Happy Birthday Alejandro!

We celebrated Alejandro's 1st birthday a few days ago. He loved holding a fork and trying to eat his cake with it. He loves cars and got many for his birthday. He really loves his monster truck.

My mom and dad came out and stayed with us while my mom attended a trade show downtown. It was awesome having them here with us and highlights include hanging out, working on some garage projects (my dad was cracking the whip), celebrating Alejandro's 1st b-day, seeing Natalia at her swimming lesson, and going to the zoo. My dad also helped me clean out my stuff from my classroom at Craig.

She isn't old enough!

The other day Eli watched a little bit of "Freaky Friday" with Natalia. A little bit later that evening when we were eating dinner I told Natalia to eat her food. She looked at me with her little 3 year old serious face and said to me "Daddy, you're ruining my life!" She couldn't hold the serious face for long and started busting up. Then a few days later when Eli was putting her to bed Natalia made that serious face and told Eli, "Mommy, I hate my life!" Of course she was trying the whole time to keep from laughing. Eli asked her why she hated it and Natalia said that she hated her life because it always told her what to do. When she had to get up, to brush her teeth, to get ready, to take a bath. It told her when she needed to go to bed etc. She couldn't hold the giggles back for long and she and Eli had a good laugh. Natalia does have a point, however. Life does tell us what to do all the stinking time. I think I hate my life too. :)

Family

Greg y Yolanda vinieron a visitarnos de Florida y lo pasamos muy bien. Jugaron las niñas muy bien (Hannah y Natalia) y por supuesto Natalia y Alisa tuvieron sus momentos. Mientras estuvieron fuimos al zoológico y al museo de niños. Las niñas lo pasaron bien jugando en la piscina también.

Lawrence Park

We met Kim and Victoria at a park in Lawrence Township for a picnic and play. While we were there, the kids got a little pony ride, played in the park, rode bikes, watched the ducks cross the road and touched a fish someone caught in a pond. Alejandro loves to go down the slide head-first without any fear. Reminds me of someone.... Anyway, it was lots of fun for the kids.

Metiéndose en todo.

Alejandro se mete en todo.....Todo el tiempo. Aquí están algunos de los momentos más graciosos. ¡Disfruten!