A Merry Christmas indeed

I guess the girls haven't been so naughty because Santa got to spoil them today! Even grandma got to be spoiled because that big bear you see on the pictures was for her. Gotta love how they cooperate for pictures on Christmas morning.  They know they can't open the presents until we get good pictures and I seriously never have to take more than a couple of shots.  They tell each other "quick.. smile big for the pictures.. hurry"....

Santa is coming tonight....

This year we spent Christmas Eve at my dad's with his family. My dad adores my girls and he's always looking to spend time with them.  When I RSVP'd to him, I was able to hear the excitement on his voice. It's hard to communicate with him because of the remnants of the stroke he had several years ago but the girls can understand him perfectly fine and it is just a lovely sight when they are together. The girls have been begging me to...

Getting ready for Santa

It has been a tradition in our house to wear something special to receive Santa.  It may be the only tradition that we have never broken. This year I wanted to have the girls do something and decided to try some Arts and Crafts project. I purchased plain white shirts and Glitter Glue in different colors.  Not only was fun, but it was also very inexpensive. They wanted a Christmas Tree on their shirts so I draw them myself and they...

The tooth fairy was in town...

... visiting Mia this time. The first visit to Mia was back in February.  I'm proud to say that this is not an stressful situation at my house.  Gaby has been taken off all her teeth by herself.  She did an awesome job teaching Mia how to do it, and she has been following her older sister's instructions to the T. She really looks adorable with her windo...

School's Christmas Play

Each one of the girls had a different performance even though they were asked to wear the same outfit.  They sang Christmas songs. They have been practicing for weeks and they were all really excited especially Gaby.  She was nervous but was really looking forward to it. Mimi and Gaby both got great spots and I was able to get lots of pictures of each while performing, however Mia was on the second row and it was hard to see her. My...

Getting to know my paternal family

My mom and dad divorced when I was 2 years old and even though I spend some time with his side of the family, I never really got to know my cousins very much.  I knew most of their names (not all) but I was never close to my paternal cousins. A couple of weeks ago, one of my sister's passed and at her wake, I got to meet a lot of cousins that I didn't even know I had.  We talked about it that day and decided that a family reunion was...

Family Day at school

Today was the family day at the girls school.  They had performances prepared for the parents to see and it was a family day different to what I am used to.  Normally it is just a bunch of games and activities and everybody is on their own, but being able to have the girls perform and THEN get into those fun activities was something I liked very much. Mia and Mimi have been practicing classical ballet since the beginning of the school...

Grade time!

Gaby is doing great in 4th Grade.  I got her grades for the second evaluation and I am a proud mama! Math 95 (A+) Spanish 96 (A+) Social Studies 97 (A+) Science 94 (A-) Art 97 (A+) English 90 (A-) Religion 97 (A+) PE 85 (B+) Discipline 85 (B+) Computer 78 (C+) Civic 95 (A+) Funny that her two lower grades were the two ones I always excelled at.  I always got 100 at PE because I was part of mostly all the sport teams we had at school...

Gabriela is NINE

That's right! Gaby is already on her last "one digit" age! She was the one that came into my life to teach me how to be someone else's mother.  As a mom, we learn new things every day and we grow with each one of our children's milestones.  Gaby is the one that has been training me to be a better mom for her sisters and that is a hard job for any child.  She does it with pride and she adores her sisters with all her heart. Gaby...

Good things come is small packages

The new school year is here and it's going to be the last year ever of having a child in Preschool.  Mimi started Kinder and she is doing simply perfect.  I have heard that the youngest child is always the one that learns everything faster and reaches every milestone sooner.  I don't really know how true is that in other families but the way that Mimi excels in just about anything and everything is really amazing. Mimi is still...

It's a b*tch

... and no, I'm not cursing! I'm introducing our new family member: Gigi Lucia.  She is a 9 months old chihuahua and the girls love her very much.  She drives me crazy because she does everything a dog is not supposed to do, but she has her moments when she is so sweet that makes me forgive her...

Another school year is over

Today is the last day of 3rd Grade! Gaby won't have to repeat any of her exams and according to her teacher she did great in all of them!! Can't wait to get the actual grades next week! I just cant believe I'm gonna have a 4th grader in a couple of months...

5 years ago...

... the biggest rascal of all was born!! It's been already 5 years since the last time that I was pregnant... since the last time I had a baby kick inside of me... since the last time I was able to experience the joy of becoming a mom and looking at MY baby for the first time... Happy Birthday to DA princess Amelia!! She is just the funniest little person you'll ever meet and she's so smart that it gets scary sometimes. We love you from here...

Seriously in love with photography...

... can you tell? Being able to work at Nikon and learn so much everyday feels like a one time opportunity that I would be thankful for the rest of my life...

My "Super Mario" girls

The girls after school... Gabriela is supposed to be Mario, Mimi is supposed to be Bowser (look at the horns), and Mia... who knows? She was just holding Bluebelle and being a diva...

My Diva as a model

One of my co-workers at Nikon was hired by a local cable company for an add for a new kid's friendly remote control that they were advertising.  He asked me if he could take pictures of one of my daughters for the add and I knew right away that Mia was the girl for this task.  She LOVES the camera and the camera adores her. I took Camila to the beauty salon to have her hair blow dried for the first time in her life and that day I decided...

Mia is 6

My little Diva is 6 and it is just amazing to think how true is the saying "time flies by when you are having fun". She has been begging  for a Little Mermaid party since several months, however her birthday was going to be (once again) just after spring break and I talked to her about having that party next year and for this year simply spending several days enjoying the pool and sun. She agreed happily as usual.  Keeping her mommy...

Local Spring Break

I scheduled my work's vacation for this week as the girls were going to be off school for the whole week.  We got to do so many stuff and we simply had a blast.  I got around 500 pictures but I will just post a few for the memory lane. Mia had a photoshoot for a "job" that he was hired for (that's another post) and here are some pictures from that day: The girls also got to play Wii with my TV downstairs and I played a lot with them....

Day of LOVE!

Happy Red Day to those of you that like having an excuse to show some extra love to the important people on your life! I know we have LOTS of people to love EVERY SINGLE DAY, but it is just fun to have an excuse! Happy Valentine's Day!...