Spring

Arrow-
Arrow:  Waaa My knee hurts
Daddy:  Why?
Arrow:  because Arrow bit it

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Arrow likes to say Uuuohh (I dont know) and shrug his shoulders


Miguel:
He wrote a great story for the book night.  It was called Candy Planet and featured Aminah, Finley, and Michael.  It has a plot structure, good vocab (metal lever) and had lots of great dialog.  It was pretty cute and I was impressed with his ability to write a very good story.

Tonio-
Has bugs in his hair!  It is not lice but some kind of bug.  The other day Tonio took a bath and Brian scrubbed his head hard and it looked like he went to the beach- it was so dirty in the tub.  The same for Miguel.  Then we put the lice shampoo in their hair and then rewashed it and it still was a dirty tub.  It was so gross.  Their hair was so soft though.  I am kind of embarrassed at how dirty and grimy their hair got.  Today we got their hair cut a bug flew out of Tonio's hair!  Gross.

New Years Blues

January was a rough month:  the very first day I find out S. has cancer.  Then Brian has no job, four boys were shot in a car near our house, three people killed near my school, no rain- not a drop, a man found chopped up in a suitcase near the afterschool program, two big fires.  It was so heavy.  The one thing has been the boys.  They drive me nuts but things are so nice with them.  I still get mad way to easily all of the time and I need way more paitence and I still am overcome with guilt a lot but they are the greatest.

Holiday Times

 Little Ranger

 Nose Picker Extrodinarre

 Visit from PopPop and Terry

 Dicken's Faire St. Nick

 Making Cookies

Christmas was nice this year.  The boys had fun giving and getting this year.  Arrow was so funny- he was so intent on getting me tomato soup "Daddy like it, Tonio like it.  Mommy like it!"  He also got me my favorite tea with the tiger.  The boys bought Daddy hot sauces- all representing them- Arrow had a tiger on it, Miguel's was Mayan and Tonio's was sweet!  They played and we rode bikes down at Crissy Field.  We had dinner at the usual- Shanghai King of Dumplings and then watched Home Alone.  It was great.

The next day we went to LA for Michael's dinner.  It was a nice time and it was chaotic as normal with Arrow as the elf.  He helped Michael passed out all of the presents and he was pretty enthusiastic and I am not sure if Michael is use to the boy energy.

We also spent some time with Meme and Joe and it was very special.  They played piano with Meme and ran around.  At one point we sat with Meme and told stories for about 45 minutes.  It was funny because some of the stories were the ones I heard when I was a kid from my mom.  Miguel loved the stories and he said Meme is "goofy".  It was a special moment to share with both of them.  Then at one point Tonio was sitting in Joe's lap reading Garfield, which is what I did when I was little.  It was so nice.

Fall Ball

Miguel stared pitching and he did a great job.  It helps because he has to focus, as oppossed to being out in the field.  Tonio did a great job as first baseman.  Both happen to be on the Atlanta Braves with coaches named Andy.  Not the same team though. 

Halloween

Arrow- Just wanted to wear all things Minion.
Miguel- A mummy (to complete the trifecta of the last years: vampire, zombie and now mummy)
Tonio- Harry Potter

Arrow did not want Halloween to end.