We had a wonderful Valentine's weekend. On Friday we went on a really fun date, dinner and dance! Our church sponsored a dance with live band and it was a lot of fun. We went to dinner first with some friends and then headed over to the dance floor. We actually danced several songs and had a great time. We even got to dance to our wedding song!
On Saturday Ricardo and Diego got up early to go buy muffins, coffee and a card for me. We all had breakfast together and then our friends, Aaron and Helen came over to watch the kids while Ricardo and I went out on a date. We had never gone on a date during the day and it was wonderful. We went to a special place for a delicious brunch and just loved talking, laughing and spending our time how we wanted to, not how a baby and toddler want to! My Valentine's present was an envelope with cash in it. Sound impersonal? Totally not. I love to shop, but have a hard time spending money on myself and so don't buy myself new clothes very often. Well there was a post-it on the cash that said "For GUILT-FREE shopping." So after brunch we headed to the mall to do some shopping which was great. We returned home around 3pm and the kids were happy to see us. We split up in groups and the guys went to do an errand and the girls (Helen, Alexia and I) went to the grocery store and we did a BBQ and had a special evening and a yummy Valentine's dinner.
I'm trying to think of some fun stories to tell about the kids, but just can't think of any right now so I will finish uploading the picture and hopefully be back in a couple of days with more pictures and some stories.
Diego reading a book with Aaron & Helen. He loves them both and gets so excited when they come over!
A new favorite activity - collecting and playing with sticks in the backyard.
On Friday, Sofia came over to decorate Valentine cakes with Diego. I think they ate more frosting than they put on the actual cakes. They loved it!
Making sure the frosting is on there just right.
Meanwhile, Alexia was playing with Albe in the yard. She was furious that he approached her while she was playing on the bike and this is her throwing a fit because she wants him to get away. Quite an attitude!
After Sofia and Albe left, Diego and Alexia sat under the table and ate all the sprinkles that had fallen on the ground. Bad mom? Maybe. But they were lovin' it!
See...she was as happy as can be!
My hip chic :)
Alexia is learning to eat with a fork. She is doing really well, but it makes mealtime much, much slower.
Diego and I enjoying hot tea and cookies together
Patiently waiting for her meal. This girl still eats like a champ! Most mornings she eats two eggs, half a piece of toast with cream cheese and fruit...lots of it.
Diego loves to eat his grapes off the vine. He ate this whole bunch of grapes.
We have started to do some "school." Diego gets so excited when it's school time and is really into the activities. We do coloring, cutting, pasting, tracing, etc.
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