Rosca 2012

Even though Tia, Tio, and Dieguito are far, far away, the rest of us happily kept the tradition going one more year. I love cutting Rosca, is the perfect way for Christmas to end.

Today's tennis lesson

Regalos!

Bella opened her gifts from Los Reyes Magos - mostly clothes - and the first thing she said, with a big surprised look on her face, was: "No princess?". But she loved her red dress, and insisted on wearing it that same day. Sofia did as well, even though her black dress is still way too big for her. Sofia also had the idea of taking a picture with the Reyes Magos ornaments, to remember that the gifts were from them.

Los Reyes Magos

Tonight Sofia made a letter for Los Reyes Magos on behalf of Bella and herself. I told her they only bring gifts to kids who know how to speak Spanish so she made the effort ... with my help. They then put the letter in Sofia's shoe, and both their little shoes side by side under the Christmas tree. This year most of the gifts were courtesy of tia and tio. That's too bad they won't be here to see the girls open them, and have rosca with us.

Caveman

Today, while the girls were taking a shower, Sofia told me: "Mami, one of my friends from school told me I was hairy".

"She did?", I asked.

"Yes", she added. "She told me that I look like a caveman!"

The statement was so exaggerated that it made me laugh. "Look at my arms. I have hair too. I guess I am a caveman as well!", I said laughing. But then I realized that Sofia was not laughing and -in fact- she was about to cry.

"That is NOT funny mami! She was being mean. She was making fun of me!"

My initial reaction was to ask if there is something about that girl Sofia could make fun of in return - just to show her how it feels. But of course that wouldn't have been a good life lesson at all. So instead I told her not to listen to her, and to simply remember that she is a beautiful girl.

Back to normal

Tomorrow I go back to work for the first time since Dec 16. The girls have also been out of school since then, and Lionel was on vacation for a week. Needless to say, it is going to be rough to go back to the routine for all of us.

Let it snow!

Today we had the first snow fall of the year. It was also very cold, but the girls didn't seem to mind. They played outside in the deck for a little while. At the beginning I didn't want Bella to play outside because she is still unpredictable and needs to be watched closely, but seeing my Sofia played by herself broke my heart. So I bundled Bella up and watched them closely from the kitchen door.