This cracked me up

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
~Erma Bombeck

Bottom of the 9th Boston 8, Toronto 6, if we don't win this one I'm having a fit. These guys have beat us everytime this year so far I think :P

Here is Melvin

Pray that he has a family soon. He is so beautiful, oh my heart will break :(

  

My heart is breaking....

My friend came back from Guatemala from meeting her gorgeous daughter Mya. She is just on the moon she is just so happy. So she sends me pictures of some of the kids that are in the orphanage and this one little 3 year old guy caught my heart, he doesn't have a family and is in the process of abandonment which means nobody in his family claimed him to raise him (I just want to cry!)

I wish I could adopt him. He is so absolutely gorgeous, I'm oging to post a picture of him so you can pray for him that he finds a family soon. I think I will cry myself to sleep tonight thinking of him. What a sweet little guy.

So put Melvin in your prayers because I know we cannot adopt him, well Pat doesn't want more chidren (which I understand, I really do, but my heart doesn't :( )

yummy fruit

Let me recommend to you Schwans Frozen Golden Fruit Blend. It has the sweetest mangoes in it. Oh man my kids and I fight over it!

4 am is too early to be awake

First I got up after hearing something, then Larisa came into my bed wanting to sleep with me, then it was Gabi turning on every light in the house. She had a nightmare... I ended up letting Boo out of his cage to sleep with her.

I'm kinda tired now so I will try to get some extra sleep time. Yawwwnnn...

please pray

A friend's daughter who has multiple allergies had a severe reaction to latex yesterday. Please keep her in your prayers. How scary for her and her family!

Funny

I bought this picture at Silver dollar City. I had to because it was so hilarious to see Gabi's face as she was sliding down. For the record she claims the ride was a blast.

  

2 days

Mami comes in 2 days, the house is taking shape so I'm less nervous.

Pat has decided to jump with me while we are in Vegas. Oh boy that's going to be fun! Here's a video I keep watching online, I wonder what mine will be like....

Tandem jump video

I've been kinda getting scared about the jump so here is the quote of the day:

Panic at the thought of doing a thing is a challenge to do it.
~Henry S. Haskins

AWWWWWwww...

Ok, is this not the sweetest group of pictures ever? Patrick got Miguel a baseball book and they were reading it together. I thought they looked so sweet like that. I also thought Pat really needs to work on his tan, weeeoooo he is like a dang ghost next to Miguel! ;)

 
 
  

Floating doggie.

 
 
 
  

Cleaning time

My mom is coming on Thursday (my kids are delirious with happiness!) My house has been so gross I'm embarassed, so i'm cleaning and doing laundry. Tomorrow our housekeeper will come and do a good cleaning, something i'm eternally grateful for, and then we can continue to tackle other stuff like steam cleaning carpets, organizing stuff and then setting up the guest room for visitors.

Pat and the girls are swiming and we threw Sam and Boo in the pool, Sam sunk like an anvil and Boo floated. Not large surprise since Sam is all swinnew (did I spell that right?) and Boo is just so fat that he floats easily. Sam now officially stinks of wet dog, pewwwww....

I officially reserved for my tandem jump in Vegas and boy I'm like already getting butterflies in my stomach. The other night I dreamt the whole night of the jump.

I'm going to post some pictures of Boo, he's just so freaking useful...

Woo Hooo!!

The grand total between today and yesterday is $280.00, adding dh's matching money is some serious shopping mula for Vegas ::doing a happy dance:::

We have a baptism so we gotta get ready.

Saturday

Today is day 2 of the yard sale. Wish me better luck this time. I'm still hoping for a big turn out and lot's of things to go.

I have to go and set up a new sign because someone ripped out one of the signs I had done, arghhh... I have an appt at 10 to paint my hair and we have a baptism this afternoon.

Last night the girls went to a game and we got to go eat just the 2 of us with Miguel and it was fun, it felt weird to be honest but it was nice to get to pay attention to only one child and have a pretty uninterrupted conversation.

I'm almost done with the book of Enrique's journey and I'm devastated, what a terrible injustice it is to be poor in Central America, that people will choose a trip that they have such a great posibility of death, maimming and rape among other things is just heartbreaking to me.

Quote of the day:

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. ~Leo Buscaglia

Almost 6 am, time to get busy again :)

the yard sale...

I'm positively exhausted, the sale didn't go as I planned and so far only netted out $105.00, I was hoping for $300. I will set up again tomorrow and hope to get more traffic and sales. All the baby toys were left untouched, totally surprising me 'cause they are in perfect shape and look like they just came out of the box. I also had to chase Miguel the entire time.

We are off to dinner, the girls went to a ball game with a friend so it's only 3 of us tonight.

Fire Sale!

I start selling at 7:30 am. Brownies are in the oven, juices are in the fridge, signs are ready but not up yet.

I hope to make at least $300, my sweet husband said he will match whatever I make today for spending money in Vegas, now that is some encouragement!!

