Ben Ten or Ben Diez or Ben Zheng??

Americano and Argentino
Both made in China. Whats up with that?
Come on Chinitos! Do Americans pay you that much more? This Ben 10 fell apart the first day!

aerial view of BA.......

..... from la casa de Rafael and Edda (Nico's grandparents)

La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Ultimos Dias (still a toungue twister for me)

Many of you have inquired about church so here I go......
We became some what inactive January and February and in March we decided it was time to get our act together. The first few Sundays I contemplated going back to my inactive state. However, after a bit of contemplation (just a bit) I decided I must press forward. Now it is mid May and I can honestly say that I LOVE our ward. I couldn't wait to get out the door today and we actually arrived on time. I've put most of the families together at this point and know a lot of people by name. I adore our Bishop. He is our age and has two kids Luna 2 and Ramiro 4. His wife Analia I adore as well. My visiting teacher is a hot blonde Gisella with three hilarious boys 7,8 and 10.
We've made buddies with Diana 10 and Damian 7 who seek us out every Sunday and sit with us in Sacrament and keep the kids entertained. Primary is pretty small. I think they average about 15 kids from what I can tell and nursery 3 that's including Pili. I've been hanging out with the kids in primary and nursery most of the time. Neither of them have fully adapted yet.
I haven't recieved a calling yet but Bishop Carizzo informed me today that he knows where he wants me. Stay tuned. Nico is first counselor in the Young Mens and at this very moment he is watching the DVD "A Brand new year 2010 for the strength of youth" from the first presideny and we spotted in the video two gals from our ward in NY. Rachel Draper playing the violin in Central Park and Noel Houston singing the theme song Be Strong!!! Made our night a little more exciting. NYC friends please let them know we miss them and are so proud of them. As of today I finally feel that our ward is starting to feel like family and that I need them. It is hard being here and not having our extended family taking part in our church activities. Matias ask every Sunday why los abuelos aren't coming to church with us. I will be speaking in church in June and we're hoping to get all the Delellis family to come and give me some extra support. I confirm the saints in Buenos Aires are strong in the faith and pushing forward.
Missionaries came over for dinner tonight. One from Salt-lake and the other from Chile. Cool guys!
Have I left anything out? I'm sure I'll be posting more about church in the near future.

Faces or ????

You would rather see their faces together rather than their buttoxes, correct?

HERMANOS

I love this picture and it made me realize that I don't take near enough pictures of the two of them together. I'm going to work on it!

Thomas and the Ultimate Railroad

Thomas the Train is one of Nico's many obsessions. He started collecting the train sets for Mati when he was two or so and this is where we are now. It's pretty amazazing to me b/c I can't even put together the figure 8 set without getting frustrated and the two of them can put this layout together with in minutes. I love it, but I had to put a ban on Thomas. I realized that Nico had to be stopped, he can be so childlike sometimes!! So today we had some of Mati's friends from school come over to play with Thomas and the RR. Delfina, Milena, Santiago, and Facundo. They had a blast. Matias is choosing his friends well so far. Milena won my heart when she came out of the bedroom shouting "Mama de Matias Delellis, the boys made a disaster." I am so mad that I forgot to take pictures. I even sat my camera out and all. I guess I got a little carried away roasting marshmellows over teh stovetop for the moms. They were a hit and so were the Chocolate chip cookies. Both foods cease to exist here.

Michael Jackson Impersonation

Meet Ticiano. He is the grandchild of Mabel's neighbor and Mati's newest Pal. We love this kid. He cracks us up. First time he was over for dinner he asked me if Michael Jordan was Black. I was astonished by the question, I mean a 4 year old Argentinean who knows MJ and is also concerned about his race.

Come to find out he has an obsession with Michael JACKSON hence a confusion with Black and White!!!!! hhahaha Check out his impersonation and keep in mind this is without music or his black coat and hat.

ps: any opinions about the hair-cut? A very popular cut here! Matias always ends up with something similar b/c it seems that's about all they know to do. We're working on it, I'm about ready for Matias to go Military!!! The other day he said he wanted a hair-cut like abuelos. I said "how would that be?" his response was "Short and Curly" A perm maybe???? Short I could deal with.

Anywayssss Check out little Michael wannabe >>>>>

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vwbeTg2lmDfZqHiF2bX6N_e4Rmjk5iy1c8BxNdqpdXc?feat=directlink

STOMP ROCKET CRACK UP

Making rounds this weekend collecting missils from our neighbors backyards since we've started to run low. I think I'll be needing a refill pack soon (mom if you're reading!!) J/K

Wasn't expecting Pili to fall to the floor in laughter when I pulled this out of the closet for Matias

http://picasaweb.google.com/NKDelellis/StompRocket?authkey=Gv1sRgCOH44Y6X1539fg&feat=directlink

Third world country luxuries

Gasoline service.

Doctor visits in home.

I especially love hosting the Doc. I mean come on it doesn't get any better. No hauling the kids out sick, or painfully long waits in the doctor's office, or outings in potential life-threatening weather ( I have terrible memories of NYC doctor visits in March)

The drawback I suppose is that these are random doctors not our actual pediatrician, but for minor aches and pains and a routine prescription, I'll take any doc willing to come to us!! We've had 4 in our home already.

school days

Today all the parents met with Gisella (Mati's teacher) to get a brief recap of the last 2 months and we recieved a synopsis of our child's progress. I wasn't able to take it home but I jotted down a few things. Nothing came to surprise. Mati is organized. He is an observor. He is sweet and likes to share his experiences with his teacher. He has respect for the routines of school. He is conservative. He shares very well and hence finds it very difficult to understand his classmates actions at times. He is sensitive. He shows support to the group. He likes cars, balls, cooking, and painting.

Satisfactory EXCELENTE!!! http://picasaweb.google.com/NKDelellis/ColegioAlaAmarillaDeLosSolcitos?feat=directlink

BIEN MATIAS EZEQUIEL DELELLIS!!