Visit from Grammie

My mom was here with us all of last week and we had a very productive week. Ricardo was in London the whole week so we took care of a lot of projects around the house, errands, shopping, cooking and cleaning.
I wish I would've taken more pictures because Grammie and Diego did so many things together. One day they spent several hours assembling a chest of drawers for his room and he loved it. He was very proud to use his own tools and did just what Grammie told him - screw this, hammer that - he did great. Another day they spent the morning in the kitchen, making cookies. He was amazing. He was engaged for several hours and even decorated ALL the cookies almost by himself.
Ricardo returned Friday evening and him and I met downtown for a date which was a lot of fun.
Diego was very happy to see Ricardo on Saturday morning, but Alexia was absolutely giddy. He went to pick her up from her crib and she giggled and clung on to him tight. He brought her to me so I could nurse her and when he put her down, she started to cry and scream until he picked her up again. She laid her head on his shoulder and just cuddled with him and really expressed to him that she had missed him - it was precious.



Helping Grammie measure out the flour


He loved rolling out the dough and cutting the cookies


I went out to do errands while they frosted the cookies so there are no pictures of them in action, but here is the finished product...he did ALL of these cookies.


Here's a close-up so you can see the detail of his frosting job.


I have been wanting to get a picture of the famous "green car" from Publix. This is how the kids and I do our grocery shopping every week. They each have a steering wheel and sit next to each other and usually get through the whole round of shopping without bugging each other.


Can you tell who loves his baby sister?!




We had a family BBQ on Saturday afternoon. This is Diego eating a......HOT DOG! Yes, that's right, I let him have a hot dog :)


Playing tee-ball - he hits the ball like a pro!


Alexia hanging out in the exersaucer, watching her brother play ball