A pup's birthday

My nephew's pup, Lila, turned one and a party was done to celebrate.

This pup "resuscitate" today after being lost for two days and it was just an amazing experience for all of us, especially for my girls and nephew.

Lila did something that I have only seen in movies today.  She was able to get to our old neighbor's house, we assume it was because it was the only place that was familiar for her (as we moved last month).  The houses are far away, and we still don't know how she got there. But she did. It was like a miracle!

So, today, was a very happy day and we have enough dogs (and even a cat) in our house to be able to do a big party. On this picture, Gaby is holding Luca, Mia is holding Loly aKa Angie, my nephew is holding Lila (the birthday girl), Mimi is holding Gatie, and I'm holding Lupita (my mom's old dog that is around 12 years old)...


When we were going to sing happy birthday, ss soon as we light up the candle, the cat RAN away!! I'm talking that she JUMPED and ran away like if her pants were on fire. The way the kids reacted was priceless!

Mexican for one day

Today was my dad's birthday and his wife decided to throw him a Mexican Themed party. Serving tacos for dinner not only is cost effective, but it's also way less stressful than any other dinner you can offer. People also get to fix their own tacos and most people eat like there is no tomorrow (I know I did, lol).

It was an "adults only" party with lots of drinks, tacos and dominoes, so the girls were not there. I'm sad I didn't get any good pictures but at least I have some crappy cell phone pictures to keep for the memory lane.

One thing that made me extremely happy was to see my favorite uncle there.  My parents have been divorced for 30+ years and my uncles (my mom's brothers) still keep a good relationship with my dad. I think I'm the daughter of the best divorce of the century... Even my mom has a genuine good relationship with my stepmom... And of course, here is a picture with my two of favorite men... And in case you are wondering, my uncle is not as huge as he looks on the picture... He's very tall, that's true... but the truth is I'm very petite and my dad is shorter than average...


This is a picture of the cake and MY tacos (can't begin to explain how yummy they were)...


And here is a picture with my lil bro...

School's Family Day

Today was the Annual Family Day at school and we had an awesome time.  It was too sunny and too crowded to have my niece with us, so my nephew tagged along with us.

I love spending time with him without his parents because he behaves different when they are not around... He is more loving with me, he also respects me a lot and follows instructions... And of course, he cooperates with pictures (which he normally doesn't do).

There were some inflatables that they enjoyed a lot, but mostly it was the escalating wall that won them over. We also played dominoes and ate A LOT.  The sun was also unbelievable and that didn't help with the pictures, but I did get some good ones... Here are just a few... On the one just below, Mia is posing with her BFF.




One of childhood friends from school went with me and it was so nice to have her there. We also spent time with the daughters of another childhood friend from school and we took some pictures. Even though the girls are not in the same location I went to school at, it is still the same school...

A niece is NOT a nephew...

Duh! Right?

I have three bothers and all three of them "decided" they were going to have boys.  I was under the impression that the only girls were going to be my daughters.... and then my niece was born!!!

It's a completely different feeling and I know this beautiful feeling will only grow and grow. As much as I want to enjoy her as a baby, I can't wait to see how much will be to have a little girl running around with my girls.

Regardless the big age difference, I have the feeling she will be guarded and protected by my girls all her life. I think my two little brothers (they are my half bros from my dad) has not close down the baby making factory, but my older and I did... this means that my niece is the last of the grandkids for my mom. Who knows if this will be the only niece I would ever have.

I enjoyed A LOT taking pictures of her this weekend and this is just a little sample... (tons of pictures are posted on Facebook)...

My niece's birth announcement

I have been posting the whole week about my tiny girls, and this post feels the complete opposite. My niece was born earlier this month, and not only she wasn't born early... she was actually born passed her due date!

She's breastfeeding like a champ and acting like a big baby. Gotta love her chubby cheeks, and chubby feet! And those eyes are just beautiful... they are dark blue just like her brother had them at this age.

My 100 Happy Days: Day #80

After being the mommy of three girls and the auntie to three boys, God blessed my family with my very first niece! She was too comfy on her mom's belly that she decided that 40 weeks wasn't enough for her... She decided to spend a couple of extra weeks in there! But, the wait is over and she is FINALLY here!

Receiving that message from my big bro got me so emotional and so happy! I'm already in love with her and I can't wait to have her on my arms!

My 100 Happy Days: Day #79

The way that it supposedly works is that you have a nephew that is born the day he is delivered by his mommy. That is what happened with my nephew on the right... However I just found out TODAY that I have another nephew (on the left)... He was born almost 3 years ago, but to me, he was born TODAY. It is sad that we didn't know about him until now, and seeing him already bonding with his cousin, made me smile!

My nephew is 8

Today is the 8th birthday of my oldest nephew/godson. He is this gorgeous and smart little boy than can be a little rascal one second, and then the most polite boy at the next second. He adores my girls and I love all the memories that they are creating together. Happy 8th Birthday, big boy!

Local Father's Day...

... That's today!

The way it works is that God decides who you children are, and you are supposed to love them.

However, when God gives you the opportunity to CHOOSE to be a daddy to someone else's children, and you take that role because of love... THAT is taking love to a whole new level.

Big bro, thanks for taking over the role of loving and caring for my daughters as if they were your own. They love you with all their heart, not just because they have to, but because you earn it every single of their life!

Happy Father's Day!

I also think this is a great day to post this picture. It should be almost 30 years old. I can't really tell my age, I may need to ask my mom... This is me with my daddy!

