Car fun with Mia

My mom's car was dirty, so hubby offered himself to wash her car.... Of course, Mia wanted to help and they had lots of fun!!!! That was while Mimi and I took a nap!! How cool is that?

A mechanic checked on the car and gave us a very big budget!! We will see how we manage to take care of it....

Loving our car

Our car have been parked in our garage for a full week! The car broke down last Sunday, and it wont start.. That's why we havent been able to fix it, mostly because somebody needs to go to our house to fix it, and hubby have being working like crazy this week.. Also, Gustav was not helping much.... Plus, we were getting paid on the 29th anyway.

Anyway, we managed to have the car fixed, and everything was set up... Mimi's godmother have been asking me that she wanted to have Mimi for a couple of hours on Saturday, and we were going to stop by for a bit... Just as we were entering her building, the transmission broke down and lost all the fluid. When the transmission is out of fluid a car cant move, so we had to turn the car off and actually push the car to a parking spot (well.. I didnt push, Hubby did with another guy, but you guys get the point)....

I went upstairs to my cousin's house and hubby went around looking for a mechanic. It was Saturday afternoon, and NONE of the mechanics of the area wanted to go a see the car!! He finally got somebody who went an take a look at it and told us what it was (we didnt know it was the transmission until this guy said it.. We thought it was oil from the motor). He told us that he was available to fix it on MONDAY! Oh well!

So, we went to my mom's house to borrow her car so tomorrow we can go around and look for a mechanic... Wish us luck!

Mimi is almost ready...

We were doing some shopping for Mimi today... She still needed some Back to School supplies, and her class starts next Tuesday (she didnt start the same day as her sisters, as she is in another school). Im really excited, and I really cant wait for everything that you will learn... This will be a different experience to me, as Gaby and Mia went to "preschool" for the first time at 2, and it feels weird that Mimi is starting this class... I know that some people (I was just talking about it with a friend) cant understand why she is in a "preschool" and not being care for a family or friend, but Im REALLY happy with the decision that I made, and even though this may not have worked for other kids, or even my own other kids, it does works for Mimi...

No much pictures are being taken as our camera is having some issues... Hope to solve it soon!!

Monday on Thursday

Today was a weird day for me... I spent the whole day thinking that it was Monday (as we had the day off yesterday), so I was stressed out with things I needed to have done by next Monday.... Even Gaby went to school with P.E. sneakers (which is only Monday and Friday) because I was set that it was Monday...

Also Gaby got her first homework of the school year... It was about letter M, and recognizing which one was upper or lower case... I actually asked her in English which ones were the upper case letters and she answered: "the big ones" (the answer was in Spanish, though), and then she said: "Y las lower son las chiquitas" (which was a serious Spanglish answer, that means: And the lower are the little ones). She has been working with letters for some time already, but this is actually the first time that I can really tell that she knows what is upper and lower!

I cant believe she will be writing and reading in no time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day at home

The National Ministry of Education declared all the schools to be closed today due to Gustav, and one of the good things of both of us working in a school is that we all get to spent the day at home together.... The weather actually cleared up a lot today, so it was nice to be rain-free for a change!

Will this get any better?

Whoever reads my blog knows that I dont like to complain, much less about my daughters, but I need to write this and let this out... Im really worried about Mimi and what Mia is doing to her temper... Mimi is the most adorable little angel, but Mia bothers her so much that Im afraid her temper will change... She already runs in fear when Mia is around and she throws this awful tantrums when Mia pushes her buttons...

Mia is sweet and all fun when she is alone, or when she is in school, but when she is around Gaby or Mimi, she is all biting, hitting, pulling hair, pushing, kicking, or simply hugs and kiss so strong that it hurts the other two, and makes them cry.

Today I got a situation. Preschool was closed due to the new storm Gustav that we have, and I ended up with the three girls at work... Hubby was crazy fixing computers here and there, and the only one that was available to help me out was the school's nurse and she took Mimi for a bit... I didnt want the girls running around, as I didnt want to get in trouble, so I kept them in my office... I gave them food, milk, paper and colors to paint, music, books to read, and they werent even tired as it was around 9:30am, BUT, all Mia wanted was to tease Gaby. She gets easily upset, and Mia was pushing her buttons BADLY (which pushes my buttons, too)... After having them for a bit, I just wanted to cry!!

I mean, I couldnt afford my boss to tell me that they were disturbing, and all they wanted was to cry and scream. My mom's regular maid was off for the day and I just didnt had anybody to call or ask for help. Anyway, my mom is having a second maid that goes the two days that the other one is off plus a nurse, as my grandfather is at my mom's house and he needs care 100% of the day. So, I called her, explained her the situation, and even though she was on her way to her job, she picked them up and took them to her house....

I know Mia is on her terrible two's, but sometimes she gets in trouble 5 times in 5 minutes... I have tried to do everything that every book suggests and nothing really works with her... She does have a sleep problem, and I know that can be affecting her, but I have tried everything to get her to sleep earlier and she just wont go to sleep.

Every person that knows me, knows how important it is for me that my girls have a great relationship, and what Mia does to their sisters just breaks my heart... I hope things get better soon, and that they are able to have a healthy relationship when they both grow up a bit....

I dont really know what Im expecting from this post, but I wanted to let it out, even if Im not making much sense... Tomorrow we all have the day off because of the storm, and I hope to have a great day with the girls!

Thanks for reading, if you got to read it this far...