L.A. Family Visit

Posted by normajean in Vacations

Mateo and Mommy took one last 2011 trip to sunny So. Cal to visit family and friends.  It had been almost a year since our last visit and we couldn’t wait to see everyone and eat some good (fatty) food. Diego picked us up at the airport and our fist stop was getting an In-n-Out burger! yes.. double double with grilled onion!

Mateo had fun playing with his cousins Diego and Brianna and eating Titi Hilda’s yummy food (hello.. albondigas and arroz con leche). The weather was great, except for the last day when we decided to go to the beach with Titi Carmen and it was overcast.. we still had lots of fun and Mateo loved playing in the sand.

We both missed Daddy very much and were super excited to see him back in Ohio.  Maybe next time we can all travel together… and visit more often.

Thank you Titi Hilda for taking care of us…

 

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Getting Ready for Santa Claus..

Posted by Jay in Ohio

Its that time of year to put up the Xmas tree and we had lots of fun setting up and decorating the tree. Every year I wish we had a real tree and then the pre-lit “not-real”tree  goes up in less than 10min and I forget about wanting a real tree :).  Mateo is all jazzed up for this holiday season and is working on being a Good boy for Santa Claus. We can’t wait!

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Spidey Halloween

Posted by Jay in Ohio

Superheroes were on the menu this Halloween and there was something about Spider-Man that Mateo was 100% fixated on this time of year. So a muscled-up Spiderman costume was in order. There was a fun Halloween party at the PreSchool we attended with a Parade (indoors due to rain this year) with all the kids dressed up in great costumes. Everything from girl Pirates, Strawberry Shortcakes, Princesses, Lightning McQueen and everything in between was on deck.  The kids had some yummy cupcakes and then we were off for some fun trick-o-treating.

Here in Columbus, the cities rotate on what days Trick-o-Treating takes place and I think that’s a kids best dream since neighborhoods travel to other neighborhoods to get in 2-3 days of non-stop Candypolooza! Our neighborhood was packed this year and I could’ve sworn I saw a couple of 3 & 4 year old little elbows being thrown grabbin for candy :)  Mateo had a great time and got a bagful of the sweet stuff.  Too much as a matter of fact. But another fun holiday in the books and the preparation starts for the “Operation Santa betta bring me some Toys” 2011.

The rest of the pics are here in our gallery.

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To the Pumpkin Patch

Posted by Jay in Ohio

We took a quick trip to visit Leeds Farms and it was a packed madhouse since it was a bright sunny weekend day and every family from Central Ohio seemed to have the same idea we did to visit the Pumpkin Patch. Mateo and Mom had a ball on all the rides and exhibitions as Dad was feeling way under-the-weather.  There were zip-lines, pedal car rides, banana-trains, huge pumkpin bouncy bladder and farm animals galore. It was a fun time for all and we got to pick out a few good pumpkins to take home and decorate. Sadly, there was a serious vehicle accident outside the farm when we were visiting that required the life-flight to come in, so we’re praying the family in that car is doing ok today.

Rest of the pics here in the gallery.

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Happy 3rd Birthday Mateo!!

Posted by Jay in Baby, Ohio

We celebrated another extraordinary year with our son and he had a blast at his birthday party over at the MyGym kids play area in Powell. Most of Mateo’s friends from early preschool and pre-school came to celebrate. I don’t know how the MyGym chaperones managed to keep fourteen 3 year olds busy and occupied for 2 hours but somehow they managed :)

The kids played games, jumped on the trampoline, climbed pretty much everywhere, rode the zipline, went bubble-chasing, jumped into the ballpit and a had a puppet show too boot. I think the toddlers had a good time running around and an even better time having their parents chase them from play area to play area. After all that jumping around – we ended the day with all the kids sitting down for some Spider-Man birthday cake which was super-yummy.

Thank you so much to all the parents who came in on their busy Saturday (especially during the Ohio State game!) and an even bigger thank you for all of Mateo’s friends that came to join him on his birthday. He very much appreciated all the nice gifts and has yet to put them down.  We placed all of the pics from the event here in our family photo gallery.

Never far from our hearts is how special this day is as well for his twin brother Cristian – we miss you tremendously every day and wish you the happiest of 3rd birthdays as you watch over your brother from up above.  – Love Mommy, Daddy & Mateo

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