Bambino Balent

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Our tribe has spoken. After five years and four months on the island, we've been voted off Survivor Sicily. Tune in next season for S...

And Paolo gets into some poisonous mushrooms at the pet potty area outside the Navy Lodge. Paolo had explosive diarrhea , was foaming at th...

Today I had my final lunch/ playdate with Ella. After lunch we went to the park and she once again shamelessly hit on me. I keep telling he...

Last night we had dinner and drinks with Meagan at Days Inn Pub across the street from the military base. It's an Irish pub with excel...

Last night we had a farewell dinner at Bina and Nino's house. Bina made homemade sciaciatta , pizza and cipolinas . It was delicious ...

Today is Epiphany, the Italian holiday that marks the end of the holiday season. On this day, Befana , the good witch brings candy to all th...

Yesterday was Dad's 36th birthday so we celebrated the best we could for a family living out of suitcases in a hotel room. After we at...

Santa brought me a Thomas The Tank Engine DVD for Christmas and since we 've checked into the Navy Lodge , I have not stopp...

Mom came down with a nasty cold on New Year's Eve , so we were forced to cancel our party plans with Meagan and Chuck and s...

The movers came and carefully wrapped all of our belongings in bubble wrap , boxed it up and placed the boxes into giant wooden...

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Love, The Balents

It's orange season in Sicily so for Christmas breakfast, I made fresh squeezed orange juice and used up every orange in the house. Dad c...

The rain kept us cooped up in the house all weekend so today Mom and I HAD to get out of the house before we drove each other CRAZY. We visi...

but we're hoping for a dry one. It's been rainy and windy with temps in the 60's here in Sicily. We try not to complain too much...

We had an early Christmas celebration with Meagan last night because she won’t be here on Christmas day—the brat is ditching us for a romant...

Yesterday I went to Ella's house for our regular scheduled Monday morning play date , but this play date was anything but regular. Ell...

One reindeer holiday Baby Gap sweater= $30.00 Four cups of coffee and one apple juice while you wait in a 2 hour line to see Santa= $10.00...

This doubles as my "Gimme a kiss" face or my "I smell a fart" face.

are filled with roaring laughter when my dad tickles me while shouting, " Zizzer ! Zazzer ! Zoo !"

This is my latest discovery. The oven door can also be used as a trampoline! Can anyone recommend a good anti-anxiety medication (besides...

Lately we've been reflecting on all the things we'll miss about Sicily. There are of course many things we won't miss about Sici...

My Mimi gave me this stuffed dog for Valentine's Day last year when I was visiting her in Florida. I never really paid any attention to ...

Coming up front Motta road this afternoon we saw this flock of sheep in a pasture with the Motta Castle off in the distance. We'll mis...

On Friday, we went to Pizzeria Donna Fortunata in Motta for dinner. Dad has picked up pizza from here several times, but we've never s...

Yesterday I went to see the doctor for a check up. I'm 35 ½ inches long and I weigh 28lbs 14ozs. I'm in the 95th percentile for hei...

On Friday evening, we went to the winter festival on base. The gym was filled with inflatable slides, obstacle courses and bouncy houses. M...

On Saturday evening, we went to Piano D'Api , the part of Acireale where my parents lived for their first three years in Sicily. We swu...

In honor of our last Thanksgiving in Sicily, we stuffed the turkey with pasta. Il tacchino con la pasta è la sciocchezza! Last year for my f...