The Christmas tree is up!

I've been wanting to update this blog in a long time, but my classes have kept me from doing so. I'm not done with this semester yet. But I needed a little break from studying for the final exams.

On another note, the kids have had colds on and off (right now they all have colds). Today, we put up the Christmas tree, so I snapped a few pictures. I don't know who had a better time, me or the kids. I certainly had a lot of fun! I've been dreaming about a day like today for years! I finally had my wish of putting up a Christmas tree with my kids on a cold wintery while drinking hot eggnog and listening to Christmas music.



Arianna asking "Mommy we're putting the tree in here, right?"

Alea say cheeeeeeeese! (if only she would smile like this when I'm trying to take Christmas pictures)

Let's untie the tree... (Notice Alea pulling the rope with her teeth, Hahahaha)


Alea and Armando like the tree skirt:)

Abuelo lets untangle these lights.Now let's fluff the tree...

Arianna hanging decorations

Arianna and Alea hanging more ornaments on the tree. (Alea in front and Arianna in back).

Alea thinking very hard if this a good spot for the apple.

Armando wondering if he can hang the apple on the Christmas lights instead of the tree.

All three kiddos hanging ornaments.

I think Abuelo had a blast too :)

Como ta!

Aqui esta Armando imitando a Lolo. Que lo disfruten :)

Forgive me my English speaking friends, but this video is an inside joke. You can still enjoy it :)

Birthday party!

It's been SOOOOOOOOOOOO long since I posted! I apologize for that, but my garden and now school are getting in the way of computer fun (not to mentioned 3 little tots running around all day long).

Turning the clock a few months back, we celebrated the kids birthday on April 18th because we wanted their abuelo (grampa) to be here for the celebration :) We kept it simple and fun for the kids. We invited all their little friends to come celebrate with us. However, the weekend started out a little bit on the tragic side (at least for Mommy). Turns out that Friday evening Alea was playing outside, she fell and chipped two of her front top teeth (you can see it on the pictures that I have on the header). I was devastated and so sad for her :( Thank goodness they're only her baby teeth and not her permanent ones. But still, I was very devastated about the whole thing. She is fine and smiling more than ever. We've gotten used to her chipped teeth. Back to the birthday, it was the best weather a person could have asked for :) We kicked off the party with an egg hunt and turned that into the kids goody bags. Then we let the kids play and run around. After lots of playing we ate supper and cut the cake. After that the kids went back to playing and then we tried to get them to open presents, but at this point I don't think they realize what presents really means. The time will come. At the end of the night we had three very tired 2 year old that didn't want to come in the house for their bath and bed time.

These pictures are so overdue, but better late than never, right? :) I usually like to post the pictures in a chronological order of events, but I kind of forgot for a moment how blogger works, oopsis! So if you want somewhat of an order you need to start at the bottom of the page and make your way up. The kids got a box full of bubbles makers. They loved it! Thanks Elizabeth! You can see how excited Armando is with the bubbles :)

Some of our guests hunting for eggs :)

The kids each got loan mowers (thank you SO MUCH Katrina). Arianna thought it was a riding toy. Thus she was upset that she couldn't ride it like her riding toys.

Opening presents. Thanks Mark and Vicki for the fishing fun and your contribution to their college fund ;)

Presents! I did intend to same out thank you cards, but they are still sitting in my house. What do I do with my time?

Arianna opening another present.

Alea digging in for a present.

Alea pushing Arianna :) Sisterly love :)

Armando riding like a big boy :)

Alea pushing Arianna.

Eating cake with Abuelo.

Armando and Alea getting a ride from uncle Mark.

Arianna being silly with Grandma and Auntie Vicki.

Armando feeding Auntie Vicki.

Alea eating cake. "Do I like this cake or not?"

Arianna thinking that the cake is very yummy!

Armando loving the chocolate cake.

I got three ladybug cupcakes for the kids. They got to enjoy that on a different day (it was too windy to light the candles).

The cake!

Armando hunting for candy.

Arianna trying to find more eggs to put in her basket.

Alea found one! Yay!

Easter Hunt!

I know Easter is long gone, but I wanted to share these pictures :) We had a wonderful time that Sunday. The whole family was over and the kids had a blast hunting for eggs. I was very impressed with their egg hunting skills. They did an awesome job! They had a lot of fun :) After church, the kids ate and took a nap. Then we continue the afternoon with pictures and an egg hunt. Alea was not in the mood for pictures, so we had to be happy with a few pictures like this one. You can see Alea sitting on Grandma's lap with no smiles.

Off goes Alea to find some eggs full of candy :)

Alea getting help from uncle Mike unwrapping her candy.

Everybody is on the hunt! They were pros at finding eggs and putting them in their basket :)

More eggs!!! Yay!

"My basket is getting full!" (Arianna).

Time to eat some candy!
Arianna lovessssssssssss candy!

Tasty chocolate!

Maybe we can find more eggs!

None under here.

Time for a drink. We can share our candy with Frankie, no problema.

Happy second birthday my sweeties!

Today my babies turn 2! Isn't that amazing! I can't believe that 2 years ago we deliver three beautiful babies :) God has blessed us tremendously with 3 healthy beautiful children :) We will have a birthday party next weekend :) These kiddos have changed our lives for the best. We enjoy every minute of it (even the fights and tantrums).

Last Saturday my dad met his grandchildren for the very first time! He felt in love with them the minute he saw them. It will be great to have him around to share the awesome gift that God has given us :)

2 year old pictures!

Our kids aren't two years old yet, but we took them for pictures already :) This time things went MUCH better than the 18 month photo shoot fiasco. This time we went to Portraits Innovations and we are very pleased with how things went. Now, that doesn't mean that the kids were fully cooperative with this whole thing. Arianna was the worst one. She did not one her picture taken at all. She had several tantrums (rolling on the floor and all) during the photo shoot. That's why you will notice that on the pictures her hair looks very crazy (so does Armando's because his hair has a mind of its own, lol). The best picture we got of all three. From left to right Arianna, Armando and Alea

Arianna giving us a look of "are we done with this?!"

Arianna with her mad face and crazy hair.

My favorite one of Arianna. At least in this one she doesn't look so upset.

Alea all serious.

A funny smile from Alea.

Alea looking Innocent :)

While Arianna didn't want to sit for pictures, Armando didn't want to leave the set, lol. We had to drag him out of the set so that other kids can have their picture taken, lol.

Our big boy :)

I tried to comb his hair, but it would come back to this! But he looks cute anyways :)