums with a special pen for Momichan to colour while we travel, (something like this) special pen does not leave colour anywhere apart the special pages of the album so that is impossible for Momichan to dirt the car ^^
Rain is coming and going, one moment is raining hard and five minutes later is stopping, I am totally wet HAHA. Momichan is still sleeping in her bed while daddy is looking a kitchen programme on tv.

In a few moments I will wake her up and we will have shower and we will dress up ready to go but before we will eat alltogather with Sampey and granny, after lunch I will prepare a hot milk bottle for Momichan, we will say hello to everybody and we will leave, I hope Momichan will sleep a little during the travel anyway I have prepared albums to be coloured, some toys and little books so that she has something to do, we will stop I guess after 100 km to have a breack, a coffee and a juice and walk a little around.

I guess Momichan does not imagine how great will be our little holiday and when we will come back next saturday daddy and granny will be there and we will party, show fotos and tell everything, maybe Momichan will still be excited about her first vacation and will try to tell ^^

Hair cut ^^

In Italy is really hot now, we did not have had springtime because we passed from cold weather directly to hot summer, more or less we have 32 degrees and also is very humid so that some days is really difficult to breathe and you always feel sweaten even after a cold shower ^^

For this reason Momichan is sweating a lot whenever she sleeps expecially on the head, so she told me if she could have her hair cut shorter ^^

(mamma poppo cando, taia taia / mommy please is too hot cut my hair !) also as we are going away on vacation in a week time and for Momichan is the first time on a real vacation with me, she wants to be pretty. So here we are at our preferred hairstylist to make Momichan look fresh and more .... kawaii ^^

I have to say Momichan is really fantastic, she sits quietly and do not move while the hairdresser is cutting, she behaves great, she is curious about the result and smiles happy. I just said to the girl not to cut too much, just make something cute.

The result is very kawaii and Momichan is really happy, she touches her hair, she looks herself in the mirror and says "thanksss" to the hairdresser girl with a big big smile., she is really happy and she likes her hair short, she feels fresh now. For the occasion, (outside is very sunny) we decide to go to the central plaza of the town where there is our preferred coffe shop and buy a big ice cream. Momichan tries a new taste, mint !

We sit at the table, Momichan likes to sit like adults do when they have coffee or aperitifs and she starts to eat the ice cream but before she tells everybody in the shop she has cut har, (hey look, I have my hair cut !), everybody smiles and she is all happy about ^^

ciao ciao

Old house ....

After one year we come back in the old house.

After one year of no use, house is terribly dusty and dirty with bags, boxes and items everywhere on the floor so every morning after having taken Momichan to kindergarden I have to go to the old house to clean and organize everything. I do not have much time in the morning and I have to clean also after lunch when Momichan sleeps and sometimes if I need I also go in the night at nine o clock while Momichan is in her bed sleeping.

Since a few days we have again gas, hot and cold water, electricy and telephone connected so I can clean and have a shower before going kindergarden to take Momichan back home, granny-s home where we have lived up till now.

Every morning I take a bag with a fresh clean sweat shirt and pants to wear so that my dresses stay clean and ready to wear after the shower. I can also take a tiny breack and have a coffee, I took some from home and some tiny bottles of milk too, gas is perfectly working and I still have some pots and pans I can use to heat water ^^

As you see in the fotos after a week hard work house is clean again. Some of the rooms are lacking of furniture because it has been sold and also fridge, oven, microvawe are at granny-s house and will have to take back here.Since a week at granny-s house we do not have warm water because of something broken with the central heating so when Momichan and I come back home we have to come first there to the old house to have a shower, Momichan and the other kids now play in the garden of the kindergarden is fantastick because everyday the discover something new but when is time to go home they are terribly dirty so before put her to bed for the nap I have to clean her and let her wear clean dresses, this is the reason why every morning I also take a change for her I leave in the old house bathroom hanging to the wall ^^

Sometimes now that house is cleaner, Momichn comes with me, she plays around while I organize and she amuses a lot jumping on our old bed.

New teeth !!! molars ...

I was giving dinner to Momichan and she was laughing like a crazy when I noticed a new tooth ! WOW

she has a new upper molar growing, last week the two lower ones have come out completely and now with this one she has 19 teeth !

HEHEHE Sharky Momichan !

MOMOKO BENTO

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