I had a couple of pictures I wanted Paco to hang. I kept bugg'n him, like a good wife does ya know. I finally caught him downstairs doing "nothing". He was playing Cristian a game of tennis on the Wii. He paused the game and came to perform his husbandly duty.
Does this look familiar to any of you moms out there? Guess what I got to do the majority of today...Happy folding ya'll!
Jen got Mason a spiderman costume a couple years ago on an after Halloween sale and he has been wearing it ever since. I think he actually wore it as his costume one Halloween. When the girls play dress-up with their dresses and tutus, Mason would often don the amazing spiderman costume. Yes...he would spin a web and try to climb the walls.
A real man is who I married. My real man takes his daughter to one of her favorite places on earth - the manicurist. Not only does he take her there for her date of choice, but "when in Rome..." he walks out with new pedicured feet as well. This only happens about once a year. He needs a good pedicure at least every other month, but I'll take what I can get.
What a cute imagination though right?!
On our way home from Dallas at Thanksgiving we saw this spaceship!
Only in Texas do you find such oddities. It is an abandoned little shop. Obviously, the kids were thrilled beyond belief...
Aliens not included.
This is what a weekend with friends, non-stop, does to my little 5-year old. Goodness, my little gromit is so darling-cute sleeping like that. I asked Carlos to snap a few shots since I was driving. When I see him like this I want to scoop him up and cuddle for a few hours. I am so grateful that he was made extra-tiny. It makes up for the two years of life that I didn't get to hold him. I don't think that's the spin he'll appreciate in a few years about his height. Oh well, I love it for now!
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Happy Birthday Brandon! I thought this was such a clever idea and Bran got to enjoy the brunt of my creativity. I wonder what next year will bring? The kids have already decided that the theme should be "40 Stinks"! Friends, save me your dirty diapers!
How gorgeous are these colors, right? I am making salsa for Christmas gifts and so I solicited the help of a professional. I had my father-in-law, Anastacio spend the afternoon with us showing me the ropes of how it's really done.
We went grocery shopping together. We got Serrano chilies, habanero chilies, & jalapeno chilies. Also included was garlic, onions, cilantro, lemons, tomatoes, and tomatillos. Goodness, the shopping part was so fun. It was great asking my dad all the questions I wanted to about our ingredients.
Anastacio roasts all his chilies and the red tomatoes before they are used. Peeling the skins was time-consuming. I think I will omit this step the next time. I didn't notice a difference in taste with them roasted although I do love the bits of charred skin peppered through the salsa. We boiled the tomatillos in water until they were remarkably changed in color.
These bad boys were canned for 15 minutes in a lovely water bath. I think I'll do this again for our salsa stock pile. I spent $30 for 12 jars. Down side? You eat a jar a day. Cristian, Carlos and I quite enjoyed salsa verde all day today. Fabulous on my scrambled eggies!!
my dearest friend ever, natalie, finally had a baby girl after three attempts! she is, of course, ridiculously darling that little miss makenna. problem is...well, it's me. the poor child is now a year old. (sigh) good intentions right? but how does that saying go? what is the road to hell paved with? oh yeah, good intentions!
thankfully, natalie is the most forgiving and generous of people. she won't balk at my tardiness. this quilt is actually the first i ever made. shay held my hand (via verizon) through the whole process.
it is a tiny quilt, like a t.v. cozy or something. i love the colors though. i had it quilted in the bright purple color. it turned out very nice. i am so excited to give it to my friends little miracle daughter.
A common pose around the Carter home. Trevor giving the "care bear stare", Jen picking her nose, and Shay looking like someone from Kiss.
Testosterone induced idiocy. Trevor is doing his best to mold Tay into a wee little man.
Noel, Jen and Shay on our deck admiring all of dad's flowers. Some things never change.
My dad, the Smurf, on steroids. I dunno what he was doing home with that. What is it, a Hazmat hoodie or surgical gear? Who knows.
The famous "butt chin". Trev has a great one. Carlos, his dad, and Cristian have one too. Shay is making it more pronounced while Trev is giving his butt a pair of legs.
So I'm browing through our pictures and I stumble upon this little, hot number. Carlos is the one who loads all the images onto the computer.
My latest quilting endeavor... we had some friends bestow upon our family a very kind and generous deed. (To be explained later...) So I thought I'd make them a quilt as a sort of thank you gift. It is turning out great, but I always get to doubting myself at this stage in the game. Are the colors too intense for this person? Will they actually use it or display it? Are they going to barf at my color scheme?
Possibly one of my all-time fave pictures of Cora! Wink, wink my public. Her pending anticipation of the Tooth Fairy visit made her down-right giddy!
The large gap in the face, sure to make family portraits a rethought. Cora worked and worked on getting this bad boy out of her mouth. I told her that those big teeth get BIG BUCKS from the tooth fairy.
And mama didn't lie! She got three whole dollas! Curiously this fairy didn't leave behind any fairy dust. The kids and I are still entertaining possible theories as to why. So far they include 1) maybe it was a mean fairy, 2) maybe it ran out of fairy dust, 3) maybe we got Arwynn's fairy because she doesn't get dust, or 4) maybe Mom and Dad are the tooth fairy. Preposterous! Where does Cristian come up with those curve balls?!
