jordan

we made it safely to jordan w/o much trouble thanks to poor Senorita having a fever which caused her to sleep lots of the 25 hour and then more when we got to the apt at 4am. she stayed close by me for the first week and then in week two was brave enough to venture downstair to cousin Reem's house, just down the steps and around the patio. But she is having some fighting issues with Reem and Omar and keeps pushing them and hitting themsxaaaaaaaaaaaaaasdfgguhjipouyv ;;;l,//./i/////.,mjbgf she's kuii8yuiiiiop[[[[]]]]]]]]]]] she had to type that

update

Wow, it's been a while since I wrote about Senorita. The Saints' victory had me in a stupor till March. I'm still enjoying being home with her. We've been working on an ABC book cutting out magazine pictures and placing them on the correct letter, in Spanish. We have also been cutting animals and pasting them on a long cardboard. Lately she's been wanting to move her animals (28 bears, 24 pandas 20 dogs, 10 bunnies 7 monkeys, 5 ducks 40 other animals) from her bed to the sofa. It's quite a workout to do that. This week she's been just dealing with pandas mostly, putting them to sleep and at the table to eat. I got Dumbo from the library a few weeks ago and she kept wanting to see the "elephant movie" but this week she's wanted Lola Pancho (Plaza Sesamo) mostly. Last week we did the big floor farm puzzle she got for Christmas--every day we did that. We were doing walks back in April picking weed flowers but now it's too hot and has been for weeks. Her napping has stopped since January, with the exception of her falling asleep while we picked up Bekher from school, leaving a bit earlier and waiting. We could do that when the weather was cooler but it got too hot this past month. She won't nap at home, with a rare exception. [From July thru Dec I had to ride around in the car to put her to sleep and then in January she stopped wanting to nap.].

The boat picture is the on the ferry that she wanted to ride and we had to wait a long time because of course we made it just a smidge too late; as soon as we left the dock, she didn't want to be on a boat and cried for the whole ride.

We went to CA/Disney at the end of March. Some photos are here too. She has a boyfriend, Gabicito who's in one of the photos, with stripes.

Here are some recent photos

the fun got funner!

so after the wonderful Bobby Hebert parade of the last post, we celebrated that Sat. night by going out to the French Quarter and then watching the game at home on SuperBowl Sunday. Since Senorita hadn't had a nap that day, we bathed her and she fell asleep by game time, 5:40ish. I sat and watched the first quarter with the parents and Ahmed; since the Saints weren't doing so well, Brenda left for Walmart and I retreated into the bedroom like I'd done with the 2 other playoff games--to begin my praying for other people. T was sleeping on the bed and I lay across the bottom/foot area to pray. I'd go in to see what the clapping was about when I heard it or the fussing. I saw the halftime show and the on side kick to start the 2nd half! Yay. Then Tifany called in the 4th quarter and as I was hanging up the phone in the TV room I saw the interception TD. I jumped up and down so much and began hyperventilating. A friend called then a cousin rang. We had to call Brenda to come home from WM (Come home NOW! David yelled into the phone). I watched the Colt's final drive and the wonderful kneel down by Brees. I'm jumping and crying. We watched the post game celebration and then woke up T and all piled into the jeep to go downtown, cheering and honking. It was Wonderful!

saints parade

it was so much fun

saints parade video

New Years

T got a baking set for Christmas and she wanted to "mezcla chocolate" so we made cupcakes. The bottom 2 pictures are from right before the Sugar Bowl in the fan play area. B is wearing a foam taco from Taco Bell, the sponsors, as a game prize for participating in the football obstacle course. He's standing in front of the armchair quarterback game. It was fun.

late Christmastime pictures

This is eating at my mom and dad's for dinner.
This is T and cousin A playing in the cribT and cousin G at Muggy and PawPaw's house
T opening some play food at home
B with his new DS game system and me with my new pots; T with her puzzles!