HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANTHONY

Well today is the day my brother would be 28 years old.. just looking at the number makes me think that "wow, we are old.. lol" I can't believe that he will be gone for 5 years this May.

Well other than it already being March. Maya has started up with soccer again. Sophia is continuing with dance class, in fact her recital is the weekend of Memorial Day.
The last two months have been busy for all of us. With homework and dance class and CCD classes, the girls keep us on our toes.
I think Mario and I are in need of a vacation.. So Vegas here we come. We are going to go see Garth Brooks with our friends Manuel and Carol at the end of the month, also going to Denver the following weekend. I need a little break from work.. I am so excited. Might be a lot of driving but well worth it.
The other things that have changed over the past few months are the girls ages.. Sophia turned 4, but she thinks she is 5.. she really wants to ride the yellow school bus to her sisters school. She will tell you that she is BIG now..
Maya turned 7 on Valentines day. I can't believe that shes that big already. It might sound crazy but I remember being 7. I meet alot of people that I am still close with at the age 7. Crazy~

Sophie

This cute picture, Sophia made for me at day care. It is the cutest thing I have seen so far made by her :)

Maya and Sophia saw Santa a few weeks ago. This is the first Christmas that Sophia wasn't scared to see him. Both Maya and Sophia asked Santa for pillow pets. Maya wants a puppy and of course Sophia wants a Unicorn.. She will tell you "I loooooove Unicorns" lol

November

Hello everyone.. Sorry for the late update. We have been so busy lately with birthdays, school functions, Mario going out of town, Thanksgiving and now getting ready for Christmas.
Maya is doing awesome,e had our first parent teacher conference of the year and she is doing wonderful in 1st grade. One thing that we ask of anyone and everyone is to just read with her, or have her read to you. She is so smart, smarter than we thought.
Sophia is getting ready for Santa to come. This year she is way excited for Christmas to come, she gets excited to see all the lights, and the decorations. Every time she sees Santa she gets excited as well.
Right now Maya is really into drawing and writing, she says she wants to be an author when she gets older. Sophia is really into movies, watching older movies such as Willie Wonka and the Chocolate factory, and Mary Popins.. she knows all the words and sings to all the songs.
As I mentioned before, Mario went on a mini vaction with his aunt and cousin, to AZ to watch Nascar for the weekend. He had fun, and came back smelling like camp fire.

The girls and I missed him like crazy.
As for me I am still doing the same old thing, Work and Kids, and home. Work is going okay, I am very thankful to have a job and still enjoy going to work.

Mario started decorated the house for Christmas today, so the lights are up out side along with the snowman. And while the girls and I were gone for the day he put up the tree for us to decorate. Again Sophia was so excited just to see the tree with no orniments.

The up coming weeks are going to be busy, unfortunately we will not be having our anual White Elephant Party, but hopefully next year everything will work out and we will get back into the party mood.
Well for now I am going to go. I will try hard to post more often :)

Halloweenie! #2

The girls did so good going up to people's houses and saying "Trick or Treat" and they said Thank You to everyone that gave them candy.
They thought Sophia looked so cute as a little witch. Shes is like a tiny little person, with little legs and little arms.

Halloweenie!

Well yesterday was Halloween.. the girls were so excited to go trick or treating..
We started the day off at my mother in laws house for breakfast, where we had eggs, potatoes, beans and red chili. It was so yummy. Then we went home to rest before we got ready for the big night.

Mario had to work, so the girls and I went to my grandma's house for dinner and so Margaret could see the girls in their costumes..
Grandma took them out around her neighborhood, then I took the girls back home so we could go trick or treating around our house..

Busy

 

Hello everyone. sorry I have been so busy that I haven't been able to upload pictures and update you with the girls. We have been busy with soccer games, dance classes, weddings, and birthday parties. Infact this picture is of our god son Noah's 1st birthday cake.
Halloween will be here in just a few days, the girls are getting excited. Sophia is going to be a wich, and Maya decided to be a black cat. Me I am going to be a clown :) should be silly, even though I don't know how i am going to pull it off. we will see.

I will definately add pictures very soon.

Hot Air Balloon at Maya's School

So this morning we all woke up early to go watch a hot air balloon get blown up at Maya's school. Sophia was so excited, she had to get a few book and put them in her Hannah Montana bag so she would look like the other kids with school work.
We got there and waited for the balloon to arrive. Mario loves the idea of us one day buying a balloon of our own, or going in with Manuel, his best friend. So of course Mario and his curiosity got the best of him, and he got so close they the words "Do You Need Help" got the best of him. And sure enough he was on the tarp ready to unroll that balloon.



This is Mario and my cousin Andrea's husband. Its neat that he works at Maya's school so he can look out for her, and if something is going on then he knows how to get ahold of us :)



Christine comes home this weekend, and perfect timing too. We will be going to the balloon fiesta with all the kids, they will like it. Sophie is now at an age that she loves looking at all the different things around her, and Maya loves being the older sister that gets to point those things out to her.