Christmas Day

Jack got 3 flavored bones from Santa. He didn't let anybody get close to them.















Christmas was great this year!. We had "Beppy" and her kids, Anna Lisa and Nicholas. We had so much fun together.!!!
I will start sharing how our day started ( I'm talking about the 24 in the morning first)
We woke up early... I was fixing breakfast when I saw Kayla coming down the stairs shaking...her whole body was shaking....( you could tell that she was making her body shake though) So, I looked at her and asked her what was going on?. She looked at me really serious and said: Mom, I can stop!...My body is shaking because I have to open a present!!!...I had to bite my lips to not laugh!...she is really ...rrrrrrrrrreeally creative I must admit!...so I looked at her and told her that breakfast would help her with the shaking, that I knew that she was gonna be able to overcome the anxiety..haha. She was mad and tried and tried for the whole day to trick me with whatever came to her creative mind...but I was strong and I didn't give up!...neither did she so this last for...actually it didn't end...haha.
So after an exhausted afternoon answering over and over " no , you can't open a present yet"...I decided to tell her that after dinner we were gonna open presents...for me that means kind of 10.00 ish pm. ...for her it was 6.30pm...so there we were again...now asking at what time dinner was going to be ready!. We finally ate at 8.00pm. My little princess was telling everybody to hurry!, not to talk, to eat fast! and we weren't even finished yet when she started to clear up the table!...Kyle , Becky , me and everybody were laughing...She is funny! when she has something on her mind she won't give up!. Well, after dinner there she was again, she got a present and said: "ok time to open presents!" ...Kyle told her.."not yet, we have to read the story of Jesus birth first"...she had "THE LOOK" on her face and said: "do we have to!, we read it every year, we Know it by mind now"...( hahaha) Becky and me had to bite our lips again to not laugh. So Kyle started reading...she wasn't happy at all but she listened...Kyle was reading slow and suddenly we heard...ok can you hurry nobody is getting younger here!!!. It was funny!. Kyle finished and she was ready to open a present when I said "cake time!"...CAKE TIME!!! she anwsered...hahah...yeap, I said , time to sing happy B-day to Jesus and blow the candles...2009 candles!!! ha...just kidding. well we did it and FINALLY, my little princess could opened her present!. We played games and watched a movie before bed. Do you think that my little princess story end there?...NOP..think again!
She woke up at 3..something am. yelling at everybody to wake up that Santa already left the presents at our house. She yelled and yelled but nobody were to get up at 3 am so she went to Dominique's room but Mimi told her she was too tired that she was gonna wait until the morning. She couldn't settle down so there she was opening presents by herself by the Christmas tree...after she opened the one she wanted she laid down by the tree to sleep there when Kyle took her to our bed and went to sleep until...6am. when She woke up again really excited to tell everybody that SANTA STOP IN OUR HOUSE!!!!. She was opening present as fast as she could. Her eyes were lighting up!! she was sooooooooo happy!!! It was the BEST Christmas ever for me...she made me laughed the whole time and think about the magic of Christmas. At least she said she knew the story of Jesus birth by mind, uh?




We sang Happy B-day to Jesus and celebrate His B-day with a deliciuos cake! We do this every Christmas, the girls love it! We gave Him our presents too which is the good that we have done during the saeason. We do it on Christmas Eve before opening one present and read the story of Jesus birth in the Bible.

WHY ME?...

Jack got a bath as a present for Christmas!!!...He was a little bit confused...he asked Santa for a "flavored bone"...where is my bone???...????

Time at school

I went to see Mimi and Kayla's school Christmas performance and stayed to visit in her class for a little bit. Here is Dominique and her friend Sarah.

Reindeer buddies?

Kayla and Mary, Kayla's best friend. Playing "cool" they forgot to take off their reindeer's noses though...haha. Aren't they cute?!

Mimi's class turn now

Two days after I went to Kayla's class Mimi's teacher asked me to do the same for her class...so there I went again...Mimi made some empanadas for her class...Love it! it was fun!...Mimi's friends didn't made any question...they just wanted to eat the empanadas so strait to the point with them.Mimi's was really excited to tell her friends about Chile herself and share all the thing she loved when she visited it. Her teacher husband served his mission in Santiago and she went there a year ago so she could share her experience too. It was really funny to hear different views of the culture etc,etc.

Having too much Fun talking about Chile!!!

the kids were raindeers!


Kayla asked me if I could talk about Chile in her class. I thought it would be fun to do it. I had done it before for some of my nephews and friends classes and... the kids always make me laugh with theirs questions and comments...so I did it for Kayla's class too. It was fun!. I got lots of chilean stuffs from one of my chilean friend... a chilean barbie...a barbie dressed with the tipical chilean cowgirl, a book with lots of pictures from different cities and National parks, Lakes, Volcanos and etc,etc,etc. Kayla and me plus Dominique's help, made a Chilean cake...a yummy manjar and peaches one to share with her class. As always after I share everything I had with them, They could asked questions, so I pointed at the first kids with his hand up:
me: ok honey what is your question?
kid: do you know what do they eat in Germany for breakfast?
me:...mmmm...no, I'm not german...I AM FROM CHILE!
kid: ahhhhhhh

me: pointing at a girl who is with her hand up...ok honey what is your question?
girl: Do you know that my daddy went to Russia for his mission?
me: no I didn't know that....thanks for sharing

me: ok anybody else?
girl: mrs Czirr...are you from Mexico?
me:...mmmmm.... Do I look like a mexican!?...ok guys...read what it said here....C-H-I-L-E, look here now...pointing at the chilean flag...CHILE!...so what are we talking about here then...everybody: CHILEEEEEEEEE...yes!

Ginger Bread House

The Family who makes Ginger Bread House together stay together!




Kaylita really mad at mom...why? Who knowS..but its always my fault..haha






Jack was just walking around ... bugging as always and when I said,say cheese 1,2,3 he got right in front of everybody...sit, posed and there we go!!! this is what we got!..funny uh?

Some Family..well actually trying to take some nice family pictures but jack wasn't cooperating at all!





We love to make a Ginger bread House together as a family on Christmas. It's been a tradition since the girls were little. We never have enough candies to decorate it...between Kyle and the girls...candies are never enough!!!. Jack, as you see loved the smell of candies and hoped to get one anytime...he got more than one!. Kayla got a little bit "intense"...maybe was the effect of sugar in the blood levels..hahaha...and for a moment we got a "tam trump episode"...it didn't last too long though...thanks heavens!.