Weekend away!!

Yesterday was our 9th wedding anniversary! We had a very special celebration this year and we went away for the weekend...far away! We went to Boston and had the most wonderful time. We flew out Friday morning and returned Sunday afternoon. My mom flew in from Seattle last week and kept the kids for us. It was the first time that we have left them for two nights and the first time we have been on a plane without them. I was sure I would be anxious and that we would miss them terribly, but that was not the case. Of course we missed them, but every time we spoke to them on the phone, they were as happy as can be. My mom is awesome and had tons of crafts to do with them and kept them very busy. About two weeks before her arrival, she sent an 18 pound box in the mail, full of glitter glue, construction paper, stickers, pipe cleaners, beads, etc for the weekend. The kids were thrilled! She also brought them "big kid" legos which kept them busy for hours and hours.
Ricardo and I had a blast in Boston. It was FREEZING, but we still walked around quite a bit and spent a lot of time out and about. We ate at two of our favorite restaurants, went to the Nutcracker, shopped, walked and really enjoyed having our very own weekend, alone.
I have some pictures of our time in Boston, but I know our family is more eager to see pictures of the kids, so we'll start with those :) These are all from my mom's camera:


Diego playing with his old legos for a break from the little ones (which are the "big kid" ones)


Alexia was a champ at putting these beads on the pipe cleaner. She filled the whole thing with beads, all by herself.

Aaron and Helen came over for a visit on Saturday.

My mom gave them each a new book which were HUGE hits! Diego's is about a coyote...

...and Alexia's is about a princess.

These Christmas trees are gorgeous. All the little green pieces are cut-outs of their hand prints. They are hanging on their bedroom doors and are perfect!

They even made home-made Gak, which is like silly putty.

Alexia having her snack on her gee-gee. She is completely attached to her gee-gee and her squirrel.

Grammie let Alexia have her first dip into a makeup bag

A kiss on our actual anniversary! My mom and I cooked a special dinner last night and the 5 of us had dinner together.