A Summer Weekend Recap

July 16, 2012

Hi! How was your weekend? I am amazed at how much Jose and I need to accomplish over the weekend. I’m still pretty much stuck at home during the week so when Saturday arrives it’s, “ready, set, GO!” around here! I am very lucky to be able to stay at home with my kids and recuperate on Mondays from the exhausting but fun weekends.

On Saturday we went to a very good friend’s 3rd birthday pool party. The boys had an amazing time! What a great idea for a summer birthday. My friend Diana looked so relaxed as she hosted and every child had so much fun. No need for entertainers or a mess at home! The weather was also perfect: warm enough to swim but overcast skies. No sunburns here.

Quick snack between laps!

I also finally finished book one of the Fifty Shades Trilogy. Can we all say, WOWSERS? [Read more...]

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Summer Reading for Kids

May 28, 2012


I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend! Although it is still spring, summer is really here isn’t it?! Diego has a week and half left of school and I am trying not to freak out about how I will keep him and Santi entertained while Jordi is still an itty bitty baby!

Reading is always going on in our house but with no school during the summer, we must remember that reading levels and skills can go down during the break. Although Diego is reading well, we don’t mind taking out everything from “baby books” or board books so that he can read to Santi, to books above his grade level so that we can read to him (Spanish books too). I plan on pulling out these books shown above to make that connection of all the wonderful activities summer has to offer, to show them the things we will be doing and of course, to encourage their love for reading. [Read more...]

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