After what felt like the longest winter ever, I’m so ready for spring and all the joy that it brings! Good weather, gorgeous flowers, and lots of celebrations… that’s not too much to ask, is it? One big event we’ll be celebrating – my baby brother is graduating from high school next month! It seems […]
Archives for 2011
The things kids say (on an airplane)
Yesterday we flew from Virginia to Texas. Flying with the girls is always fun. Hehe. I pulled out my iPad and took down some of our conversations on the plane… all this before we even left the ground! ____________________________ Maya was looking impatiently out of the big windows at the airport. Maya: It sure is […]
Fluffy little ball of love!
My abuelita (grandma) has the cutest dog EVER! The puppy, named Chiquito (little one), is so affectionate and huggable. My grandparents adore him! And my girls are in love!
Cherry blossoms… a signal of spring
Washington, DC’s National Cherry Blossom Festival just wrapped up, and while the weather hasn’t been ideal, we spent one afternoon enjoying the blossoms last week. It was a grey, chilly day, but we still had a great time! A closeup of the blossoms. Maya was so happy! The girls just love the city. They’re always […]
Fun family vacations (and your chance to win one!)
My sister was just telling me about a really great deal she found for a girls’ weekend in Mexico next month. And she’s going for it. Me = jealous. I know I shouldn’t be – I just got back from Florida! – but I am. I love Mexico. It’s been 5 years, but I have […]
The Force
The girls & I took the Metro to DC on Sunday, to see the cherry blossoms. We had already been waiting on the platform for a while when a train passed by without stopping. I guess Maura wasn’t going to allow this to happen again, so she used her magic powers to stop the next […]
