Receiving his ribbon!

Celebrating at Farm Burger!

SECOND PLACE!!!!

Ready for the spelling bee!!

An hour of books, puzzles and almonds with mama makes a happy boy!

Busy kitchen!

This girl comes up with all her own outfits...could she be any cuter?!

Wearing his duck cape!

Love!!

And here are the ninjas with their bodyguard in the back!

They dressed up in black on Sunday to be daddy-fighting ninjas.  They're holding Alexia's toy ninja who was their assistant.

How she enjoys her Trader Joes stickers!

"I'm all dressed, and I have my headband on!"

Enjoying the s'mores!

Here's a shot that captures all 6 kidd

We had a great pupusa dinner and s'mores feast with the Smith family tonight.  Ashleigh (pictured above) goes to school with Diego and that's her little sis Keira and they have a little bro, Benjamin.
Lots of laughter and fun!

I need to do Diego's birthday blog post, but here's a sweet picture of our lunch outing!

My amazing husband has blessed me with lots of flowers lately and Marco was so excited to help with the arranging last night. Our boys are in husband training without even knowing it :)

Darling girl eating her pasta in bed this evening.  She had a nasty tummy bug today and spent about 5 hours in the bathroom.  I think she got it all out, hopefully!  She was a bundle of joy even while she was sick and I was blessed to take care of her.

Today we had a fun playdate/lunch with the Graham's.  Here's the picnic lunch on the floor!

And here we are at Yeah Burger last week!

My precious sous chef

I am crazy about this salad so have to share a picture.  It is a Cobb salad, with a veggie pattie instead of the meat.  It's loaded with avocado, egg, bleu cheese, tomatoes, etc...all organic...all amazing.  Yeah! Burger rocks!

Checking out a card from Stevie

Alexia giving one of her teachers her valentine 

Diego handing out his handmade cards 

The kids had their valentines parties at school today.  I took in the crafts and game for Diego's class.  It was so fun to see him interact with his classmates.  Such a sweet group of kids!

Double-headed couch!

Ricardo took Alexia out to Chik Fil A's annual Daddy Daughter date night last Saturday.  After the meal and limousine ride in the parking lot, he took her to Fresh Market to buy these beautiful flowers.
Future boyfriends, the standards are HIGH...this girl has a daddy who adores her, loves her and shows it daily. 

At the pet store with grandpa!

Action shot

Grandpa was a brave man and agreed to go to ikea with us today.  We bought two bunk beds...so exciting!

Both of the pre-k classes went on a special field trip today.  Alexia absolutely loved their time at the symphony!  She was so energized and delighted by the outing.
How sweet is her expression in the picture?!

Mima gave this sweater to Marco and its all he wants to wear.  I asked him to smile for the picture...so cute!

Alexia has started ballet class at a studio that has a class just for Heritage girls on Wednesday afternoons.  She absolutely loves it!  This is Hannah, also a classmate from school.

After frozen yogurt, we went on to the library to check out a stack of books.  Here Ale is showing Benoit her favorite book :)

And Tia Ale and Tio Benoit too!

Grandpa and his grand kids at Yogli Mogli!

Ricardo and his dad went to Alexia's class this morning to talk about El Salvador. I didn't realize this was such a bad picture when I took it :(. Grandpa was holding up the towel on the right side.