Cute Sayings of Carlitos

We all know the amazing miracle/international effort/blessing that is going on now with all the miners in Chile being rescued?  Well, I was trying to explain to Carlos what was going on.  So last night I said to him the following:

Well, there are 33 men that are trapped in the earth.  They are miners which means that they dig for things for a living-like gold, diamonds, coal, and other things found in the dirt.  They were trapped in the ground for 2 months and so they dug a small hole all the way down to them so they could pull them out with that machine you see there (watching tv).

This morning, we were all laying on the bed watching the coverage again with our laptop and he asks "Are they still taking them out of the planet with the missile?"

Haha, such a cutie

More Summer Fun and my Uncle's Visit

We were able to hang out with friends on most weekends this summer with the schedules changes we have had to make.  Here's a pic of Carlos and some of his friends.  These kids are great-so cute too.

Time really flies. Seems like just yesterday these little ones were tiny ones.  Speaking of tiny... these beanies below were made for a friend of mine who just had preemie baby twin girls.  I wanted to make her something special-so I made her some beanies.  Her mom loved them so much she asked me to teach her to make them.  I taught her in a few hours and since she's made her grandbabies so many!  They are adorable.

 Carlos and Isabel went to the doctor for a check up over the summer.  Carlos is bigger than average and Isabel is smaller than average.  Their doctor knows what George and I look like so he said "Well, he's taking after his dad... and she's taking after you."  I'm ok with that!  Better than the other way around. :)  Haha

 This pic is of Carlos and his style.  Love it.

My uncle came to visit this summer.  It was great!  I invited him to come months ago--not really thinking he would actually come.  But he did!  It was great.  Here are a few pics of his visit.
First, Carlos loved my uncle's hat!  I do too-it's pretty sweet.

 Here he is at the Indian temple in Spanish Fork.  Don't you think he looks like Robert DeNiro?  Haha!

 We took him to the base of Y mountain because we were short on time--he really likes it here in Utah.  Every time family comes to visit I realize how great this place really is.

I'll post more about my uncle in Isabel's bday post.

Repentance as Time Out

Today we were watching our friends' little girl.  And as most 4 year olds do, she and Carlos both had trouble sharing with each other.  I told them both to talk it out and say why each of them wanted to play with the ONE toy.  Both of their answers to each other was "because".  Of course it was... haha.  Anyway so they both start talking to each other about their friends and I join in the conversation here and there.  She mentions something about how sometimes her cousins are mean to her.  Then later in the conversation she mentions that sometimes she does not like to share.  So I mention this "Well, when you don't share, is that nice or mean?"  "Mean."  Then I say "Exactly.  See, everyone can be mean sometimes but usually we don't want to be... "  And just as I was going to try to teach these two little ones a lesson about repentance and the Savior, Carlos interrupts me and says to her:

Jesus Christ can help us!  When we are mean we have to go to time out and after we sit in time out for a little while we can come out and then Jesus Christ helps us to be nice again.

I just LOVE the perspective of little children.  I never thought of the repentance process as our own "time out".  And he is right!  When we're done with our time out (once we've repented), and we are forgiven, we are able to be "nice" again.  I'll post some thoughts on something I learned about kindness later...

:)

Great-Grandparents

In the midst of all my updating over the summer, I wanted to post a couple pics that are just awesome.  Recently, George's grandpa was admitted to the hospital.  He's doing really well considering he's 86 years old-but as we paid him a visit, the kids really were able to bond.

Despite us not being able to see him too often, it seems the little ones just continue where they left off.  It only goes to show how important family is and how much the elders in our families mean to us.  To think that someday we will be grandparents is insane.  But it is inevitable.  We all age and our families hopefully continue to grow.  Cherish the legacies from your ancestors and elders.  They are the way that we learn where we came from and help us understand who we are.

One thing I appreciate about both my family and George's is that culture and language are important keys to knowing who we are.  Carlos is beginning to understand that he is different from most of his peers [at school and around].  My hope is that I will wisely choose the cultural traditions and customs from our families now in my own and that those combined with the gospel will help him come to understand where he has come from.  I hope that it will also help him appreciate what he has because it is only because of the sacrifices of those before him.  Sorry, totally random post-but just something that was on my mind as we drove home.

