Christmas Ornaments

 Here they are painting their own ornaments.  They are now hanging on the tree, still face-less.  Maybe I will have them draw a self portrait since we got some different ornaments to put their yearly picture in. 

Making the baby box

One of the traditions I started with Marco was to paint a small wooden memory box before he was born.  Inside I put his sono pictures, arm band from the hospital, and a few other special items.  Because we did not know if he was going to be a boy or girl, it was painted a mixture of pink and blue.  Before Joaquin was born we let Marco paint his box.  And now that baby #3 is close to being born we let both boys paint the box.  They each picked out a wooden heart to paint for the baby as well.  They are so excited for the baby to be born.

  

Our latest Target pics

I like to have pictures taken of the the boys every 6 months-a year just for memory sake. Of course, being on the frugal side I use a coupon that allows me to choose one pose for a portrait package. Luckily, Target puts all the pictures taken on a special website that I can access and then transfer to this blog. Marco really wanted the snowflake background but I thought it was just too “cheesy” looking to choose as my one pose prints. I’m sure in ten years he will thank me for that! :)

I love how relaxed they both look in this picture.

And here is this year’s winner! Joaquin’s hair looks slightly red in this photo but maybe that is because his summer sun highlighting in fading.

Marco’s first trophy

Marco’s first soccer season officially ended this Sunday.  This was his second time playing on an organized team. (the first experience was in the spring when he played t-ball)  He informed me that he liked soccer the best because he got to run more.  (YES, that is music to a former soccer player’s ears)  It was fun to watch his team transform from the kids who just stood there and watched the other team score to the kids who were actually doing the scoring and chasing after the ball if they didn’t have it.  Way to go Major Trouble!!

   

And here are the faithful supporters…. cousin Nancy and brother Joaquin.

Marco’s Halloween Parade at Escuela

This year I volunteered to help with Marco’s Halloween party at his preschool.  The parents are asked to help out with one party/year and I figured I might as well get my volunteerism out of the way before baby comes.  Although I theoretically could have done the Christmas party, I just didn’t see myself almost 9 months pregnant helping fifteen 4-5year olds make Christmas ornaments and picking up stranded beads off the floor.  I know, I know call me crazy… :)

Mrs. Brown’s class 2010-2011

Poor Joaquin had to sit at the extra table by himself, but he had a chocolate cupcake to keep him company so I don’t think it really bothered him sitting alone.

I'm not quite sure what joke Marco was telling his friends, but he sure had them all cracking up.

 

The class on stage performing their song. (Black Cat)

The Animated One

Just a few of the many faces of Joaquin.  I see his personality evolving everyday and I think he is going to be the class clown.  But that is what they say about the middle child, right? 

Recycling the pumpkin art

Since our carved pumpkins didn’t seem to last long, we decided to paint the pumpkins the boys received at Calloways Nursery a few weeks ago.  Not many of the original decorations remained, so that made it easy to repurpose them.  This time around we are just going to paint, and we will see how long they last.

 

And of course we had to make some Halloween inspired banana bread. Any brown spots on the banana and the boys deem it unfit to eat, but if I mash it and say we are going to make B bread they are all for it.  Especially if they get to put sprinkles on top.