{Not So Terrible Two}

It's official ! She's terribly two, but seriously it's not so terrible, once you get past the fierce little diva behavior, there's a sweet, cheeky, little ray of sunshine. She never ceases to amaze us with her little vocabulary and how she phrases words to get her point across. She had been saying our dinner prayer since for the last month or so everytime we start to bless the food, she starts to pray over you, so we just made that her job. She has really developed a passion for reading, anytime of the day wherever she is in the house you are sure to find a book next to her. Some of her favorites include Do Princesses Wear hiking boots, Mi Papa, How do you feel today, and Dinosaurs Wear Underpants. She also loves to sing, mostly hymns and primary songs, but she has a few that she knows very well on the radio. Her favorites include: I am a child of God, Follow the prophet, Book of Mormon stories, Nephi's courage, Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, Loca Loca Loca, Dynomite and 3 of her daddy's songs from his El Sancho Band days.
I can't imagine my life without this little girl that I prayed for my whole life, Happy Birthday my two year old blessing.

I think she had an idea that the day was going to be a special one because she woke up in an especially good mood. She was super sweet and very hungry. I had planned a little family gathering in less than 24 hrs. I figured since my mom and cousin Koebi would be in town, I could whip up a little something. I made Cuban sandwiches, black beans and white rice, platanos fritos, mojito, and tortilla soup. She had a wonderful time being with family and opening presents, I'm sure the cake and candy were on her list of favorites of the evening as well.

So we ran to Wal-Mart and grabbed a few essentials and found some things around the house and this is what I ended up with.
I baked her little center cake in a tuna can. My cousin gave me the idea to pipe the cupcake frosting using a ziplock bag with the corner snipped off
cany is always in great supply at our house Pink lemonade a must So Mia Her nose ran blue for two days
Not sure if he's old enough but oh well he didn't complain This is Koebi, the little sis I never had Their first bath together, way too much work without one of those bath rings that helps infants sit up securely, let's just say it doesn't do much good to be able to sit up when your belly is too big to let you.

{Too Cool for School}

Our little Mia is growing up so fast... TEAR! She will be 2 on Friday and I'm just beside myself, I can't believe how fast the last two years have gone by. She started preschool last week and is absolutely loving it. It is a Christian academy where she's not only learning the basics but she has PE on Wed. and goes to chapel on Thurs. We are thrilled that she is able to learn a little bit more about the gospel while at school. The faculty and staff there are fabulous and she has become smitten with them. She has embraced the whole concept of school, Check out how excited she get's when it's time to go...

{Role reversal}

Some people ask me how I could possibly shop with two little kids, I tell them, "sometimes you gotta use your imagination"

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{End of 2010} Lost Footage

Just a little hodge podge of the last few months of 2010 that I'm ashamed I so slacked on blogging about. It was real and it was fun...


Uncle Joe came to visit and met Beckham for the first time.


My mom came to visit one last time for the year. It was a weekend of 1st's. Her 1st time at IKEA, her 1st time to try Indian food, and her 1st time at Discovery Green.


Daddy's home and he came bearing gifts. All the kids got Algerian gear. Bash got a jersey and Prince of Persia in French of course, Mia got a doll that sings in Arabic, and Beck got a basketball outfit and an authentic Algerian tracksuit, too cute!
We went down to Corpus for Thanksgiving. We made our usual stops, my mom's then my dads. The boys got to take their toys out and hunt at the ranch while we went shopping. I love Sicily's expression like "why can't you put the camera down and control your daughter"
We needed to get some cousin time in before Europe so we headed to the zoo with the Brenners. Always a good time when we get together with this bunch!

And finally, the culmination of an awesome year, the blessing of our newest member, Beckham Thomas. I know his family on the other side were smiling down on this precious moment.

Goodbye 2010, hello '11'