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...