Enjoying the Water

We made sure to go swimming as many times as possible this summer.  We especially enjoyed going swimming with our friends to this place in Lindon.  It was perfect for the kids-mostly shallow water, not too many people, a slide, and even a lazy river.

We had to be creative in our nap space because we would stay there all day for many hours. The littlest ones needed naps-so we made shade for them using chairs and towels, and umbrellas. This was also because Costco sold out of their Sportbrellas early in the summer. Next year for sure.

Carlos also took swimming lessons all summer long.  He is a pretty good swimmer now.  I hope to put him in the higher level swimming lessons next summer so he can learn the strokes as well as improve his skills.  That is one thing that I seriously recommend to any one with kids.  Not because it means I can stop worrying about him near water-but rather, so that I can worry less.  I don't let down my guard even if he can swim a bit.  But at least he's getting to the point where I will feel good about him swimming well.

 These pics below crack me up.  He often took naps with his goggles on over the summer.

 And our little Isabel-copying her brother as usual.  I just LOVE those chompers.

Isabel-loves the water.  She doesn't cry if you put her in, or even if you take her out.  She truly is an easy baby in many ways.  Oh, and one thing about her swimsuits-adorable, I know.  So before I had a girl, I was the friend who would buy cute 2-piece swimsuits for babies thinking they were so adorable (and they are...) but after having my own and trying them on her, I realized that I prefer one pieces on babies.  They are so much cuter-at least on my baby they are.

Although I wish it was longer, this summer was a good one.  We had lots of fun with friends and got to spend a lot of time outside.  I hope the winter months are just as fun and pass quickly so we can do this all over again.

Breakfast in the Car

What not to eat for breakfast in the car?

 Nutella. :)

Probably the messiest baby ever...

Beautiful Little Hondurans. :)

These two little girls are both 1/2 Honduran.  Isla and Isabel are about 5 weeks apart (Isla older).  Her mom and I are both Honduran and went to BYU together.  Now our baby girls are close in age and both while are very different from each other, are both gorgeous.
Check out Isla's eyes.  Amazing.  Their daddies and brothers will have their hands full. :)

Happy Birthday BIG boy!

Are you really 4 already?!
At four you:
Are incredibly smart (and I don't think I'm just saying that because I'm your mom)
Love puzzles, trains, cars, dinosaurs,swimming, running, kicking, jumping, building forts, playing outside

I particularly love how much you love those around you.  You are loving, caring, and gentle with your baby sister.  Although most of the time you run around and are FULL of energy, when you see a newborn baby, you can sit and "hold" him or her for a long time while softly rubbing their hair and giving them gentle kisses.

We couldn't be more proud of you.  Thank you for always being a good example to us around you.  Te amo chiquitin... :)

For your birthday, we threw you a fun Transformers pool party.  We tried to keep the guest list short, but you are just so popular. Our friend at Cheat Day Treats made you this awesome Autobot cake and cupcakes.  You had so much fun and having a birthday in June means you got lots of water guns.  Happy Birthday, baby boy.

Pics above of Carlos and his friends... Pics below-some of the mommies and their babies. :)

After the party-opening gifts: Anyone ever need to borrow water guns-we got you covered...

 

What a fun party... they slept so well that night-especially with their gifts from Ita, hand-knitted blankets. :)

Some Summer Happenings

OK so this is something we saw on our way home from church. "Escorpion" hahaha, hilarous! Oh and btw, scorpion in Spanish is "Alacran"...

Some more of Malosi's stay with us...  He and I love cupcakes... :)

He came up here for BYU Basketball camp.

Softball-we played softball intramurals w/some friends from work.  Good times.

Lesson learned this summer... if you leave your food on the table, the little one will climb and help herself.

Days leading up to Carlos' bday... he got a package in the mail from my mom, his Ita... And what a special gift!  Handmade tambores from Honduras.  They custom made the kids little ones.

Prepping for his party:

His party wasn't actually on his bday but on his actual bday he said to me "If it's my birthday then were is my cake and candles?"  So I had to go buy him a special cupcake even though he was getting a party in a few days...