Am I forgetting something?????

Sweet quote:

The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child.

~Joe Houldsworth

Brownies are ready!!!!

Feeling Refreshed

I gave Miguel Motrin last night and the kid slept like a rock! Woo Hoo! I love waking up rested, it's such a great feeling! Today I get to finish working on the Yard Sale! Wish me luck I want to take my money for shopping in Vegas.

My quote for today:

"It's a question of discipline," the little prince told me later on. "When you've finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend your planet."

~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, 1943, translated from French by Richard Howard

Send a little thought or prayer out today for my friend Amy, today she meets her 6th child, Mya, in Guatemala.

i wanted to post a picture of the three kids cuddling in bed but then as I took pictures Sam (the boxer) decided to join them and step of Miguel's face, OUCH! Needless to say Miguel is now in a funk :P

One more for today

I wanted to share 2 more things today before I have to leave again.

What am I reading?

Enrique's Journey
The Story of a boys dangerous odyssey to reunite with his mother
by Sonia Nazario

It has started very nicely.

What am I listening to?

Now that dh gave me an Ipod for Mother's day I bought a new album from a group called:
Bacilos
It's music in spanish and I'm really liking it. I particularly like "Sangre Americana" it's a great song.

I'm also listening to one of my favorite groups, it's from Mexico and it's called Maná, it's not mariachi music, it's more I guess modern music, it's beautiful and has such beautiful lyrics, some of it is political and it's really touching. I really love "Rayando el Sol" I don't tire of hearing that song.

Funny of the day: Miguel is suddenly loving applesauce but he cracks me up because he calls it "apple ass" LOL

Dance recital will not come up soon enough

Oh man, I'm going to be glad for a break in dance this summer. Next weekend (June 3rd) is the girls recital. Gabi auditioned and got a lead part for the "little girls show" but is still also participating in the "big girls show" one is at 2pm and the other at 7 pm,the same day. Gabi has been practicing a minimum of 6-12 hours per week. It's just friggin exhausting to do all this driving, call me "Mama Chauffer" Frankly I'm glad she is so involved in something that promotes a healthy lifestyle, YK, exercising, good diet (not that I haven't caught her teacher eating chocolates and cheetos ;) That's ok it's good to see that she is not obsessed with food ) and she really loves the enviroment there. She is happy and always wants to do extra practice and stay longer if asked. So there it's a good thing but boy the "beam me up, Scotty" machine would be so handy!

It was so hot out today that we took a swim in the pool. It was so refreshing! It took me 3 days of hard work to get the pool going, it was YUCKY, and it's now blue and clear and oh so inviting! We've been spending lot's more time outside and have all turned a nice shade of brown, except Miguel that looks like a scrumptious dark chocolate shade. The kid has a dreamy tan.

Gabi is obsessed with the Neopets PS2 The Darkest fairie game. And before you think this an evil game, it's got an E grading so it's not like some of those XBox 360 war games or anything like that. She is pretty good at it, the kid's got talent.

Today the girls went to horseback riding after a 6 week or so hiatus and both did so well. On the last lesson we had Gabi got spooked because the horse went nuts when she was grooming it and started bucking and kicking. She managed to get away from him but not 10 minutes later another horse threw a hissy fit too and she wouldn't quit talking about it. Today she was a bit hesitant at first but she settled and when I got back to see her she was posting and looked very nice (she rides English) She has such good posture and seems to have a natural talent on the horse. Larisa was her usual goofy, smartypants self and played all her favorite games on the horse, like Simon Says, Mother may I and Red light Green light.

Miguel decided to continue on his sleeping vein and took a fabulously short 20-30 minute nap in the car.

I gotta go get everyone ready for the next round of car driving insanity. Gabi is going to dance at 4:30, then I come back and get Larisa ready for Gymnastics, leave Miguel with Pat, take Reese to Gym and then after 7 pm Pat goes with Miguel and picks up Gabi from dance.

I wonder if they have anymore of that Rooster Wine at the store.....

sleep deprivation is bad...

I think my Migueli is sick or something is wrong with him :( He woke up 3 times between midnight and 5am and he wet his bed and then mine also when I brought him to bed. That is so rare I cannot explain it. I'm going to see how he acts today but he might have to go to the Dr. and get checked, my head feels all cottony from lack of sleep.

Remember that movie that I wanted to mention it's X-men 3. I have liked all X-men movies so far and hope the last one is not a dissapointment.

Quote of the day:

Without enough sleep, we all become tall two-year-olds.
~JoJo Jensen, Dirt Farmer Wisdom, 2002

another one:

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson


And the last one:

"Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired that you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round – remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped."

James Corbett

Time for breakfast and to run away from Miguel that has a light saber and is comanding me to Run!

Please vote on my poll!

I'm setting up for a yard sale and just came in to check and only 2 people have voted. Come on guys! :)