Au Revoir Mamounette & Papounet

Mamounette and Papounet (Nico's parents) left today after being here for 3 weeks, from Halloween through Mateo's birthday...Bye bye Mamounette and Papounet..a bientot et merci d'etre venu nous rendre visite...

Here are some pictures from our trip to Villa de Leyva, more to follow ...

November Fun Part 2

Some more pictures ...

Playing with the water shoots at the club

At the Museo del Oro

November Fun

Here are some random pictures of the boys taken by their grandfather.

Con sombrero paisa

Going up to Monserrte in the teleferico

At Panaca

Lightning McQueen does Halloween

A little out-dated, but here are some pictures of Mati and me during Halloween.  We took Mati, I mean, Lightning McQueen (!!!), trick-o-treating to a friend's house - he was totally into it, but poor little thing didn't realize he could eat the candy afterwards (which made it so much easier to throw away the candy later that night).

Lightning McQueen

Trick-o-treating at Katy's house

With his buddy Abel

Santiago is 11 weeks!

Wow ... what a week!!! 

At home, it has been a week of celebration.  For starters, Santi FINALLY accepted napping and is doing so like a pro!  What a relief for me, his nannies and HIM.  Then, he further surprises me by sleeping through the night (5 weeks later than his brother, but who's counting, right?) - a full 10 hours!  Too much bliss for one week; I'm apprehensive that things will go back to the way they were, but so far so good.  Also, his dermatitis is cured and he's looking soooo handsome, especially when he flashes those ear-to-ear smiles!

And then Obama wins the Presidency!  I feel inspired, optimistic and proud to be an American. Above all, Obama's sweeping victory marks a new era, one which will form the political consciousness of my boys and will shape the boundaries of the possible.  I am more confident now that Mateo's and Santi's future will be brighter and that they will have the tools to heal the mistakes of the past generations.  So to wrap this week up, like William Wordsworth said about the French Revolution: "Bliss it was to be alive, but to be young was very heaven."  

Smiling while sleeping ... what innocence!

Playboy

I saw Mateo the playboy in action today at a birthday party.   As soon as Lola walked in, fashionably late and dressed as Minnie Mouse, the party started for Mateo.  He immediately went over to her and started playing with her hair and caressing her cheeks.  She pushed him away.  Mateo tried again and since she pushed him once again, I told him to stop bothering her. So he simply went with another girl, Ada, and started touching her ear lobes, her hair, etc.  Ayayay, what does the future hold for me????

In his Halloween costume

Ready for take-off

Latin American Idol