Me: "Vamos ninos!" ("Come on kids." In Spanish, "ninos" is a masculine word, but if there is a girl and a boy, you use the masculine word.)

Alexia: "Mami, no soy nino. Soy NINA!" (Mami, I'm not a boy, I'm a girl!)

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We have been teaching Diego about self control lately. I have definitely seen an improvement in his behaviour since he has grasped the concept of self control and how important it is. I realized it has really sunk in when this happened the other day:

Alexia does not like me to give her kisses and refuses to give me kisses. She will let Ricardo give her tons of kisses and gives him kisses in return. This drives me crazy since I really cannot help but kiss her at least 45 times a day! The other day I was holding her, giving her tons of kisses on her cheeks and she was getting very annoyed. Diego looked at me and said "Mami, you need to control yourself." It was a great opportunity to explain to him that even mommies struggle with self control and that I am also working on that character trait.