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Jonathan's track team took a break in between the outdoor and indoor seasons and I wanted him to stay in practice. His coach and I decided to enter him in Run For Kathy 5K Race race, so he's been training and we weren't really sure if he he'd make ith through the race through one of our local neighborhoods by himself, so we entered him in the kid's 1 mile race.
He breezed through the race, didn't even break a sweat. We are so proud of him. Way to go Jonathan.
Here are a few more pics of the new love in our lives.
We picked up our long awaited puppy. The kids had been BEGGING for a dog for a solid three years, every Birthday, every Christmas, every Summer! We finally fulfilled their dream (can't wait to see what the next dream is LOL)
Can you make her out...I don't have adecent photo of her, but I'll work on it. She's a Portuguese Water Dog...an absolutely beautiful animal.
This is a continuance of what happened to me last weekend. My mind and lifestyle is so busy...way busier than I want it to be. Last Saturday, I get the kids up at 6:30 am ( no they were not happy), don't give them any breakfast or juice, pack a cart to vend at a women's retreat, race to drop the kids off at Grandma's, get to the church in downtown D.C., find nobody there, call my cousin ( the organizer) when it dawns on me to check my e-mail to make sure I'm at the right place...Right place...WRONG DAY...it was the weekend BEFORE!! urgh^#%$#@!!!.
Get back to in-laws...it's not even 9:00 am...now what do I do with these bright-eyed kids...wake up my sister and go wake up her neighbors! LOL...no joke! Spend the morning with her, then decide on a whim to go grocery shopping at a Latino market (where all the signs are in Spanish)...you can do that when you live in metropolitan area!
The kids are fascinated by the different products, the bottled soda...the fresh fish with the scales and heads still on them, and ohhhh the FRESH MEAT with all of it's FRESH SMELLS! It was a blast...even a little skirmish broke out among some customers waiting in the long meat line.
I was able to let my kids a little bit of what it's like in other cultures where shopping at the market and filleting the fish is an everyday occurrence. Yes, I chopped off fish heads and filleted us some Tilapia, made Spanish rice and fried some plantains! Dealing with the fish did require viewing step by step illustrations on the Internet though. We topped off the evening by sharing the meal with our Jamaican neighbors...who corrected my plantain frying directions!
...and NO the kids didn't have wine, they had FRESCA in wine glasses...although they did want to sniff it.
What will you do in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month?...please share in the comment section.
Party #2 Jonathan turns 7.
five kids times 18 years of at least this type of photo
Jonathan in his Grandpa look alike mustache
The Birthday Grinch! Leah has a tough time in October accepting the fact that there are four parties in the month that don't revolve around her.
This little boy ( my grandson Tavien) never ceases to amaze me. He is a living testimony that God really does take care of us. This little one is not yet two, but he eats so well with a fork and spoon. His vocabulary...well is fabulous. Although, he was born to teen parents, he is utterly beautiful in so many ways. He is proof positive that kids come pre-wired...stamped with a destiny from God...he's not in any way concerned about his circumstances...he is just...Tavien.
I watch this little boy eat numerous times of day, in this infamous high chair, that has had a permanent spot in my kitchen for 12 years now, but today I was drawn to his level of comfort in life...sitting there enjoying a meal with his little legs crossed...not a care in the world (except what drink would follow his meal).
The first of four celebrations in our house this month! Jerin Bear is a complete dozen.
Here she is countin' up her loot...almost enough for an ipod.
Can it be 12 years ago I delivered her naturally with no drugs and no pain...she's making up for it now, LOL!
Not quite sure what song that is, but that's what we did over the weekend. We have a lot to celebrate around here. Here's the run down...Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15 - October 15), can't forget that. My book released last week, Jerin's birthday Oct 2, Jonathan's Birthday Oct 4 and Saturday we pick up our puppy.
We (the girls and I) cooked a homemade Spanish meal, complete with Mexican table decorations, wine from Portugal and Latin music. The best part about it was shopping for everything at the Latino Market and trying to communicate in Spanish! I really do have fun with my kids!
