Christmas baking :)

During Christmas the kids and I made some easy Christmas candy. I was so surprised that it wasn't a complete chaos :) Maybe it was the simplicity of the candy. I don't know the name of this particular kind, but it was really easy to make! I bought round pretzels, chocolate stars and M&Ms. They ensemble them and even put the M&Ms on the hot chocolate:)

Armando putting the chocolate stars in the pretzel.

Alea doing her part.

Arianna doing her part and smiling for the camera.

Alea and Arianna putting the M&M on the chocolate.

The almost finished product!


It went so well, that thought well maybe we can make cookies! So I tried making peanut butter blossoms with them. This time things didn't go the best. I just had them roll the balls on the sugar, but they wanted their hands wiped after rolling every single ball. The girls got bored quickly with this one. Armando and I finished it! Armando has a passion for the kitchen:)

This little "baking" experience with the kids was a lot of fun! I'm looking forward to doing more baking as they get older and can do much more :)

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.