My Birthday

Look at this cake! Rafael and Lydia decided to make me a cake this year for my birthday and I have to say they did a great job. Rafael baked the cake with Lydia's help and then Lydia decorated the cake. She was so proud of the cake, and I think she should be. It tasted wonderful too. Lydia has mentioned that she wants to be a "baker" when she grows up so maybe she has a future in that.

Singing in the Rain

My Little Ballerina

Lydia has wanted to try out dance for awhile now. She doesn't walk around the house anymore, she dances and cartwheels and flips around the house, so I decided it was time. For her birthday we bought some new dance outfits and tap shoes for dance. As soon as she started her class she loved it. I just might have a dancer on my hands, and I REALLY don't know what to do with that.

Hmmm . . .

Wow, how long has been since I blogged, let me answer that FOREVER! New goal, update once a week. Not sure if it is possible, but I'm going to try.

On to what prompted the post . . . Lydia. She walks up to me and says I know how to spell "pee" (like going the bathroom). Granted she was watching Super Why on TV and they were spelling words, so I think that is the root of this. She says, it is spelled P-E-Y-A. Wait, an "A" at the end. Has she thought pee was really peya with an a sound at the end of the word her whole life? I must be an excellent Mom not to have taught her at least the basics! Oh well, I'm sure there will be plenty more of these moments to come.

My 6 Year Old

Lydia turned 6 on April 5th. She was so excited to turn 6 and she kept saying how much bigger and older she was now. She is such a sweet girl and loves her family very much. She loves to draw, do puzzles, be "girly" (as you will see later, she had to wear makeup to her party . . . oh boy)and just be creative. I guess she takes a lot after me, except the sweet part, I don't know where she got that. She loves her little brother, but I'm not sure he always loves the attention.

So this year she requested a rainbow party. Rainbows, . . . okay. We went to the party store and luckily found some untraditional rainbow colors that she loved. With this theme in mind I decided to do rainbow cupcakes. They were a little work but turned out really great. Here are some pictures from the party.

Weekend with nothing to do . . . why not go to the horse show?

The title pretty much sums it up . . . plus we had free tickets.

Back Surgery

Rafael has had back problems for quite awhile. I think it was a combination of all the sports, and crazy stuff he does along with 3 car accidents that did him in. It finally got so bad that he needed surgery. So on January 31st he went in for surgery, to get an artificial disk put in his back. Interestingly, to put the disk in, they went through the front, so now we have matching "C-Section" scars. It was a rough few days at the hospital and at home in the beginning but he recovered quickly.

Grandma Montero came to help out and be with Rafael for his surgery. The kids loved that Grandma came to visit.