Over and Over and Over Again

I caught myself a baby bumble bee!!!

Won't my momma be so proud of me!!!

I caught myself a baby bumble bee!!!

Won't my momma be so proud of me!!!

Is being sung Over and Over and Over again by my little Diego in his high pitched 3 year old voice. Why, oh, why do some songs get stuck in our heads? The whole family went to Nordstom Rack the other day to find a bday present for my sis in law and we decided to split up. I took Sophia and Ramon had Diego and Carlos. Once Sophia and I were done shopping, we set off to find the other half of our family. It was rather crowded in the store but I had no problem finding my boys. How did I find them so fast? Because Diego was belting his bumble bee song from the top of his lungs. Most of the other customers were smiling. Most of them. :)

Holiday Traditions

Look at me... two posts in one day! I told ya I had a lot to catch up on! So one reason why I really liked Richardson when I was interviewing for a teaching job up here in the Dallas area was bc I just got this good ole small town feel when I visited the district. Being from a small town, I felt that by working for a district like RISD would help me adjust to living in Big D. I was right. It was one of the best decisions I've made. Now Sophia is a student at a RISD school and many of the places that we go to are in the Richardson city limits. This year, we started a, what I hope to be, tradition that brings back so many small town memories for me. Sophia was in her very first holiday parade this year with her dance company. The city of Richardson holds a holiday parade and I was so excited when I found out that Sophia would have the chance to participate. I LOVED being in parades as a child.... Kyle had the Fair on the Square and Buda has (still) Budafest. I mean, nothing brings a community together like a parade!! So I signed her up. She had no idea, really, what she was going to do, but I think that my excitement caught up with her. Ramon decided that his little girl was not going to walk by herself so he signed up to walk along with her. AWWW... he's such an awesome daddy! So that left me and the boys to stake out a spot along the street to watch her. We found a great place towards the end of the parade route and had to wait a good while for the parade to start and then make its way to where we were. It was cool to see all the businesses get involved, all the girl/boy scout troops being represented and of course, the bands!! Oooo- how my Diego moved to the drum line! And my sweet Carlos could only keep his eyes open for the first part of it... even with the bands playing, horns honking and people yelling out "Merry Christmas!", he managed to take a nap! Then came the moment when I knew my princess would be coming- Ramon sent me a text and told me to look out for truck pulling a roller-blading elf. Sophia's face when she saw us cheering her on was priceless! And then as they passed us, Diego realized that he was missing out on the fun and yelled,"PAPI!!!" and ran out to join the parade. Too funny! This parade might not have been on any tv channel but it really put me in the holiday spirit and was a great way to kick off the holiday season. I hope that we participate again is some way next year and in the years to come.

Such a slacker

I am totally dropping the ball on this blogging business. Ugh! I'm so disappointed in myself bc I really want this to be a way for me to record the everyday stories of my children. There are so many small details of our daily life that I find so fascinating, so hilarious, so meaningful but I never, NEVER remember to sit down at the end of the day to blog about them. So what have we missed since my last blog? Oh, just Thanksgiving, Carlos turning six months, Sophia's sixth birthday, Diego's Christmas program, Christmas, New Year's. I will do a better job. I will do a better job. I will do a better job.

Let me see what I can go back and remember....

Thankgiving was yummy. We went to Kyle to spend it with my side of the family. My cousins threw a surprise party for my uncle's 70th birthday that same weekend and all of us were WAY excited bc it was a 50's themed party and we all had to dress up. It was neat feeling all the excitement from my mom and my aunts as they planned the party. We busted out the poodle skirts, leather jackets and rolled up jeans. My sweet dad dressed up as Elvis (granted, he wore a classic 70's Elvis outfit, but we got the point!) and he looked so cute. He's such a good sport. My mom and dad were responsible for bringing my Uncle Benny in and he was so surprised. Oh, and we danced and danced and danced. It is a rare event to have Diego get worn out but we did it. Around 10:30, he stopped dead in his tracks and looked at me and said, "I want to go to sleep." For those of you who know my little Diego well- you know that he just KEEPS. ON. GOING. Here are some pics of the party.