Holy Ghost?

It's funny to see how things connect in the minds of children. Especially my little Gabriela. Here's how the conversation went down the other night.

Gabriela: "Eww, Mami it's dark outside. That means there are scary bats and ghosts outside. Right?"

Me: "Well there could be bats, but I've never seen them. It's a good thing we are inside."

Gabriela: "Well Mom, it's o.k. (the lightbulb comes on, because you can see it in her eyes) Hey Mom, you remember the Holy Ghost! The Holy Ghost can protect us and he's nice."

Me: (so impressed with my child) "You're right. The Holy Ghost can protect us. I'm glad you remembered that."

Gabriela: "Hey Mom, maybe there could be Holy Bats and Holy Witches too like the Holy Ghost. They could be nice."

Looks like we need to review that lesson again for Family Home Evening. I'm thinking she's a little confused. It gave me a good laugh inside though.

A week in review.

Miss. Julianne is such a sweet kid. She's about a month behind on her developmental milestones, but we are happy to report that she is sitting marvelously on her own now. She's got such a cute little smile. You'll have to see past the sweet potatoes and cereal on her face. No need to worry mates, we wiped her down before bed.
I watched my nieces on Wed. After a couple of hours with five little girls it was time for some good ole' popcorn and a movie.

This was another attempt at arts and crafts. Painting snowflakes to hang in the window. It seems as though nakedness is a reacurring theme at our house. The colder it gets outside the more naked they want to be. Sophia's sportin' her swimsuit under her apron. Gabriela just prefers underwear.

I think Sophia is going to work at the MAC counter one day. They like the dramatic look right?Sophia did this with a hot pink highlighter. It was pretty humorous because she color coordinated with her hot pink jammies and it stayed all day.

The faith of a child!

This conversation happened while we were at DisneyWorld. My Mom was watching Gabriela, while we were on some ride I think. My Mom was so afraid Gabriela was going to wander off, that she repeatedly was telling her to hold on to the stroller, that she would be so sad if she lost her ,and so on and so forth. Gabriela then turns to her and says, "Gigi, it's o.k. I'm not afraid. If I get lost, I'll just kneel down and say a prayer to Heavenly Father and he will come and get me." Well that shut my Mom up for a while. I think a little while later my Mom told her she was going to get lost again and Gabriela quickly responds, "Gigi, I already told you. I'm not scared. I'll just get on my knees and say a prayer to Heavenly Father and he'll come and get me."

Oh, the faith of a child!

Such Naughtiness!

My word. Yesterday was such a whirlwind. I think my kids saved all their naughtiness for when we came home from vacation. From the time they woke up until they went to bed, they were up to no good. In the morning, Sophia comes walking in wearing only her diaper and I notice some blue marker on her foot. As I began to examine her closer I soon found that her little nipples were neatly colored blue. I was snickering inside at the sight of it and then I noticed that the inside of her belly-button was colored in too. I know she's not that coordinated to do such a thing, so I call Gabriela into the room. Well what do ya know, she's colored in the exact same way. I guess all that practicing coloring in the lines has worked.
A little while later I hear Miguel scolding them and I guess they had gotten into the baby lotion and his tie drawer. Not a good combo. They had baby lotion all in their hair. So I throw them into the tub and decided that they couldn't get into too much trouble in their. WRONG. I go back and realized Sophia had pooped in the bath. I was so grossed out and they had a million toys in their with them. I had to rewash them, all million toys, and the tub.
Next I find that they had gotten into my packages of rhinestones. These are expensive Swarovski ones and their were hundreds of them all in my shag carpet. I spent at least half and hour scratching the carpet trying to get them out. Needless to say, I'm still not done. Sometimes I really do wish I had a tranquilizer dart.
Oh, and what made it really great, is that the kids were still on Florida time and were up at 4:30 in the morning ready to go. AAAAHHHHH!

A Vacation fit for a Princess!

We just got back from our first trip to DisneyWorld with our family. It was truly a Dream Come True for all of us. Gabriela was beside herself with all of the Princesses. We treated her to a dinner with the princesses and she and Sophia got new princess outfits for the special occasion. Sophia kept pointing and yelling at each one of them. I was amazed at how much she enjoyed herself.

Here are my little princesses with JasmineMy Mom is so great and made these adorable outfits for our trip to the Magic Kingdom. We got som many comments on them. What was really great is that their names were enbroidered on them and the princesses would call them by name.
Gabriela's idol!


Who's the cutest mouse on the block? My vote goes to Julianne. This is at our breakfast at Chef Mickey's where we dined with Mickey and all his friends.

Who doesn't love Minnie Mouse!

Julianne's big smooch from Snow White. They even kiss perfectly!

All of the waitresses kept making rounds to see our little Julianne dressed up as Snow White. One even asked Snow White to come back for some more photos with the baby.

Gabriela and I made a mad dash to the back of the Magic Kingdom from the entrance for the chance to meet Ariel. We only had about 30 minutes before she left and we were stuck behind the croud that followed the nightly parade. Luckily we made it and it was worth the rush to see Gabriela's face light up.

I'm back from my blogging vacation.

If only it was a vacation. I've been so insanely buisy that it's not even funny. Between my kids, pageant prep, finishing a major project, and everything else a Mom does. Whew, I'm tired just thinking about it. Here's a little taste of what we've been up too.

Here we have Picasso and Monet. This is my attempt at giving my children an opportunity to express their creative side. I think Sophia's into modern art, because she had more paint on her than she did on the paper.

Here are some of my sweet students at the Daily Dose program. They are from Spain, Brazil, and Mexico. I love these ladies.

Oh, and somebody had a birthday. Thanks to all who sent out such nice birthday wishes to me. Gabriela through me a party once we got home from dinner. I usually just get one really yummy piece of cake from a restraunt to share with everyone. I of course get the biggest piece and all the leftovers.

Happy Halloween!

The 1st annual Ruiz family Halloween Party was held at our house. Everyone came over and some of us took the kids out trick o treating. I couldn't have asked for better weather. It was so nice and warm. If we would have let them, I think they would have went on for hours, but after an hour or so, we decided their bags were full enough. Earlier in the day, I took the girls to Macy's our local grocery store and they had trick o treating in the store. Sophia was impossible. I thought that she would just put the candy in her bag since she couldn't open them, but oh no, paper or not, she was going for it. She would bite staight through the wrappers until she got what she wanted. Same went with trick o treating. She wanted to eat it as soon as she got her hands on it. All the cousins together. They all did a great job with their costumes.
Miss Raquel (Dorothy) and Miss Gabriela (Tinkerbell)

Because of the weather, Julianne was able to go with us and was a perfect angel in the stroller. She was our little cavewoman.

I dressed up as a Rodeo Queen and Miguel...Michael Phelps.

I love this guy for his bravery and willingness to just let go and have some fun. I've been anticipating this costume for a month and it was well worth the wait. Everyone couldn't stop laughing at him and his bare chest. He even shaved his chest for the event. Way to go Amor!

Julianne and her cousin Julieta. Julianne is crying because I sat her down. Typical


Happy Halloween 2008!

Our leopard wearing gals. Julianne and Annabelle