Diego's new bike!

Diego has been asking for a bike for months now and we have been looking for just the right one. He knows we've been on the lookout and he has tried several bikes at Target and Walmart, but we couldn't find one that we really liked. He has been so patient with the process and has never gotten upset when leaving a store without a bike, after riding up and down the aisles with glee. Yesterday we decided to make a quick stop at Toys R Us to check out their selection, and sure enough, they had the right bike! He was beyond excited! It is a 14" bike with training wheels and he absolutely LOVES it. It is so much fun to see what a big boy he is and to see him cruising on his bike. Alexia is also excited for Diego's new bike and has been such a good sport about the fact that she can't have a bike yet. A friend has told me that she will be handing a bike down to Alexia soon so we are excited about that!

Ricardo and Diego spent about 3 hours at Home Depot yesterday. Ricardo loves working in the yard and has been wanting to plant some new flowers and plants so he was so pleased to have an afternoon to start his project. They came back with gorgeous flowers, a ton of dirt and a lot of excitement to get to work. Ricardo said Diego was such a huge help at Home Depot and did not complain once about being there. He pushed his own (full size) cart and helped out in every way he could. As a reward for being such an awesome sport, he was allowed to eat ice cream with whipped cream and chocolate sauce after dinner. He was supposed to be on "dessert restriction" until Sunday so he was super excited to devour that ice cream! His "dessert restriction" was something that he came up with. On Tuesday night he asked for strawberries and whipped cream for dessert. I said "No, we're not going to have dessert today." He said "Mami, can I eat dessert tonight and then I won't ask for dessert again until Sunday?" I decided this would be a great lesson in following through with a deal and practicing self-control so I agreed. He was so good with following through and not having dessert. We had family movie/pizza night on Friday and we always, always finish it off with sundaes, but he happily accepted that there would be no dessert afterwards.

Here's the champ on his new set of wheels:

I wanted to get some pictures of the two of us together (Alexia was napping), but he didn't want to take off his helmet and he didn't want to sit on my lap. Here I am with my awesome 4-year old!

And here is the belly at 36 weeks! I spent many hours this week getting the house cleaned and organized and most of the baby stuff ready. I washed all of his clothes and put them away, washed his car seat cover, pulled out his crib, bouncy seat, etc. It was so much fun to realize that this little boy is going to be here sooner than we can imagine! We can't wait to have him in our arms!

Diego went to bed early last night, but since Alexia had a good nap, she stayed up late to help Papi plant the flowers. She was so excited to be his little helper and did a great job.