This year for Thanksgiving, ALL of the family was together except Miquel who had to work and Jenny who stayed home. But unlike last year Miranda and Silas were away, as a family, we were all together for at least part of the day. We had a great time, and...
The other day we had a time of it with Silas and Cameron out in the crisp, autumn leaves.
Tennis Lesson for Silas Last night, Miquel took Silas and I to Holabird Sports. The main purpose was to find Silas a tennis racket. We didn’t get home till dark, so today we woke up to sunshine and off we went to Silas’s first tennis lesson.
Today was a perfect autumn day, even on the warm side sometimes, and with Georgie here, it was a great excuse for a day’s outing. ***UPDATED*** To see more photos, visit the » GALLERY HERE
Silas marked. Scenario: A mommy who is under the weather and taking a nap. Daddy is watching a football game that is TIED and in OVERTIME. (Ravens vs. Patriots) A toddler playing with the markers he got for his birthday party the day before. Not seen here: he even marked...
Birthday parties and actual birthdays don’t always match in this family. We celebrated earlier this month Silas’s actual birthday, but today was his birthday party. Miranda decided to have it at Lake Waterford. Sweet for me to think the very park I took Enric and Miranda’s engagement photos at, now...
21 years old would seem to ask for a big party…but still dizzy from travel, Miquel seemed happy enough to allow his mama to get away with a small family birthday party. I suppose on his birthday, all is well as long as there are FIDEUS!
Petra sent matching tee shirts for Silas and RubÃ. Today we finally got around to taking photos of them both dressed in them.
Today is Silas’ birthday. He will have a party later this month, but today we had a small family celebration.
It seems Silas wants to go with us to Australia too. He sat down and said, “Nana, I am going to miss you. I want to go to Australia!” “But you can’t Silas, you don’t have a ticket.” Silas, not stopping exclaimed, “Well, I will get a ticket!” “But it...
Today we celebrated Daniel’s birthday. With some fun at the pool… Miranda walks baby Rubà around the pool… …while Aiden does a dive belly flop into the water. Silas preferred to try out a new bike that Connor and Aiden brought. Bikes going down the hill seemed like a fun...
It’s not unusual for me to announce, “Nice light on some mushrooms outside” or “Spider on the side of the house.” while rushing into the house grabbing my camera gear, and Laura doing the same. Today we had a spider, he was quite large. Well, Silas must be learning by...
After the bubbles, we all gathered inside. Silas tried out the didgeridoo…. Becca and Silas look at the artwork on the didgeridoo. Craig brought out his flugelhorn…. He teaches Silas how to use it. Silas is a bit shy to try it, so Miranda gives him an extra lesson. Which...
While out at the store this weekend, I picked up a toy airplane for Silas. He was a little confused at first how to make it work. But Daddy soon showed him how…
Today, Laura and I took Silas to Fort Smallwood Park. We knew he would enjoy it there, I don’t think we know HOW much! Silas learned he could throw wood in the water, and that became the order of the day. Throw wood in the water… Run along the beach...
Miquel is very busy. Work, band practice, gigs, errands, dates with Jenny…. So when he is actually HOME, and that is rare, he gets to hang out with his nephew and niece.
Each day reminds me how fast Silas and Rubà are growing up. I was quite surprised to see Silas playing video games with his daddy… Then, later today, his mama acquired a very reasonable priced Sandbox from Craigslist for Silas. And here is RubÃ, constantly amazing me with her strength,...
After way too many years, Flavio stopped by for a quick visit with Lucas and Ryan. In typical 90+ degrees Maryland summer heat, the natural thing to do was to invite them for a swim. The boys jumped right in. Flavio avoids being decapitated as Silas “cleans” the pool. Water...
Like last year, we went to the Baltimore Harbor for fireworks. This year had some differences, we had Enric, Miranda, Silas and baby Rubà with us! However, this year, Miquel had to work, and no Jenny either. On Chrissy’s side, we had Jim, Johnny, Britney, Adam, Sophia, and Cameron…but no...
Today the heat and humidity left Pasadena, and we decided it was a good day for the park. Silas at his usual fun slide… The static this slide creates! Every time we touched we had sparks! Next, was RubÃ’s turn at a slide…mind you, she was asleep, but it was...
“If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn’t there, I never really lost it to begin with.” ? L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Sometimes to experience the wonders of life and...
Doesn’t seem possible, but Rubà is now one month old! She’s already being cheeky with her bother!
Yesterday the weather was great and it was a perfect day to go to the park. Silas at this point, is an old pro at the park. But this was RubÃ’s first day! Her first see-saw. Her first swing… Silas wanted to push mommy and baby sister! Silas is a...
Silas has been a bit timid in the pool so far. Now, some of that could be the frigid mountain water temperatures that yaya likes to keep the water, but some was fear as he would hold on to his daddy very tightly each swim. This day, he finally let...
With threatening skies and a tornado warning on weather.com, we came home from church, ate a quick lunch and headed out to Gresham Farm to see Chad and Janelle get married. As we drove there, I was really starting to worry that rain was going to come in time for...
Now it isn’t that we don’t want to play the Rack-O game sitting in the table, or even a round of Scrabble, but of late, “fun” in our household has taken a new turn. Like the three times since the baby was born, bailing out the two inches of rain...
We had heat and we had humidity, summer feels like it has officially begun. The pool has been ready for swimming for a few days now, but today most of us got in. Silas wasn’t so sure about the pool to start with… It didn’t take long to have fun,...
Petra emailed me about a week ago that she would be coming in for a quick visit. I quickly informed mom on the news and suggested she make a chocolate cake, knowing Petra loves mom’s homemade cakes. Silas, who had never met Petra yet, was already considering her a soul...
I took Laura, Silas, and Cammy to Annapolis to see the Blue Angels. This year, I think they did a lot more things than last year. We all had fun!
We’ve been keeping Silas pretty busy these days. Today he had great fun with a daddy long legs. And later, his nana got him a bat and ball, and well, it was a bit confusing to him, but he had fun!
The weather of late has been cloudy, rainy, gray, and chilly. So today, it was still all those things minus the rain. Since Silas has had precious little outside time, Laura and I took him to the park and it ended up being a little “Nature walk.” Silas liked exploring...
This morning I went out to the living room to find Silas holding his baby sister so sweet!
When I had my own children, their first bath was a big event. So it went for RubÃ… I was in my room when Miranda alerted me, in the case I wanted to get my camera, well sure I did! As you might guess, Silas was rather curious about this...
