Helping to make you smarter...

• The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.
• No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
• Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
• You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
• Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are 50 years of age or older.
• The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
• The King of Hearts is the only king WITHOUT A MUSTACHE
• American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.
• Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. **Since Venus is normally associated with women, what does this tell you!
• Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
• Most dust particles in your house are made from DEAD SKIN!
• The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. So did the first "Marlboro Man".
• Walt Disney was afraid OF MICE!
• Pearls melt in vinegar!
• The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
• It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but, not downstairs.
• A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
• Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

And the best for last.....

• Turtles can breathe through their butts.

You grew up in the 80's if...

1. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton
2. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.
3. Two words: Hammer Pants
4. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock"
5. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and spokey-dokes or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect
6. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales" (Woo ooh!)
7. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
8. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
9. You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen..and still know the turtles names.
10. You played the game "MASH"(Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
11. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
12. L.A. Gear....need I say more?
13. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
14. You wanted to be a Goonie.
15. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us...head-to-toe)
16. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
17. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
18. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.
19. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
20. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up.
21. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
22. You remember owning roller skates.
23. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
24. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.
25. You remember Popples.
26. Don't worry, be happy
27. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.
29. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
30. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
31. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB"
32. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART (YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME).
33. You just sang those words to yourself.
34. You remember Homemade Levi shorts.. (the shorter the better)
35. You remember when people thought mullets were cool!
36. You had a mullet!
37. You tight rolled your jeans.
38. You owned a bannana clip.
39. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you!

ROCK ON!

SMILE!

here is his CUTE smile :)

ok ok ok

I promise, soon I will start to write about other things again...the problem is, you see, he is SO DAMN CUTE and I haven't seen him in 2 days....that makes me cranky...and I probably won't be seeing him until like Sunday and that is just way too far away.

Ok..back to schoolwork...KISSES ANTHONY

Here's the New Prince :)

Hello Everybody :)

Here is the little prince on his third day of life ;-) isn't he just so damn cute...just like his Zia Monica ;)

more to come... stay tuned.

Anthony Nicodemo Phillip Rocco

He's here!!!

Our perfect bundle of joy. Congratulations to Marisa and Phil <-- you made a cute baby boy!

Born: 13 March 2007
Weight: 7 Lbs 7 ounces for you Yankees
3.385 Kg for us Canuks
Height: 20 inches
Time: not offical yet, but I think around 9:20am