More Party Pictures (courtesy of Pepe :)

Party!

My Boy is THREE!

Dear dear dear sweet, loud and amazing Alex... now you are three. Three years old. Three years ago (and two days) you were born at 10:50 p.m. You entered this world red and squealing...you are definitely now a nice toasty brown color but you still squeal on a regular basis. My eardrums are ringing and my heart is full of love for you.

Welcome Sanabria Family!!!!

This one's for you Sarah R.!

Lots of cool stuff

We are thoroughly enjoying the percussion ensemble in a bag! Michael and Sarah sent Alex and Santi so many COOL presents. Really, A+ Tios! They sent the coolest trumpet for playing in the bathtub and a bag of all kinds of percussion instruments, a triangle, shakers, guiro, drums. We are having a ball with them (we including me and Daniel!) They also sent a huge frog for Alex and a phone and keys that light up and make lots of noise for Santi. He LOVES them, if you couldn't tell from the picture.

It has been so nice to have Grandma to visit. I was thinking this morning, if I had to choose a nanny it would be her. HA ha, Nanny Granny. She is so good with them and they absolutely love her. And we don't even have to mention the break that I am getting....phew. I didn't realize how tired I was until I got a bit of rest! We are having a great time.

Mini-Me

At our church a bunch of the college students started calling Santi mini-me because he looks so much like Dany. So, that's his new nickname.

Alex is now less than two months away from birthday number three and when I ask him what he would like to do for the day, he keeps asking for a Buzz Lightyear piñata...we'll see if that's what he ends up having. Last year we made the piñata but this year I may be buying it, I just don't think I could make Buzz Lightyear. I could make a soccer ball or something with a roundish shape... I don't think I will have the energy to work on a piñata anyway since I will probably have an almost walking toddler by then.
He has started pre-school two days a week. We're just trying it out at this point. Most children go to 3-K here and 4-K is required so we are seeing if and where we may send him to 3-K. So far it's been ok, he's only gone twice. He came home the first day pretending to be spiderman...and shooting pretend web from his wrists. The second day he came home with a scratched face. He told me a blue boy bit his face. I asked him a lot of questions and finally it seems like what happened is a boy with a blue shirt pushed and scratched him. We'll see how this week goes.
And, I learned a bit of a lesson this week when I heard Alex singing a little ditty yesterday when we went to a playground: "la la la stinky stinky poo". OOPS. There is this really cute show he watches called Pinky Dinky Doo and it's this little cartoon girl who makes up stories and they teach a new word each episode and it's educational and well...the song is really catchy... So I was absentmindedly humming it and changing Santi's diaper (which was a doozie) and I started singing "Yesiroony positoony zim zam zoom......la la la la la stinky stinky poo...(instead of Pinky Dinky Doo) Yeah, I thought he might pick up the potty humor at pre-school but he heard it from me. I hope he forgets that...I won't be singing it anymore, I hope (it is just so catchy).

9 months old!

I cannot believe my Santi is getting so big. He started clapping his hands yesterday! It is SO cute. And he is FINALLY sleeping through the night. (I really really needed that!) And he is eating everything and anything he gets his hands on. And he has 4 teeth. Alex and I crack up at him everyday because he'll crawl over to us and make a hoarse growly noise that sounds kind of like "hah". It is really funny. He is usually very contented, except when Alex takes a toy away from him or when I pry my grocery list out of his mouth and hands when we are shopping. Then he WAILS. It is also very cute (for now).