Wednesday, February 4, 2009

It's COLD!

Before I begin I have to say that it is FREEZING in Atlanta. Somebody at bible study this morning told me that is was 5 degrees with the wind chill...yikes!

I spent awhile this evening trying to clear up space on my computer and was overjoyed when it finally allowed the camera to connect and the photos to upload...until it got to image # 56....and the dreaded message popped up "disk full...blah, blah, blah." So, I was able to upload a handful of pictures from the past week, but not all the ones I was hoping for. I especially wanted to share the pictures of Diego and I drinking tea together this afternoon. He had his first cup of hot tea and really enjoyed it.
We've been having a lot of fun lately. It seems like it's birthday season so we've attended several birthday parties (I have great pictures from one of them, but they're stuck on the camera) and we've been more creative with our time at home. Diego and Alexia have painted and/or colored every day for the past two weeks and love it. Alexia has finally learned that the markers and crayons are not for eating. She was finger-painting yesterday and kept sticking her green/purple/orange fingers in her mouth, but finally realized how nasty it tasted and opted to keep her fingers on the paper.

OOOHHHH!! BIG NEWS!! Can't believe I didn't start with this....Alexia is walking!!!!!!!!!! She started to explore the challenge of walking last week and is now walking about 80% of the time. It warms my heart to see her exploring the world from a new perspective. Diego is a little sad about this because he cherishes the fun they have when they crawl together, but we tell him that we have to be proud of her and be thankful that she is growing up.


The following pictures are in a random order, but for times sake I am going to leave them as they are...


If you know Ricardo, you know he LOVES to BBQ. He would grill out every night if he could. This is a display of our meal from this past Saturday...one of my personal favorites!


Diego and Alexia having fun on the lil' tricycle. Diego pushed Alexia around the yard for awhile, but then decided to hop on for a ride.




Alexia devouring one of her favorite foods - hummus!







These kids are crazy about blueberries and can finish off as many as I put in front of them. They sat on the kitchen counter last week and ate to their hearts content...until they were all gone!



Diego enjoying his new found love for water colors! Thank you Katie and Ella Ann!!!!!

2 comments:

Katie said...

I'm so glad he's enjoying the painting book! Ella Ann loves to paint so I thought he might like it as well. Good pics too! Can I come over and eat that yummy dinner??!! :)

Love,
K

Noelle said...

What is it about Blueberries? Alina could eat a whole carton in a sitting too!