Correction to my most recent post!

Per my editor, Dave Stovall - Aggie - Class of 97, I need to make an urgent corrction to my post of April 30, 2008.

I should have said "Daddy and the kids watching the t.u. band, instead of "UT Band". I appologize for the mistake.

I know, I know, I know

I stopped blogging and now all of a sudden, it seems as if I can't stop.  It's just that there is so much going on and I have to post it.  Going back to our weekend with Daddy...

Daddy was such a good sport this past weekend.  Saturday morning, we went to see my cousin's daughter Elizabeth compete.  For the past two years, she has been horse back riding and loving it. I remember her love for horses since she was a little girl.  The competition started somewhat late so we were not able to stay for the whole thing.  But the kids enjoyed hearing, seeing and touching the horses. 

 

 

After all that excitement, we went home to eat lunch and to rest a little.

Then at 5:00 p.m., we went to the parade.  That's right, we went to the Battle of Flowers Parade!  The owners of the Aztec (the building I manage) allowed me to bring the people I work with and their families to the Aztec to watch the parade.  We brought food and we watched the parade from the 2nd floor.  Good set up, if you have kids.  Dave wasn't too excited about this - as a matter of fact, he hates parades, crowds and traffic.  And as you can imagine, we experienced all three.  He did so good though.  He was such a trooper.  We finally got home around 11:30 p.m.

  Dave enjoying the parade!

  Daddy and the kids watching the UT band

  

   

  

  Ladies I work with.  Left to right, Yolanda - Property Manager (I've known her for 14 years); Sarah-Assistant Manager; Peggy (Assistant to the Leasing Agent and NHRA racer - click on her name to read more about it) and last but not least Terese - Accountant and Property Manager (I have known her for about 10 years).

Ready or Not, Here I Come

The kids love playing hide-and-seek with Papi. As soon as he gets home in the evenings, he eats dinner and then it's time to play hide-and-seek before the kids need to go to bed. ~I'm sure that's something the kids will never forget!

Things I said I would NEVER do

I've always said:

1. I will not spend my money on slippers for my kids, since I didn't like slippers growing up.

2. I will not buy something for one of my children just because his/her sibling has one.

3. I will never buy them anything with a cartoon character on it. (I don't know why, it's just not my style.)

4. I will, definetly, not drive around town looking specifically for whatever item my child is asking for.

Well...yesterday I did all of the above, except for #1. Mami helped me out on that one.

It was all worth it though. You should have seen Luke's face when he saw his first pair of slippers.

Mission Accomplished

Natalia knows how to tie her shoes all by herself! Daddy has been trying to teach Natalia how to tie her shoes for a while now and on Sunday, she finally did it. I tried to teach her, but had NO patience. Thank God for Daddy who has ALL the patience in the world to handle important things like this.

So, I think this is how it goes:

"Go under the bridge, make a loop, go around the loop, and pull the other loop through."

Once again, having fun with Daddy!

I should've known that the kids and Daddy were going to have a blast while I was gone. On Friday, I had to run an errand. I wasn't even gone that long, but Dave doesn't need a lot of time! One thing I know, Dave has acquired a lot of experience while remodeling our home. He decided that watching Star Wars for the 10,000th time was just not good enough. So, they decided to build a fort. I've built forts before, but nothing like this. The kids were so comfortable in the fort that we had a hard time convincing them to go to bed. And Dave was so proud of it that he wanted to sleep in his fort! He is such a kid :0).

All the way from Guatemala!

It has been 9 years since I've been to Guatemala. I've seen several relatives since then, but some I have not seen since 1999! Tia Lety came to see us for our wedding and then she came again when Natalia was only 9 months old. Now, tia Naty came when Carson was only a baby. So, neither of them knew Luke. It has been so much fun having them here. Natalia has really been speaking a lot of Spanish with them. Carson and Luke, on the other hand, understand it but can't really speak it. I hope that they learn how to speak Spanish one of these days. Tia Lety and Tia Naty are so much help with the kids and around the house. They will be here for one month. They've been here for a week already. I can't believe how fast time has flown by.