Summer Camp

My girls and oldest nephew have been attending a Summer Camp for the last couple of weeks. They get to do sooo many stuff, and it has been really fun for them. It has many sports, including swimming and they just can't get enough of it.

Today, I decided to pay them a visit to be able to take pictures, and I was able to see them in several activities.

My nephew is not a picture person, but for some reason, he cooperates with me. Maybe he does it because he sees my girls cooperates, or maybe because he loves me... whatever reason, he smiles for me!

They are divided by teams, and that's how they do the activities. Mia and Gaby are together and they were jumping the rope...


Mimi was in a different team... She was playing Tennis... She was doing an awesome job!


My nephew was playing soccer... They were not in the actual field, so they were just kicking penalties...


Next, it was pool time! They ALL love the water, and they have progressed a lot in their swimming skills.




All four together!

Pizza time

My dad called early to invite us to eat pizza. I haven't break my diet in the last couple of months, but I was not going to keep my girls from spending quality time with their grandpa.

He showed up with my nephew and took us to a pizzeria that is close by. To be honest, my girls hardly ever go to a pizzeria. Why? Because when we want to order something in the house, pizza is always the way to go. So, if we go out to eat, I normally try to get something else.

Needless to say, they were thrilled. They ate their pizza with pizza and all.

My dad's eyes were sparkling, just as every time he is with my girls... It's a delight to see.


And I LOVE LOVE LOVE this pic... Even my nephew is smiling which he hardly ever does on a picture. Wish my other nephew were in this picture, but I will make that happen sooner than later...

This way to Floresdalle

As I mentioned before, I organized a joined party for Mia and Mimi as they were both too crazy about Frozen.  My original plan was to celebrate it in the middle of both birthdays (at some point in May), but the girls and the other kids were in the middle of exams and all the rush to end the school year, so I decided to celebrate it after the school year was over.

The girls couldn't wait and when the day came, they were so excited that it was funny to see.

I always try to keep the amount of kids to an amount that I can handle. This time I had 11 kids (including the girls), and I got some adults too. I got a "snow" look all around. This is how the goodies corned looked...


Of course, they wanted to watch Frozen... On the first picture below, you can see Luca's face... He was sooo into the movie, LMAO!!



Each one got to blow their own cnadles...


Here is the thank you note I made to thank everyone!


I haven't post the designs I made for this party on my business blog.  Once I do, I will update this post with the link.

The 4 loves of my life

There is a post I made from last May called "what is love"... It has a picture of my girls and my oldest nephew...  It's hard to get a picture that I like of all 4, and I LOVE this one. It was taken by my sister in law and I stole it from her Instragra. I wish the sun would not be on Gaby's face, but whenever I decide to print my blog, I will just remove it with Photoshop. It's amazing to see much they have changed in just 12 months...

Big 35 for my big bro

To honor my big bro's birthday, here is a picture from memory lane.  I think we were 3 and 1, but I'm just guessing.

He's more than a brother to me and more than an uncle for my girls... We love you!

Christmas Suprise

On Christmas morning we had a really nice surprise. All my mom's siblings (except for one) plus two of their wives came to visit us for a "Christmas Lunch". My brother, sister in law and nephew also came.

No kids were part of the visit, but my girls and my nephew know how to have lots of fun by themselves, especially with new toys around the house. Of course, most of the toys were too girly for my nephew, but somehow he always manages to have a blast.

I took lots of pictures, but of course, I am only posting a few.  Still pictures from my Galaxy phone, but they are just good enough for me.


The girls playing with their new toys...

Mia and  my nephew being silly...

All girls for Christmas Eve

We didn't plan anything big for Christmas Eve because, after all, it was a Tuesday. The girls are on Christmas break, but my job doesn't stop because of the holidays, if any, it increases. As an interpreter, we take 911 calls and hospital calls and people don't stop having emergencies during the holidays (they should, though).

Even when it was just us with my mom and grandma, the girls wanted to dress up and they did.  They got dresses, their Santa hats and they were thrilled.

The girls don't get to dress up frequently because they normally get invited to a kids party where they can just use an informal dress or even jeans.  Mia and Mimi have a lot of dresses that they haven't been able to wear, especially dresses that used to belong to Gaby.

Gaby was extra happy because I allowed her to wear a dress that I would not allow her to wear to go any other place.  It was given to her as a gift and I'm sure it would still fit her when she is actually old enough to use it.

She looks like a teenager in that dress and she is only 10.  I want her to stay within each stage and I'm not in any hurry for her to grow up.  I want her to enjoy being a child for now, and then take care of being a teenager when she reach that age. She was also wearing some heels she got off my mom's closet (something else that she won't be allowed to use for a while).

We all sat at the big table and my mom did a beautiful prayer. We are light eaters at night, but tonight we ATE... A LOT.  I honestly can't handle eating heavy at night, but I knew I had a LONG night ahead, so it was not going to be so bad for me eating all that rice so late.

It was nice to have my grandma with us for dinner, because she normally eats in her room as she doesn't move around much... After all, she is already 95 years old.


One thing that was due to be done today was set up the Christmas Tree.  We did the decor a couple of weeks ago, however we wanted to set the tree together and we arranged to do it today.

More family time!

As my grandma is under my mom's care, we are receiving a lot of visitors. This is always fun for the girls, especially when the visitors includes children.

Whoever reads my blog knows that I have a favorite uncle (I am seriously hoping the others uncle don't read my blog), and he has two grandchildren.  Today, he came to visit us with his grandkids and they had a blast.  I didn't take the pictures myself as I didn't have the camera with me and my cell was very low on battery, but I hope to be able to take better pictures with the same group very soon.