Daisy

My kids got a puppy for Christmas!!! My mom brought her on Christmas Eve. And may I add, I am NOT a dog person. But as soon as I saw Daisy, I liked her much. After much debating, Abel & I decided to keep her. She seems to bring such happiness to Ally.

I never thought I'd see the day that Ally, ALLY, would like an animal. She's scared of them! Long story short, if Ally is wearing boots, she's brave. But if she is barefoot, she's on top of the sofas. Adrian is coming around. He will touch her softly for a second, and that's it!

I'm not great at doing vids yet, so bare with me :P I tried editing it, to make it shorter, but couldn't. 

What's up with my LEG???

For a while now, ever so often, my leg cramps up REALLY bad. Something like a Charlie's Horse. "A charlie horse is an uncontrollable muscle contraction, or cramp, in the leg or the foot." Gosh, does it hurt!! So much that I can't walk!!

It happened today after dinner. I did a squat to tie Adrian's shoe lace and after I was done, he took off running to catch up to daddy and Skyla. Boy did my leg cramp up! It was hard for me to get up! I got up, and was hoping Abel would come back to rescue me. All I could do was stand by the table, crack up, and endure the pain. I kept picturing Abel's reaction because I would not come out of the restaurant. I stayed inside for well over 8 minutes! And my family? Waiting in the car :(

The waiter(s) were looking at me like "are you alright ma'am?" or "crazy lady!" Our waiter offered to call Abel, and I said "Nah, he'll come back" Then he started cracking up with me (I hope).

Finally….. I was able to slowly walk out side, with my pain and all. Abel real cool, sitting, waiting in the car. Then when he sees me, he's kinda getting mad at me. Telling me "Hurry up!" I start to laugh again, so he thinks I'm joking! He starts telling me "Quit acting!" "No te hagas!" I couldn't walk!!! Anyways, I got in the car and told him my story. He thought I had stayed behind talking to someone or that I had gone to the RR.

Tonight's episode has been the worst and the longest lasting. I guess I will have to get it checked by an MD. Another episode happened during lunch, Christi thought she was being punked into paying for Sal's and my lunch. She was at the register(looking around for us) and we were at the table. Sal was trying to help me. I believe I was also laughing. For some weird reason, that pain makes me laugh?

P.S. When we got home, Abel did apologize. He was more helpful :) I had to sit for a long time.

Pajama Par-tay!!!

My Skyla loves to watch Sponge Bob and Adrian is totally into the WALL-E movie.
He actually says WANN-E. When we took them to the theatre to see the movie, he sat through the whole thing!!

WALL-E, Madagascar, and SpongeBob are regulars here at our home. Those silly Madagascar penguins!! And Melman!!

The Bean Project

I can still remember doing the same project in school. Ally was so excited! She grew one at school, but the day she brought it home, it broke, so.... she grew another one at home! She would water it, and put in by the window for sunlight. And the pictures above are the end result. I hope she continues to like school as much as she does right now.

Christmas Tree, mechanic style...

We decided to put our Christmas tree this past weekend.  We let the kids put up all the ornaments. Ally of course is a pro.  Adrian on the other hand was hesitant in the beginning.  He just needed to get warmed up.  

Let me explain the title of my blog.  Adrian has mechanic blood running through his veins.  My dad is an auto mechanic and Babel is a mechanic x2 (auto & marine).  So I was not surprised to see my little Adrian hanging his set of ornaments mechanic style.  I thought it was so funny!  He did that all on his own.  

Thanks to my sister's idea, we buy our children a new ornament every year.  The tree looks nice with the regular ornaments but extra warm with their SPECIAL ornaments.  

Thankful day!

FULL being the key word.  Why must we eat so much during the holidays?? Why? Because we are blessed to have such great cooks that prepare delicious meals. 

Being that this is our 1st Thanksgiving at 1141 N. Bonham, we decided that we would all gather here.  We set enough tables so that we could all sit down to eat together.  I got up early to stuff the birdy and roast it away.  It was exciting for me!  Everyone brought what they were assigned.  So I didn't have a lot to do.  One year I would like to take care of it all!  One long year away from now :P

Ally and Hailey made cupcakes.  I even let them crack the eggs!  They had a blast!

Later in the evening most of us played "Chalupa"  I only won twice, but Abel won the very last game, which was the biggest pot :)

Hot Mamma!

My baby doll went for a hair cut about 2 weeks ago.  I know it took me a while to post it but here she is.  I could not believe my eyes after we left the hair salon!  What can I say? She's my little darling.  She looks so beautiful!  I think she kinda poses like mommy :D 

Abel and I were ready to cut her hair.  I just asked the lady to cut in layers, and BAM! A hot(er) mamma appeared...

Ally Sky is happy with her new hair style and so are we!