Old Habits Die Hard

"Campo" - farmland in the Dominican Republic. People from the "campo" are very poor. Lots of times the children don't have shoes and they have very few clothes. So the kids happily walk around naked and barefoot down the dirt sidewalks. Papi is from the "campo".

And while you can take the boy out of the campo and give him all the present technology. . .



you just can't take the campo out of the boy. Although, thankfully he has learned to use clothes, most of the time.



By the way, this comes from the man who now even has to wear house shoes in the house.

Who cooks dinner at your house?

The kids finally gave up on my cooking and decided to take it on themselves.

The Ultimate Spanglish

With Papi home we are hearing more and more Spanish during the day even from the kids which resulted in the following exchange.

** For all you gringos (he-he) "loca" means crazy.

Isabel: Alexandria, you're loca!

Alexandria: No, you're loca!

Isabel: No, you're loca!

Alexandria: Well you're loca-er!

Smooshed?

I had just stripped down to get in the shower when DJ came in. He looked at me, his eyes got big and he got a confused look on his face. Finally he said what he was thinking, "Mom your boobs are smooshed." Thanks DJ!

"They are? How did that happen?"

"Probably from that thing you wear, you know" as he points to his chest. Oh, you mean that thing they call a bra that actually makes me look like I have boobs?

Yeah, thank goodness for the miracle bra.

Sleeping Beauties

Isabel loves to sleep in Alexandria's high loft bed with her big sister. She asks almost everyday if she can sleep with Alexandria. We don't let her on school nights or on Friday nights since she would wake everyone up too early Saturday morning and if you know us we are all about sleeping in. So Saturday nights work best because we have church early Sunday morning.

Lately she's been potty training. She's done pretty good so far but when she asked on Saturday if she could sleep with Alexandria I had to tell her no. I just don't want to have to change the sheets on that 7 foot loft bed more times than neccessary. Isabel of course started to cry. Her big sister felt so bad that she came to beg me if Isabel could sleep with her. Finally, I gave in but instead of sleeping in the loft bed they needed to sleep in the crib. Crib sheets are much easier to change if someone has an accident. She jumped right in. I'm not sure any other 7 year old would crawl into a crib with their younger sister. I don't think Isabel could have a better big sister.

MVP

It's official!! Papi is the Most Valuable Player for the 2009 season in the LMB. YEA PAPI!!! You can check out the article here.

DJ Lays Down the Law

"I'm not obeying YOU or YOUR COMMANDS!" DJ let AJ know after AJ declared himself the king.

Like Your Kids Never Did This

Sometimes I get yelled at by strangers for letting my kids walk across the street by themselves. To them I say, SMILE it's not that bad. You should come over to our house we could probably find more things that may freak you out too.

Didn't See It Coming

If you're four and you have a dad that plays baseball professionally and he's been teaching you how to hit a pitch your swing can be dangerous. You might even hit the pitcher in the mouth with a hard hit ball.

Just for the record Papi has never got hit in the mouth by a ball before and he's been playing since he was four. This is just another reason why Papi thinks he deserves 20% of their signing bonus.

Oh, and Papi will be offering baseball clinics while he's home. If he could teach a four year old to do this think of how he could help your teenager.

It's Rain!

Rain, something we rarely see here in AZ. But today nature had a surprise for us this morning . . .

a beautiful rainy day.























What do you do in the rain?