Dany's Birthday

We had a great time celebrating Dany's birthday. We had a superheros party in our backyard and the weather was perfect! The kids loved dressing up. Halloween is never long enough... We had Dany's favorite things: Dressing up, spaghetti and meat balls, games, donuts, a spider man pinata, and cup cakes. By the way Dany was responsible for decorating the cake with his superheros and a few spiders. Dany loves decorating and spiders! We are so happy and grateful to have such good friends. You guys always make our lives so much funner.

Halloween & Dia de Muertos

Dany loves Halloween! He loves everything about it!... dressing up, the movies, candy, going out at night, the decorations, even being scared. The girls loved going out trick or treating but they didn't like their fairy wings. Were you cold this year during Halloween? Well, if you were in Phoenix it was a warm night and we got a bit hot since we were planning for chilly weather. Elizabeth went out with us and we all had a great time. It's amazing to see how the street comes to life with great decorations and people walking around on their costumes. By the way, Olivia did not see coming that Betsy could scare her. We were expecting sweet grandma Betsy and when Olivia open the door there was a Clown right in front of her succeeding at scaring her!... Dany found it very funny. Anyway, following the Mexican traditions Olivia made "Pan de Muerto" (bread of the dead) which turned out to be a big hit with the living ones. We set up an altar to honor and remember the dead. The offering included tamales, pan de muerto, candles, candy, fruit, and pictures of our love ones that have passed. Our girls were so good to the altar. They just wanted to look at it but didn't try to pull on the table cloth. Dany like usual likes to make changes to Olivia's decorations and the altar was not the exception. He loves making things "beautiful" for his mama.

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California Trip

We had a great time in California. The trip was very nice getting there (only 20 minutes of crying for the whole ride), not so nice getting back but over all the girls and Dany did great traveling. We spent time at Disneyland, the Beach, and visiting the Gillins (Phillip's sister). Dany loved almost all the rides but he refused to get in the Pirates of the Caribbean. Apparently he remembers more than we think and he knew what he wanted to do and what he wanted to stay away from. The girls enjoyed many of the rides but they didn't like the dark areas. We made a few new friends at the park and we run into some friends from church too. It was a lot of work but fun. All three kids slept very well at the hotel. The girls were so happy each time they found a bed! Poor little things... The time at the beach was short, nice, and full of action. We were taking pictures and a big wave came and wash over our girls and Dany's sand castle. Dany was very sad until Olivia reminded Dany that Curious George had the same problem and Olivia build a new castle. But that was the small problem. The big one was Lucy's diaper. She had a poop that started to run out with the water from the wave and let me tell you... changing a diaper with a bottom full of the "usual" plus sand it's not fun for the kid or the mom. Anyway, we ended our vacation with a visit to the Gillins and as usual Dany loved spending time with his cousins and it was hard to get him out of there after a short visit. Too bad the Gillins are always so busy. We would have love to spend more time with them. Maybe next time...

Happy Birthday!

We finally made it a whole year together! We wanted to celebrate Lucy, Cristy, and Olivia's birthday with all of our friends. The girls enjoyed the attention and Dany was such a great helper since the girls didn't know how to blow the candles and we wanted to keep the spitting to a minimum. It was so fun having music, swimming,and have our friends over. Olivia was very happy to see that everybody enjoyed the food and the cake. We had Mexican food including three types of enchiladas, beans, rice, jamaica, and Elizabeth's summer punch. Olivia made her favorite cake... strawberry short cake. We are so fortunate to have so many good friends. Olivia used to miss not having extended family in town but our friends have become that family.

I love my kids!

Dany is so caring. He comforts his sisters when they cry and tries to make them happy. If someone is not feeling well, Dany always brings a blanket, his favorite Spider Teddy beard, and a drink of water. The part I love the most is his soft and nurturing voice. Lucy has the cutest smile. She claps, wrinkles her nose and looks at you as if you were the most beautiful thing in the world. She is very good at sharing with Dany and Cristy. She smiles to strangers and let them hold her as long as she can see her mom right next to her. Cristy is the funny one. She loves laughing more than smiling. She is so silly. She loves nodding "no" and laughing at the same time. She loves pick a boo. She covers her self until you ask "where is Cristy?" and she uncovers herself as she gives you a nice laugh. She loves kisses and she says "I love you" back to her mom. (It sounds like one word but she knows what it means because she keeps putting her head over Olivia's shoulder to get another kiss, to hear "I love you" and say "I love you" back to Olivia. Watching your kids grow, it's like falling in love with them. Each time you see how special they are, you feel all these butterflies in your tummy, you have a big smile on your face and a tear in your eyes.

Girls Night Out

Finally! It has been over a year since the last "Girls Night Out". The babies were in their beds for the night. Olivia was waiting for her friend Niki to pick her up. Then, Dany said "Mami I don't want you to go... stay here with me". Olivia explained "Dany you get to play with your friends all the time but Mami hasn't had a turn to go play with her friends, Mami wants to have a turn too". Dany said "Ok Mami, you do can go play with your friends and I'll stay here with Dada to take care of the babies" A few minutes later Niki is at the door talking to Dany (Niki is also Dany's Primary teacher at Church). Olivia started to say goodbye and Dany said "Wait" as he run to the family room. He came back and gave Olivia his favorite dinosoure robot and said "Mami you do can show your own dinosoure robot to your friends and you do can play with them if you like" Oh!... he sounded so sweet and fun at the same time. Olivia is always asking Dany to choose a toy he can share with his friends when we go to visit them. Having something to share with his friends must make Dany feel very special and confident because when was his turn to send his mami out into the world he made sure she would have a toy to share. So, when Olivia and Niki picked up Amanda... Olivia had a dinosoure to show her and one of the sweetest stories to tell. Anyway, we got some diner and went to see Mama Mia. We love the movie. It was so fun, exciting, inspiring, and it gives you so much to look forward to your older years. Defenetely a movie I will buy. It's hard to picture yourself as a woman over fifty because the only women that you know of that age are your mom, mom-inlaw, and similar. But, my goodnes! It's going to be so fun! Don't take me wrong I love my live now but life it's just starting! I can't wait to go out again and watch "The women". We'll see.