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 that I was never going to spend that money again.  Her hair is beautiful as it is and it honestly looked the same that it looks everyday after she makes peace with the comb.  Good lesson learned.

He set up all the photography equipment at my garage and did all the shooting.  Funny thing is that he forgot the actual remote at home and we had to improvise a remote and then let Photoshop work its magic in order to switch the remote on the picture for the add (gotta love Photoshop).  My friend Perla was home with us that day and she helped with the lighting.  Of course, I was the photographer on the back of the photographer taking pictures of them:


The add was in newspapers, magazines and boards for several months.... here and even in Mexico.

Gaby's Moving Up in the News

Today we notice Gaby's Moving Up Ceremony was on the local Newspaper.... Sorry for the non-Spanish readers... It is all in Spanish:

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Best stroller ever!

This photo was taken yesterday at "El Malecon" and it needed its own POST. Is this the best stroller ever or what??

Sadly I wasnt brave enough to ask for the brand. Please, dont forget to notice that she actually has a kid on top of her sleeping on the blue blankets... The kid was around 25 pounds because he was around 18 months old.

Day at the Malecon = Kites!

Today we had an awesome weather too and we decided to go to El Malecon. Here are the girls just before we left:



Gaby, Mia and grandpa at El Malecon:

Hubby with his parents and daughters... It makes me sad that I wasnt in this photo, but somebody had to take the photo, right?

Hubby and the girls:

My father in law and Camila.. They really did a great match!

Flying a kite... They had a blast!

1st Camila's Trip from School

For some reason the girls never go out of the school on any trip... Camila's grade had their first trip of the year... It was to a Supermarket that has a Pet Shop on the second floor.. They actually gives tours and give t-shirts to the kids.. Here are some photos:

At the Supermarket





At the Pet Shop... Looking at the Iguana

Cute puppies

LOVE this photo!

Looking at the fishes

More pups

Fishes:

Birds:

At Christopher Columbus Home

Today we went to the Columbus Alcazar. I assume I have been there before, but I honestly dont remember it... It was really nice to see the place that was his home (even though it was actually built by his son Ferdinand).

Here are some photos. Getting there:

Inside the house...







The master's bedroom:

View from the second floor:

Going up to the second floor:

At one of the bedroom's window:

The flowers

One of the rooms:

The kitchen:

More photos:


Outside of the Alcazar:




Then a tour around the Colonial Zone:

Carnival Parade 2009

This was truly a very busy weekend. After the beach, we went to my mom’s house to spend some time with my oldest brother, wife and nephew. I also needed to stop by Luz house as she was having her flight in the middle of the night. I will post about it tomorrow with photos.

The main event from today was that we went to the Carnival Parade. Honestly the last time I went I was a little kid, and if I would have known how it was, I wouldn’t have taken Mimi. She was amazed by the colors and music, but it was very crowded and it is not easy to be outnumbered by the kids.

Temperature was 92 F (33-34 C), and we were covering ourselves with umbrellas. Honestly, Im not a big fan of the carnival, because some people do the most horrible acts simulating blood and hitting each other, and that is not my thing. However, the girls had fun, and that is what it matters. I do think some of the performances were too graphic for them, but it was fine.

Here is Mimi at the parade sitting on her stroller.. The three of them were wearing the typical flag outfit:

One of the typical "Diablo Cojuelos"

Here is hubby with a "Diablo Cojuelo":

We took almost 300 photos and the memory got full. Sadly we couldnt get photos of the best parts of the performances, but this is the first time that we actually get it full. We will be on the market for a spare memory after this incident. I made a selection and put them very small, so the blog doesnt loud so slow as both previous posts has too many photos: