Mima's visit and keeping busy

Ricardo's mom was here to visit last week and we had a great time with her. The kids and her spent a lot of time in the backyard, hanging out in the pool. They also went to lunch at chik fil a, went out for ice cream and had fun playing games and reading books at home. It was wonderful to have her here and we miss her already!

Enjoying sweet watermelon in the pool on her first day in HOT Atlanta!

Notice Mima's Germany jersey! Diego enjoyed watching some World Cup games with Mima on the computer.

Happy Mima with her three babies.

She loved giving Marco a bath!

On Saturday and Sunday, we all went to Tio Aldo's to watch the World Cup games. Diego was really into watching the games and Alexia even enjoyed them!

She was really tired on Saturday and didn't want to sleep on a bed upstairs, so we let her take her nap on Papi's chest...she slept like this for almost 2 hours.

Marco did great through it all and slept when he was tired and ate when he was hungry. Here he is getting some love from big brother.



Ricardo left for London on Monday so we have been on our own all week. It has gone much better than I expected. We have kept busy which has certainly helped the days go by. On Monday Diego said to me, "You are going to need a lot of help from Alexia and I when Papa is not here." Sweet boy. On Tuesday we went to Ruth's house to celebrate Anjuli's 5th birthday. It was a blast! Ruth had a wonderful High Tea party and the spread was quite impressive! The kids decorated scones with blueberries, chocolate chips and raisins. Here is the birthday girl...

The beautiful table of delicacies

Alexia and Keona had their own special table in the kitchen

After Anjuli's party we went home and all four of us had a nap, which was wonderful! Once everybody was awake, we had snacks and headed out the door again to celebrate Patrick and Benjamin's birthday. Diego and Alexia have always loved baby Benjamin and were excited that he turned ONE! Here's Diego giving the birthday boy a high-five...

I started this post yesterday and Ricardo has since returned from his trip. We were all so excited to see him last night. The kids had great naps yesterday so they got to stay up until close to 10:00pm! We're a little sleepy this morning, but not as cranky as I had expected!